8 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Wyoming

Here are some things that you probably didn't know about Wyoming

1. We all know that Wyoming was the first state in the US to offer suffrage to women…but do you know why?

We needed the women’s votes to get enough votes to become a state. (Wyoming also had the first woman governor in the US, Nellie Ross in 1925 and the first female court bailiff and the first woman justice of the peace.)

2. At 13,804 feet, Gannett Peak is Wyoming’s highest point

The lowest point is the Belle Fourche River - 3,099 feet

3. The state dinosaur is a triceratops. Wyoming also has a state fossil, Knightia.

4. The city of Gillette has the largest High School in the state (Campbell County High School)

5. The JCPenney stores were started in Kemmerer.

6. The Horse on the Wyoming license plate has a name, "Old Steamboat". It is named after a bronc that could not be ridden back in the day.

7. Wyoming is the 9th largest state, but has the fewest people.

8. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, people of Japanese descent living on the Pacific Coast were relocated to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming.

Weird Wyoming Laws

You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit.

It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking.

All new buildings that cost over $100,000 to build must have %1 of funds spent on art work for the building.

In Cheyenne, No person shall spit upon any public sidewalk or upon the floor, walls or steps of any school, theater, hall, assembly room, public building or conveyance.