State of Wyoming,
Erected from
Wyoming Territory, which was formed by act of Congress in 1868 from portions of
Dakota,
Idaho, and
Utah.
The first settlement within its borders was made in 1834 at
Fort Laramie.
The first agricultural settlers were a company of Mormons, in 1853.
When the territory was created, in 1868, it had only 3,000 white
inhabitants.
It was admitted as a State in 1890, with a land area of 97,575 square miles.
The Constitution provides that men and women shall have equal right to vote.
The capital, and largest city, is
Cheyenne, also the county seat of
Laramie county.
Population in 1890, 60,705; in 1900, 92,521.
See
United States, Wyoming, in vol.
IX.