Outline of Wyoming territorial evolution

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Wyoming Organic Act in 1868

An enlargeable map of the United States after Wyoming Statehood in 1890

An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959

The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Wyoming.

Outline

• Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Nueva Vizcaya, 1562–1821
  • Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821
  • Gran Cuenca, 1776–1821
    • Treaty of Córdoba of 1821
• Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Louisiane, 1682–1764
    • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
• Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Luisiana, 1764–1803
    • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
• Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Louisiane, 1803
    • Vente de la Louisiane of 1803
• Historical international territory in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Oregon Country, 1818–1846
    • Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843–1849
    • Oregon Treaty of 1846
• Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1848
  • Gran Cuenca, 1821–1848
    • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
• Historical territorial claims of the Republic of Texas in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Disputed strip north from the headwaters of the Arkansas River and the Rio Grande, 1836–1845
    • Texas Annexation of 1845
• Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Wyoming:
  • Unorganized territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
  • District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
  • Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
  • Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
    • Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
  • Unorganized territory previously the western portion of the Missouri Territory, 1821–1854
  • Disputed territory created by the Texas Annexation, 1845–1850
    • Compromise of 1850
  • Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848
  • Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850
  • Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859
  • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
  • Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
  • Territory of Nebraska, 1854–1867
  • Territory of Washington, 1853–1889
  • Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861
  • Territory of Dakota, 1861–1889
  • Territory of Idaho, 1863–1890
  • Territory of Wyoming, 1868-1890^[1]
  • State of Wyoming since 1890

See also

• Historical outline of Wyoming
• History of Wyoming
• Territorial evolution of the United States

Territorial evolution of Colorado

Territorial evolution of Idaho

Territorial evolution of Montana

Territorial evolution of South Dakota

Territorial evolution of Utah

References

1. ^ Fortieth United States Congress (July 25, 1868). "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Wyoming" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=015/llsl015.db&recNum=211. Retrieved June 5, 2009. 

External links

• State of Wyoming website
  • Wyoming State Historical Society