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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state U.S. state

A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to as a state [i] ... 

 of the western United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

. While the eastern third of the state is within the Great Plains Great Plains

The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie [i] and steppe [i] which lies east of the Rocky Mountains [i] ... 

, the majority is dominated by numerous distinct mountain ranges and rangelands. Wyoming is also the least populous U.S. state with 509,294 people.

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Timeline

1868   Wyoming becomes a United States territory.

1872   US government geologist Clarence King reveals the diamond hoax in Wyoming

1890   Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.

1892   Johnson County War in Wyoming

1922   Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome oil reserves in Wyoming.

1924   Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming elected as the first woman governor in the United States.

1949   February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish

1958   Police capture Charles Starkweather in Wyoming.

1998   Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming college student, is found tied to a fence, the victim of a gay-bashing. He dies on Monday, October 12, becoming a symbol of victims of gay-bashing and sparking public reflection on homophobia.



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Wyoming is a state U.S. state

A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to as a state [i] ... 

 of the western United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

. While the eastern third of the state is within the Great Plains Great Plains

The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie [i] and steppe [i] which lies east of the Rocky Mountains [i] ... 

, the majority is dominated by numerous distinct mountain ranges and rangelands. Wyoming is also the least populous U.S. state with 509,294 people.
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