In December 2014, researchers found the earliest known case of lung or prostate cancer in a 4,500 year old Siberian skeleton, dating to the early Bronze Age. 4,500-year-old skeleton of Siberian Bronze Age man, identified as having one of the oldest cases of cancer, discovered in 2014.
Colorado was admitted into the Union on August 1, 1876, becoming our Nation's 38th state. With statehood gained less than one month after the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State..
Wyoming became the 44th state of the Union on July 10, 1890.* Republican Francis E. Warren became the first state governor in September of that year. Settlers trekked to Wyoming and friction developed. Many settled on the prairies with small cattle herds, then fenced off their claims.