Facts About Wyoming
The name Wyoming comes from the Delaware Indian phrase meche-weami +ing meaning “land of mountains and valleys alternating”.
- Wyoming Capital - Cheyenne
- Nickname(s) - Equality State and the Cowboy State
- Motto - Equal Rights
- Song: Wyoming by Charles Winter & G.E. Sublette; adopted in 1955
- Statehood - July 10, 1890: it was the 44th state
- Area/size - 96,988 square miles
- Elevation - Its lowest point is Belle Fourche River
at 3,100 feet and its highest point is Garnet
Peak at 13,804 feet
- State Bird - Meadowlark
- State Flower - Indian Paintbrush
- State Tree - Cottonwood
- State Mammal - Bison
- State Gemstone - Jade
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