Cheyenne: Rail Town, Capital, and the Daddy of 'em All
Cheyenne was laid out in 1867 as a Union Pacific Railroad construction camp where the transcontinental line crossed onto the high plains. The town was named for the Cheyenne tribe and grew fast enough to earn the nickname "Magic City of the Plains." When Wyoming became a territory in 1868 and then a state in 1890, Cheyenne was chosen as the capital. The State Capitol building, completed in 1890 and extensively renovated between 2016 and 2019, sits on a sandstone base and carries a gold leaf dome.
Cheyenne Frontier Days has run every July since 1897. The rodeo calls itself the "Daddy of 'em All" and is the largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors across ten days of competition, parades, and nightly concerts. The Old West Museum on the grounds holds a collection of carriages, saddles, and rodeo artifacts that trace the event from its first one-day show.
F.E. Warren Air Force Base, on the west side of town, is home to the 90th Missile Wing. It is one of three active bases in the United States that operates the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, with silos spread across Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. The base dates back to 1867 as Fort D.A. Russell and is the oldest continuously active military installation in the Air Force.
The Union Pacific Railroad remains central to the local economy. The Cheyenne rail yard handles freight moving east and west across the Overland Route, and Big Boy No. 4014, one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, is based at the Cheyenne steam shop after its 2019 restoration. Laramie County, of which Cheyenne is the seat, is the most populous county in Wyoming and the state's only metropolitan area recognized by the Census Bureau.
Websites providing escort services in the Cheyenne area are reviewed and indexed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not schedule appointments, verify compliance, or act as a go-between. Access is restricted to users aged 21 or older.
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Cheyenne was laid out in 1867 as a Union Pacific Railroad construction camp where the transcontinental line crossed onto the high plains. The town was named for the Cheyenne tribe and grew fast enough to earn the nickname "Magic City of the Plains." When Wyoming became a territory in 1868 and then a state in 1890, Cheyenne was chosen as the capital. The State Capitol building, completed in 1890 and extensively renovated between 2016 and 2019, sits on a sandstone base and carries a gold leaf dome.
Cheyenne Frontier Days has run every July since 1897. The rodeo calls itself the "Daddy of 'em All" and is the largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors across ten days of competition, parades, and nightly concerts. The Old West Museum on the grounds holds a collection of carriages, saddles, and rodeo artifacts that trace the event from its first one-day show.
F.E. Warren Air Force Base, on the west side of town, is home to the 90th Missile Wing. It is one of three active bases in the United States that operates the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, with silos spread across Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado. The base dates back to 1867 as Fort D.A. Russell and is the oldest continuously active military installation in the Air Force.
The Union Pacific Railroad remains central to the local economy. The Cheyenne rail yard handles freight moving east and west across the Overland Route, and Big Boy No. 4014, one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, is based at the Cheyenne steam shop after its 2019 restoration. Laramie County, of which Cheyenne is the seat, is the most populous county in Wyoming and the state's only metropolitan area recognized by the Census Bureau.
Websites providing escort services in the Cheyenne area are reviewed and indexed on Escortservice.com. The directory does not schedule appointments, verify compliance, or act as a go-between. Access is restricted to users aged 21 or older.
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