July 4, 1867, General Greenville Dodge arrived, named the town Cheyenne and plotted a four-square-mile area that would later become Wyoming's Capital City.
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...