Wyoming Statehood

Wyoming celebrates another year of statehood today (July 10). According to the website wyohistory.org, Wyoming's territorial delegate to congress, Joseph M. Carey, had proposed a statehood bill for Wyoming in March of that year. There had been previous such proposals which had gone nowhere in Congress, but this time Carey's proposal gained some traction According to the website, there was some opp

After four years of work and millions of dollars worth of renovations, Wyoming's Capitol Building is officially open for business again.

The Cowboy State turns 128 years old this week. Like many great events in American history, it would have never happened without a dishonest politician.

As Mark Twain once wrote, "politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." In fact, the state of Wyoming would not exist today if our elected officials weren't completely full of it. On March 26, 1890, Wyoming’s Congressional Delegate Joseph Carey introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would establish the territory as a state...

On July 10th, 125 years ago, Wyoming became a state. But what else was going on in America in the year 1890? You might be surprised at what was happening.

Wyoming is celebrating 125 years of statehood in 2015! And in conjunction with the celebration, the Wyoming State Historical Society is partnering with the University of Wyoming Libraries to declare Wyoming's most significant artifacts.