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10-14-2009, 03:34 PM
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Thats Right!
More correctly it was the Republic of Texas. From 1836 to 1850 a large area of South Central Wyoming belonged to the Republic of Texas after Texicans took it away from Mexico in the Texas Revolution.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...c_of_texas.svg
Prior to that it belonged to Mexico and Spain. The Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico in a battle with Santa Anna in April 1836, although Mexico refused to recognize the treaty signed by Santa Anna they no longer had any control over the territory. The Southwestern regions of Wyoming continued to be claimed by Mexico until they were defeated in the Mexican American war, 1846-1848. Mexico also owned claim to all of southern Wyoming west of this area but sold it to the US as part of the Mexican American war settlement in 1850.
The territories claimed by the the Republic of Texas were annexed into the United States in 1845. Without it the United States could not have expanded Westward except in the areas north of central Wyoming. In 1850 the territory outside of the current State of Texas was sold to the United States when Texas was made a State. This was also true of the area of Southern Wyoming claimed by Mexico that was West of the Republic of Texas territory.
http://www.earlytexashistory.com/Tx1836/texrepb1.gif
http://www.historical-us-maps.com/im...ps-06large.jpg
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10-14-2009, 06:26 PM
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During the 1880s Cheyenne was one of the richest Cities per capita in the US, mainly do to the few cattle barons that lived there. During the 1920s another small town had the same claim, only this time it was sheep… What was this town?
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10-14-2009, 10:28 PM
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Cokeville ??? cant find it. Ba
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10-15-2009, 02:33 PM
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Cokeville, yup
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10-15-2009, 08:13 PM
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Name the tallest gyser in the world/and its location.
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10-16-2009, 09:17 AM
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That would be Steamboat in the Norris Geyser basin in Yellowstone. Erupts to 300 ft and very rarely. Has only erupted 9 times since 1991.
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10-16-2009, 09:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jkb826
That would be Steamboat in the Norris Geyser basin in Yellowstone. Erupts to 300 ft and very rarely. Has only erupted 9 times since 1991.
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that is the correct answer your go  |
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10-16-2009, 10:14 PM
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What were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's real names and how did they get their nicknames?
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10-17-2009, 08:31 AM
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Quote:
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What were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's real names and how did they get their nicknames?
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Robert LeRoy Parker - aka Butch Cassidy, was a butcher in Rock Springs for a while.
Harry Longabaugh - aka Sundance Kid, was in jail for 18 months for horse theft, in Sundance Wyoming. |
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10-17-2009, 08:47 AM
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Good Job -- knew that was going to be easy for several people on here. Your turn
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