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In 1916, Wyoming did not
have an
official Wyoming State flag. Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, Professor of
Political Economy at the University of Wyoming, was at that
time state regent for the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She suggested to the DAR that a Wyoming State flag
should be designed.
An open competition for the design of an official
Wyoming state flag was announced. A prize of $20.00 was
offered for the Wyoming State flag flag design that was found
most appropriate.
The Wyoming State flag competition, advertised
throughout the state, was noticed by Wilbur Parke Keays and he
suggested to his daughter Verna that she submit a Wyoming
State flag design to the DAR. Verna had just graduated from
the Art Institute of Chicago. She had studied Design and
Decoration at the institute. Verna did not immediately jump to
the Wyoming State flag task, as a school friend was visiting for the
summer. But as summer began to wane, the deadline for Wyoming
State flag design submission approached and her father's
suggestions became more insistent, Verna decided that she
should get down to business designing a Wyoming State flag.
One night Verna awakened from a sound sleep and a
complete and perfect design for the Wyoming State flag came to
her. In the morning Verna recreated the Wyoming State
flag design that had come to her in the night finding great
pleasure in the inspirational "... Source of all Creation."
Verna managed to complete her Wyoming State flag design
and submit it for consideration. Several days after she
submitted the Wyoming State flag design, Dr. Hebard called her from Sheridan to
inform her that her Wyoming State flag had been awarded first
place from among the thirty-seven entries.
With the assistance of Dr. Hebard, details of the
Wyoming State flag design were perfected, a technical
description was written and a Wyoming State flag bill was drafted for
presentation to the Fourteenth State Legislature.
The Wyoming State flag bill was introduced in the Senate by the
Honorable W.W. Daley of Rawlins, Wyoming. Much humorous
wrangling took place over whether the Wyoming State flag bison should be changed
to a donkey, an elephant or a moose, representing the current
political makeup of the state at that time. In the end, the
bison remained and the Wyoming State flag bill was passed and the Wyoming State
flag adopted on January 13, 1917. Governor Robert D. Carey
signed the Wyoming State flag bill into law.
In February of 1917, the State Legislature voted to
have folders printed depicting the new Wyoming State flag with
a written description. These Wyoming State flag folders were distributed to every
school child in the state of Wyoming.
A bison, the Wyoming State mammal and often called the
monarch of the plains, is centered on the Wyoming State flag.
Branded on the bison is the Great Seal of Wyoming. In the
original Wyoming State flag design approved by the State Legislature the bison is
shown facing away from the staff. Verna had drawn the bison as
facing away from the staff symbolizing the freedom with which
the bison had once roamed over the Wyoming plains. Dr. Hebard
had not agreed with this and suggested that better balance of
design would be achieved if the Wyoming State flag bison faced the staff. This is
the way that the first Wyoming State flag was manufactured
and, though not "official" this is how the Wyoming
State flag bison has been
shown since 1917.
The colors of the Wyoming State flag are the same as
those of the National Flag. The Wyoming State flag is one of
few state flags that has a complete border. |
