Rick Roddam

An error in the stamping process caused a die break between the tail and the backside of Wyoming's iconic bucking horse mascot.

In the 1940s, a candy salesman stopped in for a drink at the Shoshone Bar in Lovell, Wyo. He hasn't been seen since, but he has been heard.

When Jimmy Orr worked at the White House in Washington DC in 2001, he had a front-row seat for the worst terrorist attack in American history.

July 30, 1989, was the darkest day in CFD history. Legendary bull rider Lane Frost died after a tragic accident in the rodeo arena.

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.

July 1, 1919, Wyoming became the last state in the region to ban alcohol. During prohibition, the towns of Kemmerer and Rock Springs became regional hubs for bootleggers and organized crime.

The stories usually begin the same way, "I came for Cheyenne Frontier Days and it was the last room in town."

Five Wyoming war heroes that have been awarded the country's highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

In late April 1984, one of the worst spring storms in Wyoming history dumped nearly three feet of snow on the Cowboy State.

Since 1981, Cheyenne has averaged 1.7 days of measurable snowfall during May, with a monthly average of 2.3 inches.