It's important to remember that places became states – territories became states not necessarily in geographical order, from east to west.

重要的是要记住，地方变成了州——领土变成了州，不一定按地理顺序，从东到西。

Wyoming's borders were drawn up further to the West than Colorado, meaning that the Rocky Mountains take up a higher amount of the state's territory.

怀俄明州的边界比科罗拉多州更靠西，这意味着落基山脉占据了该州更多的领土。