HISTORICAL PLACES OF OREGON STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH
HISTORICAL PLACES OF OREGON STATE,U S A
1. OREGON STATE CAPITOL,SALEM 44°56'18.03N 123° 1'49.60W
2. FORT STEVENS,WARRENTON 46°12'19.79N 123°57'43.29W
3. METHODIST CHURCH,SALEM 44°56'19.68N 123° 2'8.30W
4. MOUNT JEFFERSON 44°40'15.93N 121°47'54.65W
5. ZOO PARK & MUSEUM,PORTLAND 45°30'32.40N 122°42'51.37W
6. OREGON CAVES,CAVE JUNCTION 42° 5'53.37N 123°24'27.00W
7. PAULINA PEAK,LA PINE 43°41'23.40N 121°15'20.07W
8. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,ALBANY 44°38'0.99N 123° 6'25.32W
9. CROWN POINT VISTA HOUSE,CASCADE LOCKS 45°32'22.58N 122°14'39.94W
10. CRATER LAKE,WHITE CITY 42°56'53.07N 122° 5'55.20W
11. EVERGREEN AVIATION MUSEUM,MCMINNVILLE 45°12'15.96N 123° 8'42.55W
12. LDS TEMPLE,CENTRAL POINT 42°22'24.16N 122°55'57.60W
13. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE&INDUSTRY,PORTLAND 45°30'29.35N 122°39'58.56W
14. FORT ROCK MONUMENT 43°22'30.71N 121° 4'11.95W
15. ST.PATRICK'S CHURCH,PORTLAND 45°32'5.19N 122°41'27.59W
16. GOONIES ROCKS,CANNON BEACH 45°53'4.19N 123°58'5.53W
17. THREE SISTERS MOUNTAINS 44° 8'8.95N 121°46'32.31W
18. ATKINSON MEMORIAL CHURCH,OREGON CITY 45°21'17.77N 122°36'17.55W
19. MOUNTAIN HOOD 45°22'23.04N 121°41'50.48W
20. BETH ISRAEL TEMPLE,PORTLAND 45°31'33.29N 122°41'27.10W
21. SHEEP ROCK 44°32'46.35N 119°37'55.49W
22. MULTNOMAH FALLS,BRIDAL VEIL 45°34'34.36N 122° 6'58.29W
23. FIREFOX LOGO,AMITY 45° 7'25.62N 123° 6'49.53W
LITTLE SISTERS: Waking Up To Our World
Moderator Annie Scott of the panel discussion on Ending Human Trafficking states that many of us are in a position of entitlement, that we don't have to deal with [the issue of human trafficking in Portland]. Ms. Scott feels that we all need to be aware of the realities of life even if we can't avoid them. To make real change we need to accept that this is our new reality that we as community share, as horrifying as it is, she says.
Kristina and Stuart Perrin (author of Little Sisters) created the Bahini Foundation in 1992, the first safe house in Nepal that rescued innocent young girls in peril of being sold to sex traffickers to work as prostitutes in Mumbai, India. Back then they were early pioneers in the dangerous business of bringing light to this now global human atrocity. Stuart says their experiences were the catalyst that inspired him to write Little Sisters to help bring awareness to the ever-increasing plight of millions of women and children been trafficked all over the world.
Recorded live at Atkinson Memorial Church, Oregon City, OR, April 12, 2013.
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City Humping - Fort Atkinson, WI
Was visiting Fort Atkinson of Wisconsin, and was feeling a little cold. As a means to warm up, I thought...why not hump the city? So I did. And I warmed up right quick too. And as they say, it's better the second time around. Or third. Whatever.
Want to join in? Hump your city today! The rules...
1. There are no rules
2. Find the best/highest angle for humping
3. HUMP!!! (photo or film please)
4. Drink a beer (or root beer)
5. Tag it cityhumping
6. PROFIT!!!
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Claremont School of Theology Welcome Ceremony
Willamette University welcomed the Claremont School of Theology to its Salem, Oregon, campus on Aug. 23, 2019.
The two schools have signed an affiliation agreement, the next step towards formally establishing CST as the third graduate school of Willamette University.
More information about CST-Willamette partnership:
CST admissions:
Event Program
Background music performed by students or Honey Wilson.
