Wyoming is bordered by South Dakota and Nebraska (East), Colorado and Utah (South), Idaho (West), and Montana (North). It's total area is 97,914 sq mi (253,597 sq km).The 1990 population was 453,588. The state capital is Cheyenne and it became a state July 10, 1890 (44th state). The highest point is Gannett Peak, 13,804 ft (4,210 m) and the lowest is Belle Fourche, 3,100 ft (946 m). The state bird is the meadowlark,state flower is the Indian paintbrush and the state tree is the cottonwood. Eastern Wyoming is part of the Great Plains, except in the northeast, where the Black Hills are located. Farther west, the ranges of the Rocky Mountains, which include the dramatic Wind River and Teton ranges, cut across the state diagonally. The cool, dry climate brings mild summers and severe winters to most of the state. Almost 50% of the land is controlled by the federal government. Sparsely populated Wyoming has the smallest population of any state, and almost two thirds of the residents live in urban areas.
	Economy Wyoming's economy is almost entirely dominated by production. Mining is the leading source of income; the state is one of the leading U.S. producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, uranium, and sodium carbonate. Agriculture is dominated by cattle and sheep ranching with the principal dry farm crops being wheat, beans, barley, and oats and the leading irrigated crop is sugar beets. Tourism is the second largest source of income. Visitors are attracted by rodeos, excellent hunting and fishing, and two spectacular national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton. The small industrial sector is dominated by oil refining, food processing, and the manufacture of clay and wood products.			History Present-day Wyoming was the home of many Native American tribes, who lived by hunting buffalo. During the early 19th century, the so-called Mountain Men trapped furs in the area. With the decline of the fur trade during the 1840's, the few settlers began to supply wagon trains crossing the area on the Oregon Trail, and later the Bozeman and Overland trails, which cut through the South Pass on their way west. The arrival (1868) of the Union Pacific RR was a great stimulus to settlement. Petroleum production began in the 1880's. The national energy crisis of the 1970's brought a dramatic boom to Wyoming's energy industries. By the mid-1980's, however, the state's economy had declined due to a fall in energy prices. The future of Wyoming is bright with rugged determination and unwavering independence being the style of development in the state.