Dub the Cubs 2.0!

• Posted at 9:23 am on September 21, 2011 by Jo
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The list of potential names represents the history and geography of Wyoming, so please choose your favorite from the list of boy names and your favorite from the list of girl names and help us dub the cubs!

The poll will run through September 30 and the results will be released on October 3.

Female cub:

Belle – The Belle Fourche River flows through Wyoming and South Dakota past Devils Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming.

Cheyenne – Is the capital and most populous city in Wyoming. It is named after the Cheyenne tribe of the Great Plains.

Jade – Jade is the state gemstone of Wyoming.

Nellie – The first female governor in the United States was Nellie Tayloe Ross. She was governor of Wyoming from 1925-1927 and also the first female director of the U.S. Mint, from 1933-1953.

Wedu – Means bear in the language of the Shoshone tribe.

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Male cub:

Casper – The second most populous city in Wyoming sits at the foot of Casper Mountain along the North Platte River.

Clark – After William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase and search for a “Northwest Passage” to Asia in 1803.

Lewis – After Meriwether Lewis, the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Jackson – Is a town in the Jackson Hole Valley near the Teton Mountains in Wyoming.

Wakinu – A mythical grizzly bear from the legends of the Shoshone tribe.