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Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest,South Dakota and Nebraska to the east,Idaho to the west,Utah to the southwest,and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in 2020,Wyoming is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area,with the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne,which had a population of 65,132 in 2020.
Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census,the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population,making it the most populous county in Wyoming,but the least populous county in the United States to be the most populous in its state.
Burns is a town in Laramie County,Wyoming,United States. It is part of the Cheyenne,Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 301 at the 2010 census.
Casper Mountain,an anticline,is located at the north end of the Laramie Mountains overlooking Casper,Wyoming along the North Platte River. At a top elevation of 8,130 feet (2,478 m),the geological feature rises approximately 3,000 feet (914 m) above Casper.
The Battle of Wyoming,also known as the Wyoming Massacre,was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors. The battle took place in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3,1778 in what is now Luzerne County. The result was an overwhelming defeat for the Americans. The battle is often referred to as the "Wyoming Massacre" because of the roughly 300 Patriot casualties,many of whom were killed by the Iroquois as they fled the battlefield or after they had been taken prisoner.
Shoshone National Forest is the first federally protected National Forest in the United States and covers nearly 2,500,000 acres (1,000,000 ha) in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve,the forest is managed by the United States Forest Service and was created by an act of Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Benjamin Harrison in 1891. Shoshone National Forest is one of the first nationally protected land areas anywhere. Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 10,000 years,and when the region was first explored by European adventurers,forestlands were occupied by several different tribes. Never heavily settled or exploited,the forest has retained most of its wildness. Shoshone National Forest is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,a nearly unbroken expanse of federally protected lands encompassing an estimated 20,000,000 acres (8,100,000 ha).
The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming was adopted by the second legislature in 1893,and revised by the sixteenth legislature in 1921.
The Rock Springs massacre,also known as the Rock Springs riot,occurred on September 2,1885,in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County,Wyoming. The riot,and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by European immigrant miners,was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners,who were taking jobs from the existing miners. The Union Pacific Coal Department found it economically beneficial to give preference in hiring to Chinese miners,who were willing to work for lower wages than their European counterparts,which angered the existing miners. When the rioting ended,at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 78 Chinese homes,resulting in approximately $150,000 in property damage. Despite the identification of the perpetrators,no individuals were prosecuted for the murders or property destruction.
Wyoming Presbyterian Church is a registered historic building in Wyoming,Ohio,listed in the National Register on March 3,1980.
Wyoming Highway 213 (WYO 213) is a 19.8-mile-long (31.9 km) state highway in the eastern part of Laramie County,Wyoming,named Burns Road,that provides travel between Interstate 80/U.S. Highway 30 and the Town of Burns and north to WYO 216 and US 85.
Mount Holmes is a prominent mountain peak in Yellowstone National Park. It is the tallest mountain in the Wyoming portion of the Gallatin Range. Mount Holmes is located in the northwestern part of the park and marks the southern terminus of the Gallatin Range. It is the source of Indian Creek,a tributary of the Gardner River.
The Quintin Blair House in Cody,Wyoming,United States,was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built 1952–1953. The house is an example of Wright's "natural house" theme,emphasizing close integration of house and landscape. It is the only Wright building in Wyoming.
The sheep wars,or the sheep and cattle wars,were a series of armed conflicts in the Western United States fought between sheepmen and cattlemen over grazing rights. Sheep wars occurred in many western states,though they were most common in Texas,Arizona,and the border region of Wyoming and Colorado. Generally,the cattlemen saw the sheepherders as invaders who destroyed the public grazing lands,which they had to share on a first-come,first-served basis. Between 1870 and 1920,approximately 120 engagements occurred in eight states or territories. At least 54 men were killed and some 50,000 to over 100,000 sheep were slaughtered.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate for the State of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a fourth term in office. Enzi held Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy to just 17.4 percent of the vote –the lowest percentage of the vote for any major party nominee in Wyoming U.S. Senate electoral history out of the 39 races conducted during the direct election era.
The Front Range Urban Corridor is an oblong region of urban population located along the eastern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains,encompassing 18 counties in the US states of Colorado and Wyoming. The corridor derives its name from the Front Range,the mountain range that defines the western boundary of the corridor which serves as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains. The region comprises the northern portion of the Southern Rocky Mountain Front geographic area,which in turn comprises the southern portion of the Rocky Mountain Front geographic area of Canada and the United States. The Front Range Urban Corridor had a population of 5,055,344 at the 2020 Census,an increase of +16.65% since the 2010 Census.
Lloyd Charles Larsen is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 54 since January 8,2013.
The 2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Mark Gordon defeated Democratic nominee Mary Throne by nearly 40 percentage points.
Senator Burns may refer to:
All 62 members of the Wyoming House of Representatives were elected on November 8,2022,as part of the 2022 Wyoming elections. Primary elections were held on August 16. Republicans expanded their supermajority,gaining six seats.
Tomi Strock is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing the 6th district since January 10,2023.
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- ↑ Wyoming Blue Book
- ↑ Wyoming Legislature. "Senator Bruce Burns". Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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