 |
- The whole state of Wyoming has fewer residents than many U.S. cities.
- Cody is named after Buffalo Bill Cody.
- Before Wyoming became a state, France, Great Britain, Mexico, Spain, and the United States all claimed parts of it.
- Wyoming was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
- Yellowstone National Park has more geysers (hot springs that periodically shoot steam and hot water into the air), than any other place in the world.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days is one of the oldest and largest outdoor rodeos in the country. It began in 1897.
- Some of the largest coal reserves in the United States are found in Wyoming.
- Fires in 1988 burned more than 1 million acres of Yellowstone.
- Between 1942 and 1945, around 11,000 Japanese Americans were sent to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center near Cody.
- The federal government owns about half of the land in Wyoming.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
