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The Cheyennes came to Wyoming in the 1700s and so did the Arapaho people.
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On April 30th 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought 828,000 square miles from France and alot of Wyoming was bought.
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The mountain men came to Wyoming in the 1820's. A mountain man had to sew a guy's ear back on him.
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The Pony Express was a gang of boys under 125 pounds who would trade places with oyher boys while delivering mail.
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The Union Pacific Railroad goes through Wyoming.
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Wyoming became its own territory on December 10, 1869.
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Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890. Wyoming is the 44th state in the U.S.
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In Hanna, Wyoming there was a coal mine disaster and 169 people died.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first female governor in the nation.
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Fires destroied a large part of Yellowstone National Park.