Wyoming; Michigan; became a city in 1959; the same year Alaska and Hawaii became states; but its history began more than a century earlier. The first permanent settlers came in 1832; and in 1848; the region split; with the northern portion becoming Wyoming and the southern; Byron Center. Wyoming flourished. The farmers came first with the businesses that supported them. Industry followed. The various gypsum mines were among the earliest arrivals. General Motors built a stamping plant on Thirty-sixth Street that helped pull the township out of the Great Depression in 1936. It was a success; so the company built a diesel plant on Burlingame Avenue. Reynolds Metals; Steelcase; Light Metals; Bell Fibre; and others found Wyoming a good place to relocate. People wanted to live where they worked; and that meant an ever-increasing number of houses were built; followed by additional schools; churches; shops; and restaurants. Rogers Plaza was West Michigan�s first enclosed mall. Though often contentious; the local government did its best to live up to an ambitious slogan; �Wyoming: the City of Vision and Progress.�
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