The hills of Wyoming

Wild Wyoming

---

July 2nd 2013
It's a relief to enter Wyoming, you can feel the heavy cloak of civilization sliding off your back. It's not as though no one lives in Wyoming, but at 500,000 in 97,000 square miles, they are hardly weighing it down. As Gov. Lester C. Hunt observed on the 50th anniversary of statehood (quoted in a poster at the visitor center), "Times will change, but the character of Wyoming will never ch ... read more

North America » United States » Wyoming » Yellowstone National Park

---

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more