Cheyenne, Wyoming was established in 1867 when the
Union Pacific Railroad laid railroad track through
the territory. Cheyenne quickly became a railroad,
military, and ranching town. It remains so still
today. Cheyenne is the largest city in the state of
Wyoming and is the state capitol. Cheyenne is also
the county seat of Laramie County. The population
of Cheyenne is over 50,000 people and is 6,062 feet
in elevation. Cheyenne is where Interstate 80
(east-west) and Interstate 25 (north-south)
intersect. The Cheyenne Airport has regional
turboprop service with Great Lakes Airways. Both
the Union Pacific Railroad and the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railroad have equipment yards in Cheyenne.
The city has many sites, such as the Union
Pacific Railroad Depot, the Atlas Theatre, and
the Nagle-Warren Mansion, on the National
Register of Historical Places. The Wyoming
State Capitol was built from sandstone
quarried in Rawlins, Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado. The
capitol architect was David Gibbs &
Company. The dome of the building is 24-carat
gold leafing. The new Laramie County Library,
in downtown Cheyenne, opened on September
2007. Cheyenne’s biggest employer is the F. E.
Warren Air Force Base. Over 4,000 people—both
civilian and military—work there. The Wyoming
and United States governments each employ
several thousand workers. The Frontier Oil
Refinery, the Cheyenne Regional Medical
Center, the Laramie County School District,
and the Union Pacific Railroad are all major
employers. Cheyenne is famous for the annual
July Cheyenne Frontier Days. The Cheyenne
Rodeo is known around the world as the “Daddy
of ‘em All.” It is such a famous phrase that
it’s trademarked by the Cheyenne Frontier Days
Rodeo organization. Rodeos, concerts, air
shows, western parades, and downtown pancake
breakfasts bring thousands of visitors to the
city. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds
have performed an air show during the Cheyenne
Frontier Days every year since 1953. Today the
precision flight team Thunderbird show takes
place at the Laramie County Community College.
Cheyenne is just over a hundred miles north of
Denver, Colorado off of
Interstate-25. The city of Laramie and the
University of Wyoming are nearly fifty miles
west of Cheyenne on Interstate-80. Skiing is
accessible to Cheyenne in the Snowy Range Mountains Ski Area
and through an approximate three-hour drive to
the Keystone, Breckenridge, and Copper Mountain Ski Resorts of
Summit County, Colorado.
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