1743 |
|
1803 |
|
1807-1808 |
|
1811 |
|
1811 - 1812 |
|
1822 |
-
William Ashley puts an ad in a
St. Louis
paper to recruit able-bodied men for his new enterprise. There is no
shortage of willing young men. Ashley will not build a chain of
forts to manage his fur trading operation. Instead, he sends his men
out alone and makes arrangements to meet them all at a central place
a year later. At the predetermined time, Ashley will load up his
wagons with supplies and head off to meet his men.
|
1824 |
-
William H. Ashley's men rediscovered South Pass.
-
The Rocky Mountain fur trappers and traders,
including
Indians
and mountain men, begin holding most of their annual meetings along
the Green River.
|
1825 |
-
Beginning of fur trade rendezvous period. Ashley's yearly journey
begins in
St. Louis
and takes him deep into the heart of the Rockies. His wagons are the
first vehicles to penetrate the west, blazing a wagon road for the
settlers who will follow a decade later. When Ashley finally reaches
his men each year, it is cause for celebration--a wild party they
call "the rendezvous."
|
1832 |
|
1833 |
|
1834 |
|
1835 |
-
Rendezvous missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman removes, to
the amusement and amazement of the assembled multitudes, a 2-inch
arrow or spearhead that had been lodged in Jim Bridger's shoulder
for the preceding 3 years.
|
1836 |
|
1842 |
-
Capt. John C. Fremont's first expedition to
Wyoming;
named Fremont Peak.
-
Gold is discovered in the South Pass district, but
the major gold rush will be delayed by the coming Civil War and will
start late in the 1860s. The great migration begins on the
Oregon
Trail.
|
1843 |
-
Migration begins over the
Oregon Trail.
-
Fort
Bridger, second permanent settlement, established by Jim Bridger and
Louis Vasquez.
|
1847 |
|
1849 |
|
1852 |
|
1853 |
|
1860 |
|
1861 |
|
1862 |
|
1863 |
-
Bozeman Trail established.
-
First newspaper in
Wyoming,
The Daily Telegraph, established at Fort Bridger.
|
1865 |
|
1866 |
-
Nelson Story drove first herd of cattle through
Wyoming,
going north to
Montana.
-
Indians massacre William J. Fetterman and eighty troops near
Fort Kearney,
Wyoming.
|
1867 |
|
1868 |
|
1869 |
|
1870 |
-
Cowboys begin trailing cattle from
Texas
into and through
Wyoming,
beginning an industry that remains strong more than a century later.
-
Esther Hobart Morris of South Pass City first woman
ever to be appointed Justice of the Peace (Feb. 17).
-
Women first empaneled for jury service (March),
Laramie.
-
First equal suffrage vote cast by Mrs. Louisa Swain
of
Laramie (Sept. 6).
|
1871 |
|
1872 |
|
1873 |
|
1876 |
|
1877 |
-
Agreement made with Shoshone
Indians
to allow Arapahoes to move onto Wind River Reservation.
-
Chief
Joseph
leads his
Nez Perce
people through the "Devil's Doorway" in the
Yellowstone
area during their attempted escape to Canada.
|
1880 |
|
1883 |
|
1885 |
|
1886-1887 |
|
1888 |
|
1889 |
|
1890 |
|
1892 |
|
1896 |
|
1897 |
-
Bighorn National Forest is established.
-
First Cheyenne Frontier Days are celebrated,
beginning on September 23rd.
|
1900 |
|
1901 |
|
1902 |
|
1903 |
-
Shoshone National Forest, the nations'
first, is created in northwestern
Wyoming.
-
Tom Horn hanged in Cheyenne, November 20; buried in
Boulder,
Colorado.
|
1904 |
|
1906 |
|