Wyoming State Information
Capital
Cheyenne
Nickname
Big Wyoming, Equality State, Cowboy State
Motto
"Equal Rights"
Admitted To Union
July 10, 1890 - 44t...
Capital
Pierre
Nickname
The Mount Rushmore State
Motto
"Under God the People Rule"
Admitted To Union
November 2, 1889 — 40th State
Size
77,121 square miles
Highest Point
Black Elk Peak; 7,242 feet
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The granite spires of the Needles formation, standing a mile above sea level, are the result of millions of years of erosion on the highest elevations east of t...
Almost 70 years ago Lakota (Sioux) Chief Henry Standing Bear asked Korczak Ziolkowski to create a monument of Crazy Horse in the sacred Black Hills. Today, you ...
When you think of the early days of Deadwood, what group comes immediately to your mind—miners, gamblers, prostitutes—others portrayed so convincingly in HBO's Deadwood Series?
In fact, one of the largest groups to populate early Deadwood was Chin...
President Theodore Roosevelt approved the establishment of Wind Cave National Park on January 9, 1903. The park was the first area set aside to preserve and pro...
“You will feel them before you hear them…You will hear them before you see them.”
The greater Black Hills area is wonderfully abundant in wildlife, and even mo...
Spring around the Black Hills is cool. Daytime highs in May average in the 60s and warm into the 70s during June. Overnight temperatures are still chilly—especially in the Hills, where May lows are in the 30s and 40s. Lows are typically in the 40s an...
W.E. Adams was born to parents James Windsor and Sarah Ann (Prettyman) Adams in Michigan on May 13, 1854. The family later moved to Fairbault, Minnesota. Accord...