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Designation | Symbol / Emblem | Adopted | ||||
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Sources...The State of Wyoming. State of Wyoming Legislature. Wyoming State Statutes. Cheyenne: The State of Wyoming, 2012. Print.
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Great seal | Find out more... | 1893 | ||||
Flag | Find out more... | 1917 | ||||
Flower | Indian paintbrush (Castilleja linariaefolia) | 1917 | ||||
Bird | Meadowlark (Genus Sturnella) | 1927 | ||||
Tree | Cottonwood tree (Populus sargentii) | 1947 | ||||
Song | "Wyoming," lyric by C.E. Winter, music by G.E. Knapp | 1955 | ||||
Gemstone | Jade (Nephrite) | 1967 | ||||
Mammal | Bison (Bison bison) | 1985 | ||||
Fish | Cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki) | 1987 | ||||
Fossil | Knightia | 1987 | ||||
Territorial flag | Find out more... | 1991 | ||||
Reptile | Horned Toad (Phrynosoma douglasi brevirostre) | 1993 | ||||
Dinosaur | Triceratops | 1994 | ||||
Language | English | 1996 | ||||
Sport | Rodeo | 2003 | ||||
Coin | Sacajawea golden dollar coin | 2004 | ||||
Grass | Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Löve) | 2007 | ||||
Butterfly | Sheridan's green hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys sheridani W.H. Edwards, 1877) | 2009 | ||||
Shrub | Wyomimg big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensi) | 2016 |
The State of Wyoming Legislature has grouped a number of resources regarding the activity of the Legislature under a section called General Legislative Information. This area groups information in sections:
State Symbols : Office of the Wyoming Secretary of State.
Wyoming Facts and Symbols, by Muriel L. DuBois. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major Wyoming symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.
State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.
State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."
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