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Wyoming
was the first state to have a county public library.
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 found by 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 majority of
Yellowstone National Park lies within the boundaries of
Wyoming
,
with smaller portions in
Idaho and Montana.
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