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The thirteen counties of Wyoming as they appeared when statehood was achieved in 1890.

A map of the 13-county configuration which existed for nineteen years, from 1890 to 1909. The map shows the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad (later the Chicago Northwestern) to Casper, but short of its eventual terminus of Lander.

The counties of Weston and Big Horn were created by the eleventh legislative assembly in March of 1890, just before Wyoming achieved statehood that July. This map by George F. Cram of Chicago shows the new counties, bringing the total to thirteen.…

The eleven counties of Wyoming territory as they appeared from 1888 to 1890, when Weston and Big Horn counties were formed.

That portion of Wyoming that lies West of the Continental Divide and North of 42 degrees, was part of Oregon territory from 1848 to 1859. This 1853 map by J. H. Colton of New York incorrectly places the Tetons and contains many errors relating to…

A map prepared by Lt. Warren, Army Topographical Engineer, to accompany a report to Congress on his mapping expedition of 1855 to the Dakotas, including portions of present-day Wyoming. Warren rose to the rank of Major General during the Civil War.

What appears here as the "Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve," just East of the National Park, was set aside by President Benjamin Harrison in 1891. Later, it was renamed the Shoshone National Forest. This circa 1903 Cram map shows the Burlington…