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Fort Laramie (Wyoming, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
ublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyoming......1841 Foron, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their way to Great Salt Lake through South Pass......June 1, 1847 Part of Wyoming is inired by the United States from Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848 Fort Laramie transferred to the United States......1849 Fort Bridger sold for $8,000 to the Mormons......1853 Sioux Indian war begins; Lieutenant Grattan and twenty-eight men sent from Fort Laramie to arrest an Indian who had shot a cow of a Mormon emigrant. The Indians refusing to give up the culp1854 Sir George Gore, of Sligo, Ireland, with his private hunting expedition, winters at Fort Laramie, 1854, and with James Bridger as guide travels north to Powder River......1855 Oil is coll
Evanston (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
ewspaper published in the Territory, the Cheyenne Evening leader, Sept. 19; Daily argus, Oct. 25; and Rocky Mountain Star, Dec. 8......1867 First passenger train from Omaha arrives at Cheyenne......Nov. 13, 1867 Gold discovered on the sources of the Sweetwater......1867 Laramie City located on the Union Pacific Railroad......April, 1868 Territory of Wyoming organized by act of Congress out of parts of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho......July 25, 1868 Coal discovered three miles from Evanston, 1868, and first mine opened......1869 Cheyenne designated as the capital of Wyoming, and first territorial court held there......Sept. 7, 1869 Act approved giving women the right to vote and hold office in Wyoming......Dec. 10, 1869 Grand jury of men and women impanelled at Laramie......March 7, 1870 Lieut. Gustavus C. Doane makes a reconnoissance from Fort Ellis, Montana, to Yellowstone Lake, via Gallatin River...... 1870 Act of Congress approved setting apart 3,575 square
Nebraska (Nebraska, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
Wyoming, A Western inland State of the United States, lying between lat. 41° and 45° N., and long. 104° and 111° W., is bounded on the north by Montana, east by South Dakota and Nebraska, south by Colorado and Utah, and west by Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Area, 97,890 square miles, in twelve counties. Population, 1890, 60,705; 1900, 92,531. Capital, Cheyenne. Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, from Canada, travel as far south as Wind River......1843-44 John Colter winters on the headwaters of Pryor's Fork, 1806; visits Shoshone Lake, crosses the Rocky Mountains to the head of Green River, and returns to the head of Wind River and Pryor's Fork......1807 Ezekiel Williams, trapper, wanders from the Yellowstone to the South Platte through Wyoming......1807 First recorded expedition from the east, the Pacific Fur Company, on the way to Oregon under Wilson Price Hunt, passes through Wyoming, crossing Powder River Valley and Big Horn Mountains to the Wind River, thence to th
Middle Fork Powder River (Wyoming, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
ates......1849 Fort Bridger sold for $8,000 to the Mormons......1853 Sioux Indian war begins; Lieutenant Grattan and twenty-eight men sent from Fort Laramie to arrest an Indian who had shot a cow of a Mormon emigrant. The Indians refusing to give up the culprit, Grattan fires, and the whole party are killed......summer of 1854 Sir George Gore, of Sligo, Ireland, with his private hunting expedition, winters at Fort Laramie, 1854, and with James Bridger as guide travels north to Powder River......1855 Oil is collected from a spring near Poison Spider Creek, and sold along the Mormon trail for axle-grease......1863 Bill introduced in Congress by James M. Ashley, of Ohio, to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Wyoming ......1865 Massacre of United States troops by the Indians in a sortie, under Colonel Fetterman, from Fort Philip Kearny, near Big Horn; three officers and ninety men killed and scalped......Dec. 21, 1866 Cheyenne first settled, July, 1
Fort William (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
ver Valley and Big Horn Mountains to the Wind River, thence to the Snake River......1811 William H. Ashley, of the North American Fur Company, with 300 men, explores the Sweetwater and Green rivers......1824 Capt. E. L. Bonneville leads the first caravan, 110 trappers and twenty wagons, from the Platte through South Pass to the Green River. At the junction of Lead Creek he builds a fort......1832 William Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyoming......1841 Fort Bridger erected on Green River by James Bridger, a famous trapper......1842 Col. J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their way to Great Salt Lake through South Pass......June 1, 1847 Part of Wyoming is included in the territory acquired by the Uni
South Dakota (South Dakota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