Welcome - Stephen E. Thorsett, President, Willamette University
Invocation - Karen L. Wood, Chaplain, Willamette University
Welcome to the Land - Alfred “Bud” Lane III, Vice Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians
Greetings
State of Oregon - Tobias Read ‘97, Oregon State Treasurer
City of Salem - Mayor Chuck Bennett ‘70
Remarks
Bishop Elaine J. W. Stanovsky, UMC Western Jurisdiction, Greater Northwest Episcopal Area
Rev. Dan Pitney, Lead Pastor Salem First UMC
Rev. Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, President, Claremont School of Theology
Rev. Dr. José F. Morales, Disciples Seminary Foundation Director of Pastoral Formation & Assistant Professor of Historical and Comparative Theology at Claremont School of Theology
Musical Interlude - “I Dreamed of Rain”, by Jan Garrett, arr. Larry Nickel, performed by the St. Paul's Chamber Singers, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Salem (song lyrics below)
Ceremonial signing - Pres. Thorsett and Pres. Kuan
Benediction - Lea Appleton, Associate Dean, Office of Student and Community Life Claremont School of Theology
About Willamette University:
Willamette University is a nationally renowned private liberal arts university based in Salem, Oregon and founded in 1842 as the first university established in the western United States. Today Willamette enrolls approximately 2,600 students in its undergraduate College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and in its two graduate schools, the College of Law and the Atkinson Graduate School of Management. The University is recognized for providing students with a challenging, exciting, and engaging classroom experience and a strong emphasis on sustainability, civic engagement and place-based learning.
About Claremont School of Theology:
CST traces its roots to the 1885 founding of Maclay College in California’s San Fernando Valley. The School is celebrating 60 years in Claremont, California, offering graduate level programs, including Master of Art, Masters of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry and Ph.D. degrees in religion and practical theology. CST is fully recognized and approved as one of thirteen official theological schools of The United Methodist Church, with close relationships with other Protestant denominations, especially the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - as well as interreligious partnerships with Bayan Claremont, an Islamic Graduate Institute; Academy for Jewish Religion, California; and University of the West (Buddhist).
Ronnie Kaye
From KOMA radio biography: The Ronnie Kaye story began in a sleepy town in southeast Missouri. Growing up in Cooter was probably not much different than growing up in most small towns in the America in the 40's and 50's. His dad was the town pharmacist and his mom was a piano teacher at Cooter High School.
Between church, school, and home, Ronnie was always surrounded by music. When the high school presented a play or show, Ronnie was always a part of it. By high school, he was studying to become a concert pianist, performing recitals of Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven. At the same time, he was hearing radio stations in Memphis play Perkins, Presley, and Chuck Berry.
Ronnie's high school superintendent, Mr. J.E. Godwin, sensed that he liked the business and suggested that Ronnie do play-by-play of the county high school basketball tournament on KLCN in Blytheville, Arkansas. The manager liked the idea and Ronnie's career was off and running.
After graduation from high school in 1955, Ronnie attended Memphis State University and hitch-hiked home every weekend to do a radio show on KLCN. Suddenly in the music Mecca of Memphis, surrounded by some of the best radio people in America, he began to realize that his choice of radio was a good one.
In 1960 his first real offer came from Don Hodges, with whom he had worked in Blytheville. Without hesitation, Ronnie packed up his new wife and baby and headed to Lawton, Oklahoma to take the job at KSWO.
After working in Lawton for six months, he made the pivotal move of his career. It took many phone calls and a lot of rejection, but finally Danny Williams said yes and offered him a job on WKY in Oklahoma City.
Late in the 60's, Ronnie asked for the opportunity to produce and host a local teen dance show on Channel 4 that catapulted his career to new heights. The Scene aired at 12:30 on Saturdays on WKY-TV (now KFOR.) The show featured local kids dancing and national artists performing. Ronnie found himself transporting people like Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown, and Smokey Robinson from the Skirvin downtown to the studios on Britton Rd. For eight years, the show was syndicated in 10 markets in the southwestern United States including California and Texas.
In 1980, Ronnie left radio and went to KOKH-TV where he served as News and Public Service Director for eleven years.
By 1991, the baby boomers from the 60's and 70's were musically ready to return to the times when things were a bit more simple and life was a little less demanding. Oldies radio was beginning to show great promise, especially for a radio station that had pioneered the Top Forty format from the beginning: 50,000 watt KOMA. He went to work there and has been a principal player in the success of the station ever since.
