Miss Verna Keays designed the Wyoming state flag in a competition for $20. With the help of Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, a professor at University of Wyoming the design was perfected. The flag has a blue base trimmed with a red and white border. In the center is a white bison, the Wyoming state mammal and in the center of the bison is the seal of Wyoming. The blue base on the flag signifies the mountains and skies and is symbolizes fidelity, justice, and virility. The red represents the Indians who loved the country before the settlers came and the pioneers who died fighting to reclaim their land. The white symbolizes the purity and uprightness of the state. The state flag of Wyoming was adopted on January 13, 1917.
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