That finally occurred on this day in 1890, when, under legislation signed by President Benjamin Harrison, Wyoming became the 44th state to join the Union. The road to statehood had begun in 1888 ...

Only the hardiest of souls ever lived at the now-abandoned JO Ranch in southern Carbon County. The ranch’s stone buildings, ...

In 1890, Wyoming's first federally recognized National Guard unit formed, It was Company A, 1st Wyoming Regiment, the Laramie Grays. The Laramie Grays were a short-lived ...

UW was founded in 1886, before the territory of Wyoming became a state in 1890. Wyoming is known as the Equality State, allowing women to legally vote and hold office in 1869, before it was officially ...

Wyoming first became a territory in 1868 and was formed from portions of the Dakota, Utah and Idaho territories. In 1890, Congress declared Wyoming the 44th state. 2. With slightly more than ...

The territories of Utah (1870), Washington (1883) and Montana (1887) would follow, and, in 1890, when Wyoming was admitted to the Union, its state constitution granted women voting rights.

CHEYENNE — Everyone knows Wyoming earned its nickname as The Equality State because it was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1890. What might not be as well known, however ...

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Given that the only women who voted were in the Republican state of Wyoming, his remark required elaboration. Writing in the January 1895 North American Review, Reed explained the 1890 election ...

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