Wyoming Park
Grand Teton National Park (National Park Service)
Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park protects stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. The central feature of the park is the Teton Range — an active, fault-block, 40-mile-long mountain front. The range includes eight peaks over 12,000 feet (3,658 m), including the Grand Teton at 13,770 feet (4,198 m). Seven morainal lakes run along the base of the range, and more than 100 alpine lakes can be found in the backcountry. ... We are pleased you have chosen to visit Grand Teton National Park’s website. Click on the "In Depth" link to the right for additional information to help you plan your visit. New additions to the website occur regularly; visit the "What's New at Grand Teton?" section under the News category of the In Depth page to find out what is happening in the park. We hope you enjoy your visit, both online and in person. ... [Read More]
Welcome to the State of Wyoming
Bands and fireworks during the evening - festivities begin at dusk! Free parking. Gates open at 6:00 pm and fireworks show at approximately 9:00 pm. Contact 307-778-7200 for more information. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Narrative
In 2002 over six million people visited Wyoming’s national parks and monuments. The key tourist attractions in Wyoming include Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Devil’s Tower National Monument, and Fossil Butte National Monument. Each year Yellowstone National Park receives three million visitors. ... Yellowstone National Park -The world's first and foremost nationalpark. Two contrasting elements have combined to produce this areaof natural wonders; a land born in the fires of thunderingvolcanoes and since sculptured by glacial ice and running water.The park features the world's most extensive area of geothermalactivity. Thousands of hot springs dot thermal basins; geysershurl thousands of gallons of boiling water into the air; hissingsteam vents punctuate valley floors; and petrified tree stumps,remnants of a primeval forest buried by volcanic ash, stand starklyon eroded mountain sides. This thermal theatre had its beginningin an enormous volcanic eruption thought to have occurred about600,000 years ago. Heat from a huge reservoir of molten rock,which produced the massive eruption, remains relatively closebeneath the surface, sustaining the spectacular hot water and steamphenomena for which the park is famous. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - General Facts About Wyoming
1909 Park 1911 Big Horn 1911 Niobrara 1913 Converse Campbell 1913 Weston and Crook Goshen 1913 Laramie Platte 1913 Laramie Hot Springs 1913 Fremont, Big Horn, Park Washakie 1913 Big Horn Lincoln 1913 Uinta 1921 Teton 1922 Lincoln Sublette 1923 Fremont and Lincoln Name Derivations ofWyoming Counties ... Great herds of buffalo once grazed on the rolling hillsof Wyoming, giving rise to one of the state's best known citizens,William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Today in the town he founded,Cody, near Yellowstone National Park, is an enormous museumdedicated to Buffalo Bill and the West he loved and helped settle.Near the turn of the century, Buffalo Bill took his Wild West Showto Great Britain and the European continent to give audiences abrief glimpse of the cowboys, Indians and other characters wholived in America's west during Wyoming's early days. ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming - Detailed Index
They offer information on Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Devil's Tower National Monument, and many of Wyoming's other major attractions. ... The Mission of Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites is to provide quality recreational and cultural land and opportunities that meet or exceed the expectations of our State's residents and visitors and to be responsible stewards of our resources. ... State Parks and Cultural Resources. Links to the various sectionswithin the Cultural Resources Division including: Archives, Archaeology, Wyoming Arts Council, ... [Read More]
Wyoming QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Select a county Albany County Big Horn County Campbell County Carbon County Converse County Crook County Fremont County Goshen County Hot Springs County Johnson County Laramie County Lincoln County Natrona County Niobrara County Park County Platte County Sheridan County Sublette County Sweetwater County Teton County Uinta County Washakie County Weston County ... [Read More]
State of Wyoming -Historical Dats
1742-43 -Francois Louis Verendrye entered area of Wyoming. 1807 -John Colter first White American known to enter present Wyoming. 1811 -Wilson Price Hunt party, the first organized expedition through Wyoming, crossed the state on the way to Astoria, in present day Oregon. 1812 - Robert Stuart and returning Astorians crossed the Continental Divide in the vicinity of South Pass and built the first known cabin in Wyoming, on North Platte River near Bessemer Bend. 1824 -William H. Ashley's men rediscovered South Pass. 1825 -Beginning of fur trade rendezvous period. 1827 -Ashley's party took first wheeled vehicle, a four-pounder cannon, through South Pass. 1832 -Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville took first wagons through South Pass, built Ft. Bonneville near present Daniel. 1834 - Ft. Laramie, first permanent trading post in Wyoming, established by William Sublette and Robert Campbell. Military post 1849-1890. 1835 - Rev. Samuel Parker held first Protestant service in Wyoming near present ... [Read More]
Big Hole National Battlefield (National Park Service)
Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce War of 1877. Like other Indian Wars in the late 1800's, the Nez Perce War involved two very different groups with very different outlooks on land rights, civilian authority, government powers, social organization, and the responsibilities of the individuals to society. In 1992, legislation incorporated Big Hole National Battlefield with Nez Perce National Historical Park, making it part of a unique park consisting of 38 different sites located in five states; Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... [Read More]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (National Park Service)
Search this park ... Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is a lesser known treasure waiting to be discovered. It boasts breath-taking scenery, countless varieties of wildlife, and abundant recreational opportunities, such as boating, fishing, ice fishing, camping, and hiking. Bighorn Canyon offers visitors what few other National Park areas can, that of solitude, serenity, and beauty. In the midst of our chaotic world, this is a truly unique quality. ... [Read More]
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