Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female American governor.
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J.C. Penney's opened their first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States.
Wyoming became the 44th state to join the United States of America.
A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time.
