Wyoming landscapes, Wyoming, United States, North America
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States. The state is the 10th largest by area, the least populous and the second least densely populated state in the country. Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho. The state population was estimated at 586,107 in 2015, which is less than 31 of the most populous U.S. cities including neighboring Denver. Cheyenne is the state capital and the most populous city, with population estimated at 63,335 in 2015. The western two-thirds of the state is covered mostly by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie called the High Plains. Almost half of the land in Wyoming is owned by the U.S. government, leading Wyoming to rank sixth by area and fifth by proportion of a state's land owned by the federal government. Federal lands include two national parks Grand Teton and Yellowstone two national recreation areas, two national monuments, several national forests, historic sites, fish hatcheries, and wildlife refuges. Original inhabitants of the region include the Crow, Arapaho, Lakota, and Shoshone. Southwestern Wyoming was in the Spanish Empire and then Mexican territory until it was ceded to the United States in 1848 at the end of the Mexican-American War. The region acquired the name Wyoming when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress in 1865 to provide a temporary government for the territory of Wyoming. The name was used earlier for the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, and is derived from the Munsee word xwé:wamənk, meaning at the big river flat. The main drivers of Wyoming's economy are mineral extraction mostly coal, oil, natural gas, and trona and tourism. Agricultural commodities include livestock, hay, sugar beets, grain, and wool. The climate is semi-arid and continental, drier and windier than the rest of the U.S., with greater temperature extremes. Wyoming has been a politically conservative state since the 1950s with the Republican Party candidate winning every presidential election except 1964.
Green River Rendezvous Pinedale, Wyoming July 2018
Every year the fur trade festival rendezvous takes place in Pinedale, Wyoming. 8 miles from the original site of six of the original sixteen historic rendezvous.
HIGH WYOMING MOUNTAIN LAKE TRAVEL
Mike were headin into Shoshone to catch our limit
Scenic Byways Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway Big Horn Scenic Byway Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic Byway Centennial Scenic Byway Beartooth Scenic Byway Chief Joseph Scenic Byway Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway Snowy Range Scenic Byway Mirror Lake Scenic Byway Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway Wyoming Scenic Backways South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway Seminoe-Alcova Scenic Backway Red Gulch/Alkali Scenic Backway Big Spring Scenic Backway Record Book Species Score Rank Location Year taken World Record Black Bear 21 15/16 58 Lincoln Co. 1976 23 10/16 Grizzly Bear* 25 10/16 77 Western Wyoming 1961 27 2/16 Mt. Lion 16 1/16 3 Park County 1993 16 4/16 Elk 441 6/8 3 Big Horn Mountains 1890 442 5/8 Mule Deer typical 217 2 Hoback Canyon 1925 226 4/8 Mule Deer Non-typical 293 7/8 29 Albany County 1924 355 2/8 White-tail typical 191 5/8 68 Albany County 1986 333 7/8 Moose 205 4/8 1 Green River Lakes 1952 205 4/8 Pronghorn Antelope 91 9 Carbon County 1964,1967 93 4/8 Bighorn Sheep 200 20 Wind Rivers 1883 208 1/8
WYOMING LAKE FALL COLORS
Louis Lake,Fremont county,Lander,Wyoming
Scenic Byways
Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway
Big Horn Scenic Byway
Cloud Peak Skyway Scenic Byway
Centennial Scenic Byway
Beartooth Scenic Byway
Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway
Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Wyoming Scenic Backways
South Big Horn/Red Wall Scenic Backway
Seminoe-Alcova Scenic Backway
Red Gulch/Alkali Scenic Backway
Big Spring Scenic Backway
Record Book
Species Score Rank Location Year taken World Record
Black Bear 21 15/16 58 Lincoln Co. 1976 23 10/16
Grizzly Bear* 25 10/16 77 Western Wyoming 1961 27 2/16
Mt. Lion 16 1/16 3 Park County 1993 16 4/16
Elk 441 6/8 3 Big Horn Mountains 1890 442 5/8
Mule Deer typical 217 2 Hoback Canyon 1925 226 4/8
Mule Deer Non-typical 293 7/8 29 Albany County 1924 355 2/8
White-tail typical 191 5/8 68 Albany County 1986 333 7/8
Moose 205 4/8 1 Green River Lakes 1952 205 4/8
Pronghorn Antelope 91 9 Carbon County 1964,1967 93 4/8
Bighorn Sheep 200 20 Wind Rivers 1883 208 1/8
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The Endless Mountains.
Flying my DJI Phantom around the endless mountains at worlds end state park. Music by David Bowie.
BigRigTravels LIVE Elk Mountain to Green River, Wyoming I-80 West-Aug. 5, 2019
West on I-80 from near Elk Mountain, WY through Rawlins, Rock Springs and Green River.
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America's Scenic Byways
In this video, I take a look at what America's National Scenic Byways are all about. And I check the list of roads to see which ones I have seen myself so far. Maybe I will try to take a drive on more of them in the future.
What's In A Name? (Sundance, Glenrock and Thermopolis) - Main Street, Wyoming
In this second edition of What’s in a Name, producer Steven McKnight travels to Sundance, Glenrock and Thermopolis to discover the history behind these communities and their names.
Wyoming Game and Fish Dept. Aquatic Invasive Species Update SW Wyoming
WGFD Green River Region Aquatic Invasive Species Technician Wes Gordon explains that anyone who wants to bring any watercraft into Wyoming from out of state will have to have that watercraft inspected. That regulation is in place through the end of November 2017.
