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    Westward Expansion

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    While the western United States was growing rapidly, the means on transportation across the great plains was a very long and dangerous trek. With the growing desire for western settlements, the Transcontinental Railroad would offer a much faster and safer means of travel to the western states. The railroad would also be capable of carrying goods to and from the West. There were some primary motives for the United States Government to promote and be so largely involved with the building of the railroad

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    In the northern part of Wyoming there is a park that holds a long history, both good and bad. Stories of spirits come from the park and one of the stories is centered around one of the hotels in the park. Whispers of a poorly wronged soul who wanders the hotel and while normally a peaceful spirit, she is still capable of violence. Though we will discuss this later. In the frigid Winter, the year of which escapes my knowledge, a young man and few of his friends stayed at the hotel and left with an

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    He must have liked the way blayne answered the question. News spread about town like a wildfire. Everyone was asking me, “So is blayne going to wyoming.?” I just answered with a simple, “We don’t know yet.” Soon enough Montana State University heard about it and immediately called blayne and offered him a scholarship. The night after blayne got a second scholarship, I went over to my friend Carl’s

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    town’s attention but was recognized on a national level. Labeled as a hate crime you learn so much more about the people’s identity like Matthew Shepard as a homosexual, the tragedy of a man/son/friend that struck a town, and how people see Laramie, Wyoming as their home built by a community. Everyone identifies in their own way weather your Christian, Catholic, heterosexual, homosexual, white, black, purple, or even yellow.

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    of Wyoming has been described as one of most prolific states as far as energy resources are concerned. Please provide your take on this state's resources and how they are being utilized. Does the state have a plan on how to curtail pollution in the long-run? Wyoming accounts for a major percentage of coal mined all over the United States. Wyoming's Powder River Basin holds the eight largest coal mines of the United States. Wyoming obtains more than 90% of the state’sdomestic coal from Wyoming. The

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    Matthew Shepard Quotes

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    The death of Matthew Shepard took place in a small town, Laramie, Wyoming. Laramie was known as an equality town, but after the death it was known as a hate crime town. In the article by the New York Times, “Suspect to Stand Trial” the author focused on the trial, while the song by Melissa Etheridge, “Scarecrow” focused on the emotions that came from Matthew’s death. In “Scarecrow” Melissa sang, “I search my soul, My heart and in my mind, to try and find forgiveness, This is someone’s child,

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    Wyoming Detox Case Study

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    Wyoming Detox The greatest drug threats to Wyoming residents during 2014 included alcohol, alcohol with a secondary drug, amphetamines and marijuana. These substances were responsible for sending a large number of individuals into Wyoming drug and alcohol rehab centers during 2014. Treatment centers enrolled 5,374 individuals for drug and alcohol addiction during 2014 with 65.4% of these admissions being male and 34.6% being female. The largest group to receive treatment was between the ages of 21-25

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    A glance into Wyoming history takes researchers back to the year 1792. According to historian Charles Coutant there is a map in the archives in Paris, France, which contains a map drawn up by Jesuits. The map from what Coutant’s indicates is a topographically correct map of the Black Hills and Black Horn Mountains, which is part of today’s state of Wyoming. It is not necessary with this thesis to go quite this far back into Wyoming history to have an understanding of the birth of the Territory

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    Moving to Wyoming By the look on my mom’s face i knew something was wrong. We were moving to Wyoming. We had to move to Wyoming because aparently the school cost way to much and there wasent another school in the town so the best move was to just move to Wyoming. I used awarness and understanding as well as morals and vaules to overcome it. The reason we had to move was because the school that i was currently going to was to expensive and we couldent afford it and the the school that we would be

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    Today I am visiting Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, in which the majority of the park is in. It is hard to believe that Yellowstone has been around for so long. It was established on March 1, 1872, when Congress passed a law saying that Yellowstone was “a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people" and placed it "under exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior." This started a movement of the creation of National Parks around the world, especially

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