About Cheyenne
The satellite view shows Cheyenne, principal city and capital of the State of
Wyoming, a rectangle shaped landlocked sparsely populated state in the Mountain Division in the Western
United States. The town sits in the southeastern corner of the state, on Crow Creek, about 100 mi (160 km) north of
Denver. The city is also the county seat of Laramie County.
Main facade of the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
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Take the traditional ingredients for a frontier town in Indian land in the mid 19th century. There is a railroad to be completed to cross the continent eventually. There were railroad gangs, accompanied by real estate speculators, merchants, gamblers, artisans, and prostitutes. And there was the 10th U.S Cavalry Regiment, the famous Buffalo Soldiers positioned nearby at Fort Russell, to protect them all from hostile local Indians. And now you get Crow Creek Crossing, later known as Cheyenne, the town that became capital of the new state of Wyoming in 1890.
Today Cheyenne has a population of about 64,000 citizens (in 2018), just under 100,000 people live in the Cheyenne Metro Area.
Cheyenne's economy relies on the fact that it is state capital. The state of Wyoming runs a variety of government offices in downtown Cheyenne.
Other major employers are the U.S. Air Force, (F.E. Warren Air Force Base), the Wyoming National Guard and local hospitals.
The city was in the Top 10 (9th place) of WalletHub's list of
2016’s Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business.
Cheyenne attractions:
Historical sites:
The Union Pacific Railroad Depot houses now the Wyoming Transportation Museum.
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Wyoming State Capitol (
info), the Corinthian and Renaissance style state house was built between 1886 and 1890; it is home to the bicameral state legislature and the office of the Governor of Wyoming.
Wyoming Historic Governors' Mansion (
info), the former residence of the Governor of Wyoming (1905 - 1976) is now a historic house museum.
Museums:
Wyoming State Museum (
wyomuseum.state.wy.us) Dinos, Indians, and Cowboys, you will find in this small museum in the Barrett Building where you can learn more about the history of Wyoming. The educational, historical, and cultural artifacts on display show life in Wyoming from prehistoric times to present.
Nelson Museum of the West (
www.nelsonmuseum.com), the private museum features western history exhibits, western art, and artifacts of the Wild West.
Cheyenne Depot Museum (
www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org) is a railroad museum inside the historic Union Pacific Railroad depot in Downtown Cheyenne. The museum tries to paint a picture of the historical role of the railroad for the development of the West. There is also a model railroad and an annual Steam Train Excursion.
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum (
info) is a museum about the origins and history of Cheyenne Frontier Days. The museum also holds one of the nation’s largest collections of carriages.
Getting around:
Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, the Art Deco movie palace was built in the 1950s.
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Cheyenne Trolley Tours (
www.cheyennetrolley.com) is a fully-narrated sightseeing trolley tour in the Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley.
City square:
Cheyenne Depot Plaza is the town's gathering place, the location of the farmers' market, and an open-air venue for local music events like
Fridays on the Plaza concerts.
Rodeo:
Cheyenne Frontier Days™ (
www.cfdrodeo.com) Nine days of action!
CFD is the "World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration." Cheyenne Frontier Days is one of the nation’s oldest festivals; it takes place annually since 1897. The event is held in and around the Cheyenne Frontier Days Arena.
Performing arts:
Lincoln Theater, the movie theater was a Cheyenne institution for nearly 90 years. John Ford's 1964 epic western film and one of the best post-war critiques of American society premiered in this theater. Due to an ownership change, the Lincoln will no longer show movies.
Shopping:
Union Pacific Big Boy 4004 locomotive on display in Cheyenne. The 26 m long and 6,290 hp (4,690 kW) strong locomotives were assigned to Cheyenne, where they hauled freight over the Continental Divide at Sherman Hill to Laramie until 1959.
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The Wrangler is a three-story western store and home to some sort of retail outlet since its erection in 1892. If you're in dire need of Wrangler or Carhartts workwear clothes or a diamond-studded Stetson, you're at the right place. The place is so vintage it doesn't even have a website.
Frontier Mall (
www.frontiermall.com) is an American shopping mall with a nine-screen movie theater, located near Cheyenne Regional Airport.
Hotels:
The Plains Hotel (
www.theplainshotel.com) is a historic hotel originally built in 1911.
Outdoors:
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens (
www.botanic.org), is located in Lions Park, the admission-free botanic garden offers xeriscape, rose, herb, cacti, wetland, cottage, and woodland gardens and a greenhouse.
Terry Bison Ranch (
www.terrybisonranch.com) is a Western-style resort at the Wyoming/Colorado border with a collection of western memorabilia. The ranch is home to a herd of U.S. Plains bison. The facility offers a loud and slow train ride to the beasts where you can feed the bison instead of shooting them.
Cheyenne Gunslingers is a family-oriented shootout show next to the depot. The show is run by locals play-acting gun fights but are more talking than shooting.
Just zoom in to see Wyoming State Capitol, it is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The capitol was built between 1886 and 1890, today it is a National Historic Landmark and houses the bicameral Wyoming state legislature and the office of the Governor of Wyoming.
The map shows a city map of Cheyenne with expressways, main roads, and streets, and the location of
Cheyenne Regional Airport (
IATA code: CYS).
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