Title: General Wyoming Information

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1 STAR VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORICAL BOOKS INVENTORY DETAILS 1. Overview Title: General Wyoming Information Author: Subject: Wyoming Publisher: Publishing Date: 2001 Number of Pages: 6 ID#: 391 Location: Website 2. Evaluation Evaluator's Name(s): Kent and Polly Erickson Date of Evaluation: December 2014 Key Words: Included Names: 3. Svnopsis General information: state flag, state seal The Bucking Horse, state flov^er, state mammal, state bird, state tree, state gemstone, state flsh, state reptile, state fossil, state dinosaur, state song, license plates 4. Other *Found at

2 Page 1 of6 General Wyoming Information "EqualRights" Capital ^ HH Cheyenne Wjk ^t%k mm Big Wyoming, Equality State, H g^ C j Cowboy State Motto I^ights" H I Admitted To Union wbb 44th State Bi [J Size 97,914 square miles, 9th ibhhhhhhhhiil^^hiiii^h^h largest state Highest Point Gannett Peak, 13,804 feet Lowest Point 3,100 feet Belle Fourche River Average Annual Precipitation 14.5 inches Population (2000 Census) 493,782 "Equal The Wyoming State Flag, designed by Mrs. A.C. Keyes ofcasper (formerly Miss Vema Keays of Buffalo), was adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31,1917. The Great Seal of Wyoming is the heart ofthe flag. On the bison, once the monarch of the plains, is the seal representing the custom ofbranding. The colors ofthe State Flag are the same as those ofthe National Flag. The red border represents the Indian; also the blood ofthe pioneers who gave their lives reclaiming the soil. White is the emblem ofpurity and uprightness over Wyoming. Blue, the color of the sky and mountains, is symbolic of fidelity, justice and virility. #The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming was adopted by the second legislature in 1893, revised by the sixteenth legislature in The Great Seal The two dates on the Great Seal, 1869 and 1890 commemorate the organization ofthe Territorial government and Wyoming's admission to the Union. The draped figure in the center holds a stafffrom which flows a banner bearing the words, "Equal Rights," and symbolizes the political status women have always enjoyed in Wyoming. The male figures typify the livestock and mining industries ofthe state. The number 44 on the five-pointed star signifies that Wyoming was the 44th stateadmitted to the Union. On top of the pillars rest lamps from which bum the Light ofknowledge. Scrolls encircling the two pillars bear the words, Oil, Mines, Livestock, and Grain, four ofwyoming's major industries.

3 Page 2 of6 The Bucking Horse Click here for information about the Bucking Horse State Flower """ ''' Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariaefolia) i' W( January 31,1917 State Mammal Bison (Bison bison) February 23,1985 State Bird Meadowlark (Sturnella Neglecta) fl^-hrra '.-n February 5,1927 http;//

4 State Tree Plains Cottonwood (Populus sargentii) February 1,1947 Amended: 1961 State Gemstone Jade (Nephrite) January 25,1967 State Fish Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) February 18,1987 State Reptile Horned Toad (Douglassi brevirostre)

5 Page 4 of 6 February 18,1993 State Fossil Knightia February 18,1987 State Dinosaur Triceratops March 18,1994 Wyoming State Song February 15,1955 Lyric by C.E. Winter Music by G.E. Knapp In the far and mighty West, Where the crimson sun seeks rest, There's a growing splendid State that lies above. On the breast of this great land; Where the massive Rockies stand, There's Wyoming young and strong, the State I love! Chorus Wyoming, Wyoming! Land of the sunlight clear I Wyoming, Wyoming! Land that we hold so dear! Wyoming, Wyoming! Precious art thou and thine! Wyoming, Wyoming! Beloved State of mine!

6 Page 5 of6 In the flowers wild and sweet, Colors rare and perfumes meet; There's the columbine so pure, the daisy too, Wild the rose and red it springs, White the button and its rings. Thou art loyal for they're red and white and blue. Where thy peaks with crowned head, Rising till the sky they wed, Sit like snow queens ruling wood and stream and plain; 'Neath thy granite bases deep, 'Neath thy bosom's broadened sweep, Lie the riches that have gained and brought thee fame. Other treasures thou dost hold. Men and women thou dost mould. True and earnest are the lives that thou dost raise, Strengthen thy children though dost teach. Nature's truth thou givest to each. Free and noble are thy workings and thy ways. In the nation's banner free There's one star that has for me A radiance pure and splendor like the sun; Mine it is, Wyoming's star. Home it leads me near or far; 0 Wyoming! All my hear and love you've won! License Plates W^uraijQg License plates in the State ofwyoming feature the "Bucking Horse", which originally appeared on the plates in The number on the far left ofthe license plate represents the county from which the plate was issued. The numbers were assigned to counties according to their total county property valuation. 1. Natrona 2. Laramie 3. Sheridan 4. Sweetwater 5. Albany 6. Carbon 7. Goshen 8. Platte 3 jrs Till

7 Page 6 of6 9. Big Horn 10. Fremont 11. Mk 12. Lincoln 13. Converse 14. Niobrara 15. Hot Springs 16. Johnson 17. Campbell 18. Crook 19. Uinta 20. Washakie 21. Weston 22. Teton 23. Sublette We have a even more information in this Narrative! Document URL: Last Modified: Wednesday, 14-Feb :09:49 MST Copyright 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999, 2000 State of Wyoming Thank you to these People.