Wyoming Hiking Trip
6 day in the mountains of Wyoming
Graystones Preserve - Albrightsville, Pennsylvania
In the heart of the eastern seaboard’s finest fly fishing rivers sits Graystones Preserve. A true eastern legacy property, Graystones’ 3,798± acres and three miles of cold clear trout water surrounded by state parks on three sides provide unsurpassed beauty and privacy just two hours from New York City’s financial and business centers and 90 minutes from Philadelphia. Mountain laurel and rhododendron spill from the mountainsides and 100-year old oak, maple, ash and cherry tower overhead, providing a refuge for deer, bear, turkey and people. With seven residential structures and approximately 28 bedrooms, there is ample accommodation for the largest families, a corporate retreat center or a first-rate commercial venture. Mature timber and potential mineral rights provide solid underlying assets that further bolster the value proposition for this once in a lifetime purchasing opportunity.
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Allegheny National Forest Part 1
After being downsized from IBM and Readers Digest, I listed homes for sale in upstate NY. After a bad year in real estate and feeling like I had too much stuff I realized that I was watching my life waste away. I sold many of my personal possessions and converted a Ram Promaster cargo van into my new home.
Now, I'll always have my house with me, wherever I go. I can boondock anywhere with my conversion van. I have been to places as far south as Key West and have plans to go as far west as California. I will travel the continental 48 with a free spirit, playing my songs on my guitar for whoever will listen.
I don't know how long I will do this, but will do it as long as I want.
I hope to make many friends along the way.
This video is part 1 of my experience in Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
Green with Envy
A proposed pipeline to divert billions of gallons of water from Wyoming and Utah to Colorado's Front Range threatens more than the world-class trout fishing in the Green River and Flaming Gorge Reservoir. It poses a threat to a series of small communities and a way of life. This video from TU and the Sportsmen's Conservation Project shows why.
Black Butte Coal Mine
Black Butte Coal Mine east of Rock Springs supplies coal to the adjacent Jim Bridger power plant.
University of Wyoming Extension
Sustainable Management of Rangeland Resources
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Ashley Garrelts - Extension Educator
David Keto - Extension Media Producer
Over Wyoming
WyomingPBS takes cameras aloft to explore the sweeping beauty of the Cowboy State and finds etched on the land, history as vast as its horizons and human stories as intricate as its streams. Narrated by Pete Simpson.
Top 10 Mysterious Abandoned Cities In America
Check out these top 10 abandoned cities in America! From haunted ghost towns to mysterious and creepy deserted places, these cities are absolutely bizarre!
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10. Virginia City & Nevada City in Montana
Virginia city and Nevada city are about a mile apart from each other, along the Alder Gulch in Montana. They are at the site of one of the most valuable deposits of gold that have been located in the Rocky mountains, with an estimated one hundred million dollars worth having been found throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In the first three years alone, about thirty million dollars worth of gold was recovered, which made the two cities popular places for gold seekers.
When the gold ran out, however, people left- and there was only enough wealth to just about keep Virginia City running, with no chance of upgrading the infrastructure. Today, it is still the way it was then. A ghost town, a frozen reminder of the Old West. In a turnaround of fortune, it’s now a popular tourist destination where you can go to experience the thrill of the gold rush, albeit without any gold, for yourself.
9. Bodie, California
The Californian gold rush between 1877 and 1888 spawned its own series of towns full of gold seekers, with one of the largest being Bodie, in the eastern Sierra. In its heyday the town was home to more than 10,000 people; all reliant on the nearby treasures of which more than thirty five million dollars worth of gold and silver were found.
Of course, as happened with many places like this, when the gold became scarce the people began to move in search elsewhere. This soon left Bodie as an abandoned town, one that has been kept in a state of “arrested decay” for visitors to explore. The 170 wooden buildings haven’t been touched since they were abandoned, with bottles and desks still sat where they were left in the schoolhouse, saloon, church and barbershop.
8. Kennecott, Alaska
In 1900, copper had become a valuable commodity for the use in wiring as electricity became popular. Two prospectors found an area with the richest concentration of copper that had ever been found; the only problem being it was on a glacier in Alaska. Wealthy investors were brought in who provided the machinery and a railroad track and built a town called Kennecott. All they needed to do was hire a workforce, which they had to offer far higher salaries to, to make the job appealing.
By 1938, however, the mines had run dry. They were shut, along with the railroad, and Kennecott soon became a ghost town. It was later sold into private ownership, and then purchased by the park service in 1998, who have turned it into a National Historic landmark, and one of the most popular destinations in Alaska.
7. South Pass City, Wyoming
As a small gold rush town, South Pass city may seem no different to the others, but it was the site of two important historic events while the gold seekers were in town.
The city was founded in 1867 after Mormon prospectors found gold in the nearby Wind River mountains. Within a year more than 250 buildings had been built, with over 1,000 residents moving in. The half mile long main street featured hotels, restaurants, a bowling alley and dozens of saloons, but the success wasn’t to last long. After growing to around 3,000 inhabitants in 1868, the numbers began to dwindle by 1869 due to the small quantity of gold being found, and by 1872 there were only a few hundred people left.
During this successful time for the city, it also became the first place, in 1869, to introduce a women’s suffrage bill, which led to Wyoming being the first state where women could vote. Soon after that, Esther Hobart, a resident of the city, became the first woman in the country to hold a position in public office when she was appointed as the justice of the peace.
Despite all of this, South Pass city would eventually become a ghost town, with the last few people leaving for good in 1949. In 1966 it was bought from private landowners by the state of Wyoming as a present to its residents, and now is run as a tourist attraction.
A Mountain Expedition - Fly Fishing Short
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Winter Overnight Minister Creek, Allegheny National Forest PA
Join me as I dive into winter camping and explore a section of Allegheny National Forest. There was a lot more snow than I thought there would be but I had a lot of fun.
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