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Cheyenne Frontier Days Celebration Unites Community, Brings Old West To Life
Ever wondered what life was like for pioneers in the Wild West? Make plans to be in Cheyenne the last week in July for Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world’s largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration.
A Cheyenne tradition since 1897, Frontier Days brings together more than 500,000 rodeo fans, country music lovers, western enthusiasts and fun-seekers from around the world.
“People love to experience how the West was, and we portray it through exhibits, rodeo, parades, concerts and pancake... Read More »
Happy Jack Music Festival Features Live Music, Activities, Camping
Looking to combine some time in the great outdoors with terrific music? Throw in the opportunity to camp out and you’ve got the Happy Jack Music Festival.
“This will be our fifth year‚ although the festival did run during the 1980s and 1990s‚ then kind of died out‚” says Gary Gross‚ festival coordinator and an IT/GIS specialist with the state of Wyoming. “Then the parks superintendent was approached about bringing it back‚ and we got involved in helping make that happen.”
The event‚ held the... Read More »
Cheyenne Festival Celebrates Frontier Days
Take a ride back in time and attend Cheyenne Frontier Days--the biggest rodeo in the West. Coined the “Daddy of 'em All,” the annual summer event lasts 10 days and features a rodeo during the day and a series of concerts at night. The rodeo's draw huge numbers of contestants, with over 40 bulls riders and over 70 saddle and bareback bronc riders each day. During the day there are also Wild West shows, Carnival Midway with games and vendors, and a Native American village to visit. At... Read More »
Shoppers Find Products Fresh From the Fields at Cheyenne Farmers Market
Out of asparagus? Need some fresh strawberries?
The Cheyenne Farmers Market began more than two decades ago in the downtown district, and these days is open on 10 Saturdays in August, September and October, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market is located in the heart of the city at Depot Plaza on West 15th Street.
Regional growers and vendors are invited to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers and plants. Community Action of Laramie County manages the market and uses a... Read More »
Cheyenne's Brimmer Skateboard Park Gives Skaters and Cyclers an Outlet
Cheyenne has become a little piece of heaven for people who perform half-pipes and catch air. Yes‚ skateboarders‚ perhaps the successors to some of yesteryear’s rodeo cowboys‚ now have a world-class facility in which to practice their ollies and bruise their knees.
In 2006‚ major construction was completed on a magnificent addition to the Brimmer Skateboard Park that is drawing amateur and the occasional professional skateboarder from Cheyenne and throughout the region.
“There’s nothing like... Read More »
Area Museums Introduce Audio Tour Capabilities Using Cell Phones
Seven Cheyenne museums offer free audio tours to visitors who use their personal cell phones.
Museum visitors simply dial a phone number and access code provided at exhibit, and the audio tour recordings give information about the individual display. Museums participating in the cell phone program are the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne Depot Museum, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, F.E. Warren Air Force Base Museum, Historic Governors' Mansion, Nelson Museum of the West and the... Read More »
From Theater to a Botanical Garden, Cheyenne is Rich in Culture
A fascinating blend of Old and New West‚ Cheyenne is a city where arts‚ culture and style are in full bloom.
That comes as a surprise to many first-time visitors‚ who associate the city only with cows‚ cowboys and its annual Frontier Days celebration. While Cheyenne is justly proud of its Western heritage‚ it is just as proud of its professional symphony orchestra and its thriving community theater‚ as well as three choral groups‚ outdoor Cheyenne music concerts‚ Shakespeare in the park‚... Read More »
Historic Union Pacific Depot in Cheyenne Features Giant Clock
As part of the architectural team responsible for renovating the Union Pacific Depot‚ Glenn Garrett is familiar with just about every nook and cranny of the historical building. But there’s one section that he knows extremely well: the building’s clock.
Garrett is the “official winder” of the depot’s clock‚ which he describes as its most prominent feature.
“The tower anchors the south end of Capitol Avenue‚ and it’s basically a giant clock‚” Garrett says. “That was a deliberate part of the... Read More »
Cheyenne's Environmentally Friendly Botanic Gardens
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Inspiration goes hand-and-hand with innovation at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens in Cheyenne, WY. Along with its nine acres of landscapes and gardens, Cheyenne offers a solar conservatory that's 100 percent solar heated, making it one of the western region's oldest and largest sites for renewable energy. Inside the enviromentally-friendly conservatory visitors will find rows of tropical (and beautiful) plants. The garden's Paul Smith Children's Village demonstrates solar... Read More »
