Wyoming Trivia
The popular Columbia Pictures film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was filmed
on location at Devil's Tower.
Middle Jurassic dinosaur footprints that are 165 million years old were found
near Shell in 1997.
Dinosaur skull and bones discovered at Alcova Lake were foundby a local
elementary class on field trip.
Any person who fails to close a fence in Wyoming is subject to a fine of up to seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
The first book printed in Wyoming, in 1866 was the Dictionary of the Sioux Language.
In 1872, Yellowstone was designated as the first National Park in the nation. Not only is Yellowstone National Park the first in the nation, but also the first in the world.
The largest coal mine in the USA is Black Thunder located near Wright.
The first Dude Ranch in Wyoming was the Eaton Ranch, near Wolf. The Eaton's also
came up with the term "dude"
The horse on the Wyoming license plate has a name, "Old Steamboat."It is named
after a bronco that could not be ridden in the early 1900’s.
Wyoming has the lowest population of all 50 United States.
In Cheyenne, residents are not allowed to take showers on Wednesdays.
Wyoming leads the country in coal production in 1994 with 3 million tons per week
The Wind River actually changes its name in the middle of the stream becoming the
Big Horn River at a site at the north end of the Wind River Canyon, where each year the NativeAmericans hold a ceremony depicting the "Wedding of the Waters."
Clay Allison, after sitting in a dentist’s chair in Cheyenne, Wyoming , forcibly pulled
one of the dentist’s teeth when he doctor drilled on the wrong molar. He would
have continued pulling the dentists teeth, but the screams of the dentist brought
in people from the street.
In Jackson, Wyoming it is against the law to spit on the sidewalks or in the streets.
Should you carry out this offense in front of a lady, you could be arrested and jailed for
no more than three days and required to pay restitution to the woman.Cody, Wyoming is
named after William "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
It is against the law for junk dealers to transact business with anyone who is drunk.
The state name came from the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating.”
When the Wyoming Territory was organized in 1869, Wyoming womenbecame the first in the nation to obtain the right to vote.
Bigfoot has been allegedly sighted several times in Wyoming in the Wind River Mountains, Yellowstone, Teton Forest, and Snow King Mountain near Jackson.
Harry Longabaugh became known as “the Sundance Kid” because he served a jail term for horse stealing in Wyoming .
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