Former organized incorporated territory of the United States (1868–1890)
Territory of Wyoming
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1868–1890
Coat of arms
The Wyoming Territory in 1872
Capital
Cheyenne
Government
• Type
Organized incorporated territory
• Motto
Cedant arma togae ("Let arms yield to the gown")
History
• Organic act
July 25, 1868
• Statehood
July 10, 1890
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Dakota Territory
Idaho Territory
Utah Territory
Wyoming
The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868,[1] until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The boundaries of the Wyoming Territory were identical to those of the modern State of Wyoming.
The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, until July 10, 1890, when it was...
The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military department. The gubernatorial term...
established the WyomingTerritory on July 25, 1868. Lacking significant deposits of gold and silver, unlike mineral-rich Colorado, Wyoming did not have such...
There are 23 counties in the U.S. state of Wyoming. There were originally five counties in the WyomingTerritory: Laramie and Carter, established in 1867;...
central role in the European colonization of the area. Wyoming would become a U.S. territory in 1868. It was the first state to grant women the right...
tables of members from Wyoming of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Wyoming delegation is Senator...
newly organized territory covered all of the present-day states of Idaho and Montana, and almost all of the present-day state of Wyoming, omitting only...
University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted...
western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming. The territory was organized by an Organic Act of Congress in 1850, on the same...
statehood in 1889, there were fewer elected offices, as indicated. Of WyomingTerritory. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate. As...
established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of Wyoming and Montana....
1854. The territorial capital was Omaha. The territory encompassed areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, and Montana...