Wyoming between the Sierra Madre Mountains and the Snowy Range near Grand Encampment. Once government-sponsored expeditions to the Yellowstone country began, reports by Colter and Bridger, previously believed to be apocryphal, were found to be true. This led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park, which became the world's first national park in 1872. Nearly all of Yellowstone National Park lies within the far northwestern borders of Wyoming. On December 10, 1869, territorial Governor John Allen Campbell extended the right to vote to women, making Wyoming the first territory and then United States state to grant suffrage to women. In addition,
Nicholson Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Nicholson Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Nicholson Township is a township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,385 at the 2010 census. The Bridge in Nicholson Township was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.1 square miles (59.8 km²), of which, 22.8 square miles (59 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (1 km²) of it (1.3%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,385 people, 573 households, and 393 families residing in the township.