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STATEHOOD - IDAHO AND WV0M1NG

Idaho waA paAt o^Washington TeAAitoAy u ntit i t too became a in 1863.
PAessuAe f a o A AepaAation aAoAe £Aomthe gAowth o& mining afiteA on Snake R &
at Boise. Became 43Ad State on 3.JUL.90 with Boise as Capital; population was 88,000.

dcdi BOISE Cm/WAHQ, 12 .APR.(c.67); PO Act 1863, 3c antf

Wyoming became a TeAAitoAy in 1868; In a cce ssib ility & Indians AetaAded it s gAowth but
the OAegon TAait cAoAAed i t & defensive oAtsweAe b u ilt. FoAt BAidgeA, oAiginalty a
tAadlng post Aun by Jim BAidgeA, was A ebuilt as an aAmy post with a PO in 1858 & was a
Pony ExpAeSS sta tio n . Became 44th State on 10.JUL.90 with a population o£ only 62,000.

Oregon T
Chouing Wyoming

44th State 1890
cdi 6 .JUM.75 FORT BRIDGER/WOMING (Mue). coven to New Haven,Conn.
3c Kate 'any diitanee' (POA 1872)

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