Cheyenne History

December, 14, 1867, the first town charter was ratified by the Dakota Territorial Legislature and the city of Cheyenne was officially incorporated.

Some of Cheyenne's most historic buildings are allegedly haunted by the ghost of a preacher, a jilted bride, a stone mason and a former Supreme Court Justice.

Of the 32 men to serve as Governor of Wyoming, and the 10 Territorial Governors before them, only one was born in Cheyenne.

In 1937, two lawmen were killed in Nebraska. The getaway car was found in Cheyenne, abandoned and riddled with bullet holes. 80 years later, the case has finally been closed.

The time capsule will be opened on August 8, 2067.

"Wild" Bill Hickok was one of the most famous gunslingers in American history. He was also a hopeless romantic. 141 years ago, on August 2, 1876, the old west icon was shot and killed at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Several months earlier, Hickok had written a love letter to his wife, Agnes Lake, with instructions to read it upon his death...

More CFD Grand Parades are scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.

The parade will start at 9.am. in front of the Wyoming Capitol Building.

Here's a fun fact: Four months before the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Cheyenne, surveyor General Greenville Dodge officially named the town and plotted the area on July 4, 1867. Although Independence Day officially marks Cheyenne's 150th anniversary, there was nothing here at the time...

Before his baking company made him a household name, Duncan Hines was America's original food critic. Hines, who drove across the country as a traveling salesman, published his first series of restaurant reviews in 1935. In those days, before the Interstate highways were built, there weren't many national or regional chains...