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Notable Facts


WYOMING STATE FLAG

The State Flag, designed by Miss Verna Keays, of Buffalo, Wyoming for a contest conducted by the Wyoming Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31, 1917.


WYOMING “BUCKING HORSE”

The “Bucking Horse” has been used on Wyoming motor vehicle licenses each year since 1936 and is registered under the Wyoming Trademark Act. It has also served as an insignia for the state.


WYOMING STATE MOTTO

The motto “Equal Rights” as it exists on the great seal of the state of Wyoming, is the official motto of Wyoming.


WYOMING DAY

February 19, 1935, the twenty-third legislature designated December 10 in each year as “Wyoming Day.”


WYOMING STATE TREE

The Cottonwood Tree, the Populus Sargentii, was designated by the twenty-ninth legislature of the State of Wyoming on February 1, 1947, as the State Tree.


WYOMING STATE FLOWER

The Indian Paint Brush was adopted by act of the fourteenth legislature of the State of Wyoming on January 31, 1917, as the Official State Flower.

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