An Photographic History of Cheyenne

In 1867, Union Pacific Railroad survey crews plotted the site for present day Cheyenne near the Crow Creek Crossing in the Dakota Territory.

Here's an interesting photographic retrospective of Wyoming's Capital City over the last 150 years.

The Hall of Wheels Music Hall, circa 1877

The Bella Union Gold Room in 1877

Cheyenne native Guy Weedick, who founded the Calgary Stampede Rodeo in 1912

A Cheyenne banker talks to a customer in the 1940s

Governor Lester Hunt and actress Janice Paige parade through the streets of Cheyenne in 1947

The premiere of the movie "Cheyenne" at the Lincoln Theatre in 1947

The Cheyenne Depot, circa 1971 

Cheyenne Frontier Days, circa 1991

Peacekeeper and Minuteman Missiles at Warren Air Force Base in 2001

The Olympic Flame on display at the Wyoming State Capitol in 2002

An old farm house just outside of Cheyenne, circa 2007