Cheyenne and F. E. Warren Air Force Base grew up together in the Wyoming Territory starting with Fort D. A. Russell to protect the nation’s first transcontinental railroad in 1867, the same year Cheyenne was founded.
30 years later in 1897, Cheyenne Frontier Days was born...
Day 2 of the 120th Daddy Of ‘Em All is on at Frontier Park, F. E. Warren Air Force Base (with Fort DA Russell Days) and downtown Cheyenne, starting at 8am for the active. Don’t forget The Cowboy Triangle transportation loop between Frontier Park, Downtown and Park-N-Ride...
Bringing you some of the sights and sounds of Fort D A Russell Days at F E Warren Air Force Base over the weekend. I would bring you some of the smells if I could, the food was real good, but the smell from the coal fires at the two blacksmith demonstrations and the carpenter making char-cloth kind of blew out my olfactory nerves (sense of smell) for a while...
Fort D.A. Russell Days honors and reveals the work and dedication it takes to secure the peace for our nation past and present, or “From Muskets To Missiles.”
Fort D.A. Russell Days provides access to F.E. Warren Air Force Base where you can see how the fort came to be in 1867 up to modern missile base it is today...
Fort D.A. Russell Days celebrates the past, present and future of the defense of our nation. From muskets to missiles, Fort D.A. Russell Days is the one time of year Jane and Joe Citizen can access the base and get a peek at the workings of the mightiest military in the world, able to deal death en mass to those who would threaten our great nation...
Ever wonder what life was like in the early days here in Cheyenne?
You can get a glimpse of the past on the plains this week at Fort D. A. Russell Days on F. E. Warren Air Force Base.