"Equal Rights"
Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheyenne
Nickname. . . . . . . Big Wyoming, Equality State, Cowboy State
Motto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Equal Rights"
Admitted To Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10, 1890-44th State
Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,914 square miles, 9th largest state
Highest Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gannett Peak, 13,804 feet
Lowest Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100 feet Belle Fourche River
Average Annual Precipitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 inches
Population (2000 Census). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493,782
The Wyoming State Flag, designed by Mrs. A.C. Keyes of Casper (formerly Miss Verna Keays of Buffalo), was
adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31, 1917.
The Great Seal of Wyoming is the heart of the flag. On the bison, once the monarch of the plains, is the seal representing
the custom of branding. The colors of the State Flag are the same as those of the National Flag. The red border represents
the Indian; also the blood of the pioneers who gave their lives reclaiming the soil. White is the emblem of purity and uprightness
over Wyoming. Blue, the color of the sky and mountains, is symbolic of fidelity, justice and virility.
The Great Seal
The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming was adopted by the second
legislature in 1893, revised by the sixteenth legislature in 1921.
The two dates on the Great Seal, 1869 and 1890 commemorate the
organization of the Territorial government and Wyoming's admission to the
Union. The draped figure in the center holds a staff from which flows a
banner bearing the words, "Equal Rights," and symbolizes the political
status women have always enjoyed in Wyoming. The male figures typify the
livestock and mining industries of the state. The number 44 on the
five-pointed star signifies that Wyoming was the 44th state admitted to
the Union. On top of the pillars rest lamps from which burn the Light of
Knowledge. Scrolls encircling the two pillars bear the words, Oil,
Mines, Livestock, and Grain, four of Wyoming's major industries.
The Bucking Horse
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State Flower
Indian Paintbrush
(Castilleja linariaefolia)
Adopted:
January 31, 1917
State Mammal
Bison
(Bison bison)
Adopted:
February 23, 1985
State Bird
Meadowlark
(Sturnella Neglecta)
Adopted:
February 5, 1927
State Tree
Plains Cottonwood
(Populus sargentii)
Adopted:
February 1, 1947
Amended: 1961
State Gemstone
Jade
(Nephrite)
Adopted:
January 25, 1967
State Fish
Cutthroat Trout
(Salmo clarki)
Adopted:
February 18, 1987
State Reptile
Horned Toad
(Douglassi brevirostre)
Adopted:
February 18, 1993
State Fossil
Knightia
Adopted:
February 18, 1987
State Dinosaur
Triceratops
Adopted:
March 18, 1994
State Coin
Golden Sacajawea Dollar
Adopted:
March 2, 2004
State Sport
Rodeo
Adopted:
2003
State Grass
Western Wheat Grass
Adopted:
2007
Wyoming State Song
Adopted: February 15, 1955
Lyric by C.E. Winter
Music by G.E. Knapp
I
In the far and mighty West,
Where the crimson sun seeks rest,
There's a growing splendid State that lies above,
On the breast of this great land;
Where the massive Rockies stand,
There's Wyoming young and strong, the State I love!
Chorus
Wyoming, Wyoming! Land of the sunlight clear!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Land that we hold so dear!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Precious art thou and thine!
Wyoming, Wyoming! Beloved State of mine!
II
In the flowers wild and sweet,
Colors rare and perfumes meet;
There's the columbine so pure, the daisy too,
Wild the rose and red it springs,
White the button and its rings,
Thou art loyal for they're red and white and blue,
III
Where thy peaks with crowned head,
Rising till the sky they wed,
Sit like snow queens ruling wood and stream and plain;
'Neath thy granite bases deep,
'Neath thy bosom's broadened sweep,
Lie the riches that have gained and brought thee fame.
IV
Other treasures thou dost hold,
Men and women thou dost mould,
True and earnest are the lives that thou dost raise,
Strengthen thy children though dost teach,
Nature's truth thou givest to each,
Free and noble are thy workings and thy ways.
V
In the nation's banner free
There's one star that has for me
A radiance pure and splendor like the sun;
Mine it is, Wyoming's star,
Home it leads me near or far;
O Wyoming! All my heart and love you've won!
License Plates
License plates in the State of Wyoming feature the "Bucking Horse", which
originally appeared on the plates in 1936. The number on the far left of
the license plate represents the county from which the plate was issued.
The numbers were assigned to counties according to their total county
property valuation.
- Natrona
- Laramie
- Sheridan
- Sweetwater
- Albany
- Carbon
- Goshen
- Platte
- Big Horn
- Fremont
- Park
- Lincoln
- Converse
- Niobrara
- Hot Springs
- Johnson
- Campbell
- Crook
- Uinta
- Washakie
- Weston
- Teton
- Sublette
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