I'd like to think I was a part of that success. And after some 40-plus years in the business, the job remains fresh, exciting and always challenging. The people at KOMA are making this the most fun-filled part of my life.
Ronnie was inducted into the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame along with Paul Harvey, Bob Braun of CBS News, the legendary Will Rogers, and the Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry.
I once saw a large mouth bass stuffed and mounted by a taxidermy with a caption that read, 'If I'd kept my mouth shut,, I wouldn't be here now,' Well the same goes for me and radio. But I'm glad to say that I just never kept my mouth shut.
Old Kent County Courthouse Bell Tower
Delaware Office of Management and Budget Manager of Media Relations Jessica Eisenbrey gives Delaware State News a tour of the bell tower atop the nearly 140-year-old Old Kent County Courthouse Thursday, April 25, 2013.
Auction for St. Charles Hospice in Prineville, Oregon December 2013
Just few scenes from the beginning of the December 2013 auction for St. Charles (Memorial Hospital) Hospice.
The 8 O'clock News: Missing Gresham Woman
A community mourns the loss of a young woman, kidnapped and killed by a neighbor in her apartment complex. We followed the breaking situation in the day following the discovery of Whitney Heichel's body, and the arrest of her accused killer.
Above you will find the A-Block from Fox 12's 8 O'clock News on Saturday, October 20,2012.
Produced, Written and Boothed by Kerstin Lock
American Reconciliation and Its Alternatives
With the ties that bind us fraying at alarming speed, join the Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center Danielle Allen in a conversation with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and staff writer Adam Serwer for a conversation about the division in America civic life and the prospects for rebuilding a more civil, functional, and unified society.
Oregon Varsity Girls Basketball vs. McFarland 1/2/18
Oregon Varsity Girls Basketball vs. McFarland 1/2/18
Nebraska
Nebraska /nəˈbræskə/ is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. Its state capital is Lincoln. Its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.
The state is crossed by many historic trails, but it was the California Gold Rush that first brought large numbers of non-indigenous settlers to the area. Nebraska became a state in 1867.
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FBI joins probe into Saudi student's death at UW-Stout.
FBI joins probe into Saudi student's death at UW-Stout.
Share Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about The FBI has joined the investigation into the death of a University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia who was attacked in the city's entertainment district as bars closed and Halloween revelers headed home early Sunday. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribed, but don't have a login? Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, a Saudi Arabian student at UW-Stout whose death is under investigation.(Photo: KAREN HERZOG, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Menomonie — The FBI has joined the investigation into the death of a University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia who was attacked in the city's entertainment district as bars closed and Halloween revelers headed home early Sunday. Police have not made an arrest, and have not been able to confirm if Hussain Saeed Alnahdi’s death outside Toppers Pizza was a hate crime, Menomonie Police Chief Eric Atkinson said in a prepared statement Friday afternoon. However, we will not dismiss the possibility until the (police department) has concluded the investigation, the police chief added. The local police department is using all available resources to investigate incoming leads and video surveillance from the area, Atkinson said. To bolster the investigative team, the Menomonie Police Department partnered with the UW-Stout Police Department and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office. We have also been in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Atkinson said. Two reward funds totaling $20,000 have been established for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Alnahdi's assailant. A memorial fund also has been set up by the university's foundation. Atkinson thanked the public for information and tips provided over the past week. We are humbled by the outpouring of support for the death of Hussain Alnahdi and the subsequent investigation, said Atkinson, who attended the campus memorial service Thursday night for Alnahdi. The police department is continuing to ask the public to come forward and contact Investigator Kelly Pollock with any information related to Alnahdi's death. Pollock can be reached at (715) 231-8511. Anonymous information also can be submitted at 855-847-3866. Or, text TIPDUNN followed by your message to 274637 (CRIMES).
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Calistoga City Council Meeting 2019-May-21
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Clocktower Bells
This is a video of the bells on clocktower. I always thought they just played random tunes, but recently I realised they actually play part of the Gears Of War theme.
This is what I hear on my copy of Gears Of War when I'm playing clocktower and it is definitely a slightly slowed down version of the Gears theme.
The video is solely to show that it is me and that I'm on clocktower, the important part though is the tune the bells are playing.
