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,
Lucerne, Wyoming School (grades 9-12). Lucerne, Wyoming Lucerne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 535 at the 2010 census. Lucerne is located on U.S. Route 20 between Thermopolis and Worland, Wyoming. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 20.6 square miles (53.3 km²), of which, 19.9 square miles (51.5 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.7 km²) of it (3.22%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 525 people, 208 households, and 170 families residing in the CDP. The population