In Wyoming’s history there have been many themes that reoccur. Some of these themes still occur to this day in Wyoming. In this paper I will discuss some women’s equality, boom and bust, scandals, and resources shipped out of the state.
One theme is women’s equality. Wyoming was the first territory to give women equal voting rights and was eventually the first state to do so as well. William Bright introduced giving women this right and Edward Lee who was secretary of the territory campaigned for the bill and on December 10th 1869 governor Campbell signed the bill making it pass. This bill also gave women the right to hold office. Wyoming was the first state to have a female governor her name was Nellie Tayloe Ross she becomes governor after …show more content…
The first scandal I will discuss is the WSGA. The cattle kings in Wyoming ran this group at the time. They created a law called the maverick law. This law made it impossible for the small cattle owners to stay afloat. They made it so unbranded cattle found became property of WSGA. They would take these cattle and auction them off even though they weren’t theirs essentially screwing over the small cattle owners. WSGA also made it so they were in charge of all spring roundups giving many of the unbranded cattle to the rich cattle owners. The next scandal in Wyoming involved Credit Moblier a company ran by Thomas Durant. Durant was VP of the Union Pacific railroad; he used his authority to subcontract the building of the railroad to his company and to inflate the prices of the building to make more money for him. Another scandal that occurred was with JD Rockefeller. He owned the Standard Oil Company and would buy out many small oil companies in Wyoming. The government found out that he owned many of the companied and made him split up his companies because he had a monopoly in the oil industry, which isn’t allowed in the state of Wyoming. The final example of scandals is the Antiquities Act, which is when the President has the authority to set aside valuable archaeological or historical sites as federally protected national monuments. This was somewhat a scandal because JD Rockefeller Jr. wanted more of Teton Range federally protected but many people weren’t for it. Rockefeller bought all the land at the base of the mountain and offered it to the government only if they made it federally protected. They denied his offer the first time but then he offered it again to the secretary of interior. He goes to the president and tells him it’s a good idea so the president takes the offer using the Antiquities Act and calling it Jackson Hole National Monument but he went behind congresses back to do
One theme is women’s equality. Wyoming was the first territory to give women equal voting rights and was eventually the first state to do so as well. William Bright introduced giving women this right and Edward Lee who was secretary of the territory campaigned for the bill and on December 10th 1869 governor Campbell signed the bill making it pass. This bill also gave women the right to hold office. Wyoming was the first state to have a female governor her name was Nellie Tayloe Ross she becomes governor after …show more content…
The first scandal I will discuss is the WSGA. The cattle kings in Wyoming ran this group at the time. They created a law called the maverick law. This law made it impossible for the small cattle owners to stay afloat. They made it so unbranded cattle found became property of WSGA. They would take these cattle and auction them off even though they weren’t theirs essentially screwing over the small cattle owners. WSGA also made it so they were in charge of all spring roundups giving many of the unbranded cattle to the rich cattle owners. The next scandal in Wyoming involved Credit Moblier a company ran by Thomas Durant. Durant was VP of the Union Pacific railroad; he used his authority to subcontract the building of the railroad to his company and to inflate the prices of the building to make more money for him. Another scandal that occurred was with JD Rockefeller. He owned the Standard Oil Company and would buy out many small oil companies in Wyoming. The government found out that he owned many of the companied and made him split up his companies because he had a monopoly in the oil industry, which isn’t allowed in the state of Wyoming. The final example of scandals is the Antiquities Act, which is when the President has the authority to set aside valuable archaeological or historical sites as federally protected national monuments. This was somewhat a scandal because JD Rockefeller Jr. wanted more of Teton Range federally protected but many people weren’t for it. Rockefeller bought all the land at the base of the mountain and offered it to the government only if they made it federally protected. They denied his offer the first time but then he offered it again to the secretary of interior. He goes to the president and tells him it’s a good idea so the president takes the offer using the Antiquities Act and calling it Jackson Hole National Monument but he went behind congresses back to do