Historical Marker

Old Oregon Trail

Historical marker location:
Lander, Wyoming
( Marker is on Emigrant Trail near Oregon Bluffs Road, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1906

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.