In Wind River Country you will find...

- Wyoming's highest peak, Gannett, at 13,804 feet
- 626 lakes and reservoirs
- 53 mountain peaks in the Wind River Range about 13,000 feet
- 5,242,085 acres (85 percent of the county) of publicly owned land
- Seven of the largest glaciers in the Rocky Muontains, and dozens more
- More than 70 miles of the Oregon Trail, much of it on public land
- 2,057 miles of rivers and streams
- 300 days of sunshine a year
- 564,000 pronghorn antelope and 500,000 people in Wyoming
Interesting Wyoming Facts - Wyoming Firsts- First State to Have a County Public Library System: The Laramie County Public Library System was organized in August of
1886.
- First National Park: In 1872, congress named Yellowstone
National Park in northwestern Wyoming as the first national park in
the world.
- First National Forest: By an Act signed by
President Benjamin Harrison in 1891, Shoshone National Forest became
the first national forest. Wyoming now has nine national
forests.
- First Ranger Station: Wapiti Ranger Station was established
in the Shoshone National Forest in 1891.
- First National
Monument: Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming was designated the
first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
