The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United States of America. The easternmost section of the state is a region known as the High Plains due to its altitude above sea level, while the majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West. Wyoming is the least populous U.S. state. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 515,004 in 2006, a 4.3% increase since 2000. The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is Cheyenne. Residents of Wyoming are known as Wyomingites.
Wyoming was also notable in being the only one of the United States to have only one four-year college, the University of Wyoming. However the Wyoming Catholic College was founded in 2007 in Lander, Wyoming.
Sports:
Casper Rockies, minor league baseball
Wyoming Cavalry, National Indoor Football League
University of Wyoming, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Golf, and many more
Areas under the management of the National Park Service include:
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in the northern part of the state
California National Historic Trail
Devils Tower National Monument near Devils Tower, Wyoming
Fort Laramie National Historic Site in southeast Wyoming
Fossil Butte National Monument at Kemmerer
Grand Teton National Park near Moose, Wyoming
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway near Moose
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Oregon National Historic Trail
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Yellowstone National Park
In 2002, over six million people visited Wyoming's national parks and monuments. The key tourist attractions in Wyoming include Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Devil's Tower National Monument, and Fossil Butte National Monument. Each year Yellowstone National Park receives three million visitors.
Several rivers begin or flow through the state, including the Yellowstone River, Powder River, Green River, and the Snake River.
The Continental Divide forks in the south central part of the state. The waters that flow or precipitate into this area, known as the Great Divide Basin, do not flow to any ocean. Instead, because of the overall aridity of Wyoming, they simply sink into the soil or evaporate. Rivers east of the Divide drain into the Missouri River Basin and eventually the Atlantic Ocean. They are the Platte, Wind, Big Horn and the Yellowstone rivers. The Snake River in northwest Wyoming eventually drains into the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, as does the Green River through the Colorado River Basin.
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