Wyoming, A Western inland State of the United States, lying between lat. 41° and 45° N., and long. 104° and 111° W., is bounded on the north by Montana, east by South Dakota and Nebraska, south by Colorado and Utah, and west by Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Area, 97,890 square miles, in twelve counties. Population, 1890, 60,705; 1900, 92,531. Capital, Cheyenne. Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, from Canada, travel as far south as Wind River......1843-44 John Colter winters on the headOmaha arrives at Cheyenne......Nov. 13, 1867 Gold discovered on the sources of the Sweetwater......1867 Laramie City located on the Union Pacific Railroad......April, 1868 Territory of Wyoming organized by act of Congress out of parts of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho......July 25, 1868 Coal discovered three miles from Evanston, 1868, and first mine opened......1869 Cheyenne designated as the capital of Wyoming, and first territorial court held there......Sept. 7, 1869 Act approved gi
Middle Beaver Creek (Wyoming, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
m the east, the Pacific Fur Company, on the way to Oregon under Wilson Price Hunt, passes through Wyoming, crossing Powder River Valley and Big Horn Mountains to the Wind River, thence to the Snake River......1811 William H. Ashley, of the North American Fur Company, with 300 men, explores the Sweetwater and Green rivers......1824 Capt. E. L. Bonneville leads the first caravan, 110 trappers and twenty wagons, from the Platte through South Pass to the Green River. At the junction of Lead Creek he builds a fort......1832 William Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyoming......1841 Fort Bridger erected on Green River by James Bridger, a famous trapper......1842 Col. J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their wa
California (California, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
..1811 William H. Ashley, of the North American Fur Company, with 300 men, explores the Sweetwater and Green rivers......1824 Capt. E. L. Bonneville leads the first caravan, 110 trappers and twenty wagons, from the Platte through South Pass to the Green River. At the junction of Lead Creek he builds a fort......1832 William Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on Laramie Fork, which they name Fort William, since Fort Laramie.......1834 First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyoming......1841 Fort Bridger erected on Green River by James Bridger, a famous trapper......1842 Col. J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, ascends and names Fremont's Peak......1842 Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass Fort Laramie on their way to Great Salt Lake through South Pass......June 1, 1847 Part of Wyoming is included in the territory acquired by the United States from Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848 For
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
Wyoming, A Western inland State of the United States, lying between lat. 41° and 45° N., and long. 104° and 111° W., is bounded on the north by Montana, east by South Dakota and Nebraska, south by Colorado and Utah, and west by Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Area, 97,890 square miles, in twelve counties. Population, 1890, 60,705; 1900, 92,531. Capital, Cheyenne. Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, from Canada, travel as far south as Wind River......1843-44 John Colter winters on the headwaters of Pryor's Fork, 1806; visits Shoshone Lake, crosses the Rocky Mountains to the head of Green River, and returns to the head of Wind River and Pryor's Fork......1807 Ezekiel Williams, trapper, wanders from the Yellowstone to the South Platte through Wyoming......1807 First recorded expedition from the east, the Pacific Fur Company, on the way to Oregon under Wilson Price Hunt, passes through Wyoming, crossing Powder River Valley and Big Horn Mountains to the Wind River, thence to th
United States (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-wyoming
Wyoming, A Western inland State of the United States, lying between lat. 41° and 45° N., and long. 104° and 111° W., is bounded on the no Part of Wyoming is included in the territory acquired by the United States from Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848 Fort Laramie transferred to the United States......1849 Fort Bridger sold for $8,000 to the Mormons......1853 Sioux Indian war begand Sept. 10, 1891 Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians cede to the United States 1,000,000 acres of land at 55 cents per acre ......Oct. 16, 189 All persons engaged in resisting the laws and processes of the United States courts in Wyoming commanded to desist, by proclamation of Presi......July 30, 1892 Shoshone Indian reservation ceded to the United States......1893 Wyoming was without representation in the United Ss for a State militia and encouragement of beet-sugar industry......1897 C. D. Clark re-elected United States Senator......Jan. 25, 18
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