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,
James Town, Wyoming James Town, Wyoming James Town is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 536 at the 2010 census. James Town is located at (41.559859, -109.531421). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.38 square miles (8.8 km²), of which, 3.16 square miles (8.2 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (6.6%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 552 people, 211 households, and 162 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 66.0 people per square mile