Finally, this video has been uploaded so I can show my friends from X-Box Live, (as they don't believe they play the Gears theme). If anyone thinks this sucks or they've wasted their time, then guess what, I didn't make you click the link and I don't care what you think!
Thank you please!
Street View on Google Maps
Go to Google Maps: |
Google Maps Playlist: | Check out the new experience of Street View on Google Maps. Learn the new ways to enter Street View, look at our full screen mode, navigate through driving directions, and more.
Street View is a feature of Google Maps that allows you to quickly and easily view and navigate high-resolution, 360 degree street level images of various cities around the world.
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Wyoming | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Wyoming
00:02:25 1 Geography
00:02:34 1.1 Climate
00:05:20 1.2 Location and size
00:07:00 1.3 Natural landforms
00:07:09 1.3.1 Mountain ranges
00:09:26 1.3.2 Islands
00:09:49 1.4 Regions and administrative divisions
00:09:59 1.4.1 Counties
00:10:27 1.4.2 Cities and towns
00:10:49 1.4.3 Metropolitan areas
00:11:22 1.4.4 Wind River Indian Reservation
00:12:37 1.4.5 Public lands
00:15:06 2 History
00:19:27 3 Demographics
00:19:36 3.1 Population
00:22:45 3.2 Birth data
00:23:12 4 Government and politics
00:23:22 4.1 State government
00:24:14 4.2 Judicial system
00:25:45 4.3 Political history
00:27:55 4.4 Voter registration
00:28:08 4.4.1 Voter registration by county
00:28:27 5 Culture
00:28:36 5.1 Languages
00:29:47 5.2 Religion
00:30:55 5.3 Sports
00:31:44 5.4 State symbols
00:32:42 6 Economy and infrastructure
00:35:19 6.1 Mineral and energy production
00:38:31 6.2 Taxes
00:41:32 6.3 Transportation
00:43:48 7 Education
00:44:28 7.1 Higher education
00:45:18 8 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Wyoming ( (listen)) 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 most sparsely 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 and Montana. 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 an estimated population of 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 (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), 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.
Wyoming | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:48 1 Geography
00:02:57 1.1 Climate
00:06:08 1.2 Location and size
00:08:02 1.3 Natural landforms
00:08:11 1.3.1 Mountain ranges
00:10:49 1.3.2 Islands
00:11:14 1.4 Regions and administrative divisions
00:11:24 1.4.1 Counties
00:11:56 1.4.2 Cities and towns
00:12:20 1.4.3 Metropolitan areas
00:12:57 1.4.4 Wind River Indian Reservation
00:14:23 1.4.5 Public lands
00:17:12 2 History
00:22:14 3 Demographics
00:22:24 3.1 Population
00:26:01 3.2 Birth data
00:26:31 4 Government and politics
00:26:41 4.1 State government
00:27:40 4.2 Judicial system
00:29:23 4.3 Political history
00:31:54 4.4 Voter registration
00:32:08 4.4.1 Voter registration by county
00:32:29 5 Culture
00:32:37 5.1 Languages
00:33:59 5.2 Religion
00:35:16 5.3 Sports
00:36:11 5.4 State symbols
00:37:17 6 Economy and infrastructure
00:40:18 6.1 Mineral and energy production
00:44:00 6.2 Taxes
00:47:30 6.3 Transportation
00:50:08 7 Education
00:50:52 7.1 Higher education
00:51:49 8 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Wyoming ( (listen)) 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 most sparsely 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 and Montana. 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 an estimated population of 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 (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), 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.
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Nebraska | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Nebraska
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Nebraska (listen) is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River, Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Nebraska's area is just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km2) with almost 1.9 million people. Its state capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.
Indigenous peoples including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867. It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan.
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, characterized by treeless prairie, suitable for cattle-grazing. The state has a large agriculture sector and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn and soybeans. There are two major climatic zones: the eastern half of the state has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with a unique warmer subtype considered warm-temperate near the southern plains like in Kansas and Oklahoma which have a predominantly humid subtropical climate. The western half has a primarily semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk). The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures, decreasing south through the state. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, but sometimes in autumn. Chinook winds tend to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.
Wyoming | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Wyoming
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Wyoming ( (listen)) 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 most sparsely 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 and Montana. 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 an estimated population of 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 (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), 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.