Wyoming Territory
The Wyoming Territory was a historic territory of the United States that existed from 1868 through July 10, 1890. At that time, the territory was added to the union as the 44th state named Wyoming .
The Wyoming Territory was created by a law passed in the US Congress on July 25, 1868 . At that time, the territory included parts of the Dakota , Idaho, and Utah Territories . On July 10, 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state to join the union.
prehistory
Wyoming has a complex history of territorial relationships due to its location. This stems from the fact that Wyoming is at the intersection of the Louisiana Purchase , Oregon Country and the Mexican Cession . Parts of the territory that fell under Wyoming's jurisdiction correspond to today's states of Washington , Oregon , Idaho , South Dakota , North Dakota , Nebraska, and Utah . These areas previously belonged to the independent states of Great Britain , France , Spain , Mexico and Texas .
The part of the Wyoming Territory east of the continental divide was acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and annexed to the Nebraska Territory in 1854 . 1861 was the northern half of the Nebraska Territory, which the north-eastern part of the future Wyoming Territory included, part of the Dakota Territory (left), while the southeastern part remained in Nebraska and an extended "Landzipfel" shaped, the settlement Cheyenne included . Then in 1863 the Idaho Territory was created. It spanned all of the modern states of Idaho, Montana, and almost all of modern Wyoming except for the southwest corner.
The part of the Wyoming Territory west of the continental divide and north of the 42nd parallel was originally part of Oregon County and from 1848 part of the created Oregon Territory . When Oregon, with its current borders, was admitted to the Union in 1859, this area became part of the Washington Territory . However, the eastern part was annexed to the Nebraska Territory in 1854 (right). The Idaho Territory comprised the country until 1863.
The southwest corner of what became the Wyoming Territory, south of the 42nd parallel, became part of the United States as a result of the Mexican Cession of 1848. The eastern portion of the area has been claimed by the Republic of Texas . In 1851, the portion of land west of the continental divide became part of the Utah Territory and in 1861 the Colorado Territory . Then most of it was annexed to the Nebraska Territory (link) and in 1863 it was merged into the Idaho Territory. A small corner of Wyoming remained part of Utah until the creation of the Wyoming Territory in 1868.
With the creation of the Montana Territory in 1864, the southeastern portion of the Idaho Territory, which included most of modern Wyoming, once again briefly became part of the Dakota Territory (right), although a strip of land along the western border of what was Wyoming was to remain with the Idaho Territory.
