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Wyoming

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State

The Resume

    (July 10, 1890- )
    44th state to join
    Spain, Great Britain, Mexico, France, the Republic of Texas and the United States all owned Wyoming
    Explored by France (1743)
    First trading posts was at Fort Laramie (1834)
    Nickname: Equality State
    Capital: Cheyenne
    Size: 97,914 square miles (ranks 9th)
    Motto: Equal Rights Motto
    Bird: Western Meadowlark Bird
    Flower: Native American Paintbrush Flower
    Tree: Plains Cottonwood Tree
    Song: Wyoming State Song Song

Why Wyoming might be annoying:

    Temperature ranges from -63ºF (-53ºC) (February 9, 1933) to 114ºF (46ºC) (July 12, 1900).
    Murderer, Charles Starkweather, was captured by police in Wyoming (January 29, 1958).

Why Wyoming might not be annoying:

    It is the home of Yellowstone National Park.
    The first telephone directory was printed in Cheyenne (1883)
    The TV series 'Adventures of Kit Carson,' 'Virginian' and 'Laramie' were set in Wyoming.
    Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Calamity Jane, Jackson Pollock, Madeleine Le Roux and Jm J Bullock were born in Wyoming.
    The first territory/state to grant women suffrage (December 10, 1869).
    Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected the first US female governor (November 4, 1924).
    The Devil's Tower National Monument was the pivotal landmark in 'Close Encounters of a Third Kind.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 33 Votes: 12.12% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 49 Votes: 63.27% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 83 Votes: 48.19% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 76 Votes: 56.58% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 149 Votes: 67.79% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 37.70% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 132 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 179 Votes: 46.37% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 336 Votes: 48.21% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 343 Votes: 49.27% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1010 Votes: 62.97% Annoying