Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogTranscriptPlace Name. Wyo -Freedom, Woming When the Government issued a manifesto in 1890 banning! polygamy among the Mormons, Idaho was still a territory, whereas Wyoming had just become a state and ', was,not inclined to molest the Mormons. As a result, when Federal agents sweeoped down upon the Mormons they stepped across the street into Wyoming and called the place Freedom.CollectionWestern History Subject IndexRelated MaterialWestern History Subject Index AbbreviationsType of MaterialIndex CardLanguageeng
Place Name. Wyo -Freedom, Woming, [490716]. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1416716
