Cheyenne History

Here's a little known fact, Wyoming was part of the very first flight to include a "stewardess" (as they were referred to in those days). In 1930, the new commercial airline industry wanted to insure their customers that flying was safe...

Television and movie fans were shocked to hear about the passing of actor Powers Boothe this weekend. Booth was well-known for several iconic roles, including one fictional character with a "real-life" Wyoming connection. For three seasons, from 2004 through 2006, Boothe portrayed Cy Tolliver, the owner of the Bella Union Saloon in the HBO series Deadwood...

Edwin Booth was one of the most famous and beloved actors in American history, even after his younger brother John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. On April 18, 1887, while traveling to San Francisco on the Transcontinental Railroad, Booth stopped in Wyoming to star in a production of "Hamlet" at the Cheyenne Opera House...

In 1876, less than a decade after Cheyenne was founded and four years before Wyoming would officially become a state, the Cowhick family arrived in the bustling boom town. Over 140 years later, their impact is still felt here in the Capital City...

109 years ago today, the historic Atlas Theatre celebrated its grand opening in Downtown Cheyenne. Constructed in 1887, the Atlas Building originally housed a ground floor candy shop and upstairs office space. It was later expanded to include 404 seats and a stage and re-opened as the Atlas Theatre on Feb...

As we observe Black History Month, here's the remarkable story of Wyoming's first prominent African-American businessman, Tilford Ashford. Ashford was born in Missouri during the Civil War. In 1884, at the age of 22, he arrived in Cheyenne and opened a barber shop...

It was not a good day for two men accused of different crimes in Cheyenne. It was on this day in 1868, that two men were hanged by local vigilantes.

Today marks an interesting anniversary in Wyoming history. 134 years ago, on January 5, 1883, Cheyenne became the first town in the west to install electric lights. Wyoming's facination with electricity began five years earlier when Thomas Edison and a group of scientists conducted an experiment near Rawlins...

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, you might get your wish this year. Believe it or not, snowfall on Christmas day is relatively rare here in Cheyenne. In fact, for the past 100 years, snowfall or precipation has only been recorded 20 times on December 25th...

After the fire, the land was sold to Cheyenne businessman Harry Hynds, who constructed the Hynds Building, which still stands on the corner of Lincolnway and Capitol Avenue.