Historical Marker
Old Cherokee Trail
Historical marker location:
Elk Mountain, Wyoming
( Marker is on Elk Mountain-Arlington Road (County Route 402) near Interstate 80, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1914
Wyoming was the first state in the US to grant women the right to vote. On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Governor John A. Campbell signed the first women's suffrage bill into law, making Wyoming the first government in the world to grant women the right to vote and to hold public office.