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Facts and Trivia
- 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
- 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.
