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There were many Native Indians
of Wyoming including Arapaho, Bannock, Cheyenne,
Comanche, Crow, Dakota, Kiowa, Pawnee, Shoshoni and
the Ute tribes
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1742 |
Francois and Louis Verendrye
are the first white men to sight Wyoming |
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1803 |
The Louisiana Purchase - In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1804 |
Lewis and Clark reach the area
- Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark
(1770- 1838). Female Shoshone Indian guide Sacajawea
(1788-1812) acted as interpreter and negotiator
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1805 |
General James Wilkinson is
appointed governor of the region including Wyoming |
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1806 |
John Colter, a member of the
Lewis and Clark expedition explores the Rocky
Mountains |
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1807 |
Ezekiel Williams heads
trapping party into Wyoming |
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1811 |
Wilson Price Hunt's party
cross Wyoming on its way to Oregon |
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1812 |
Robert Stuart pioneers the
Oregon Trail across Wyoming |
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1812 |
1812 - 1815 - The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1822 |
1822-1829: William H Ashley
exploration and the discovery of a central route to
the Pacific sends trappers to northern Utah who
answered an advertisement in the St. Louis Gazette
and Public Advertiser in the winter of 1822:
"Enterprising Young Men...to ascend the Missouri to
its source, there to be employed for one, two, or
three years."
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1822 |
1822-1829: Amongst those to
respond were Jim Beckwourth, Tom Fitzpatrick, David
Jackson, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith
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1826 |
Jedediah Smith (1799-1831) and
Jim Bridger ( Old Gabe 1804-1881) leadexpeditions to
California and Nevada
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1854 |
1854-1890 The Sioux Wars - The
Sioux under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse resisted
waves of settlers and prospectors, to keep their
hunting grounds
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1859 |
John Brown raided Harpers
Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to
the outbreak of the Civil War.
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1890 |
Statehood - The Date that
Wyoming was admitted to the Union - July 10, 1890.
Constitution - Wyoming was the 44th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Equal Rights
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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