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14 unusual facts about Cheyenne


Asa Shinn Mercer

Mercer became well known throughout the West as a publisher, and eventually found his way to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he published the Northwestern Livestock Journal, a public relations vehicle for the moneyed cattle interests.

Boeing Model 203

When the Boeing School was closed due to the Second World War, the 4 203As were transferred to United Air Lines at Cheyenne, Wyoming, two 203Bs were sold to a private owner, and the fate of the final 203B is unknown.

Colorado Piedmont

The drop off from the Plains to the Piedmont is noticeable to motorists driving southward from Cheyenne, Wyoming on Interstate 25.

Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim

In 2013, Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman became the twenty-fifth rabbi of the Temple after leaving Mt. Sinai Synagogue in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Dances with Dudley

Dances with Dudley was said to be the child of Big Daddy Dudley - the patriarch of the Dudley family - and a Native American woman from Cheyenne, Oklahoma.

Helena G. Wells

Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer find Helena's physical body in the personage of Ms. Emily Hannah Lake – a high school literature teacher living in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Huron, Indiana

Once in St. Louis, The Challenger returned to the Cheyenne, Wyoming locomotive shops.

I Can Still Make Cheyenne

The man replies that as much as this pains him, he will go on to Cheyenne, the most prestigious rodeo around.

Professional Evaluation and Certification Board

Based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) is an American personnel certification body.

Sound of the Rockies

After winning an 8th consecutive district championship in Cheyenne, Wyoming in October 2009, the chorus qualified for the 2010 International chorus contest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Cheyenne Social Club

O'Hanlan gets a letter from an attorney in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that his disreputable and now deceased brother, DJ, left him something called The Cheyenne Social Club in his will.

USS Cheyenne

Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cheyenne, in honor of the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

V. Larry Teaver, Jr.

He was married for sixty-two years to the former Suzanne "Sue" Yerby (1922–2004), a native of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls

The nickname Cowboys was used as early as 1891 when a true cowboy assisted the Wyoming football team against a team from Cheyenne, Wyoming.


Alan Bond Johnson

Johnson's official portrait was painted by artist Michele Rushworth and was unveiled and installed in the federal courthouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 2012.

Alvin Wiederspahn

He is active on the board of the Homeless Shelter and is an elder of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cheyenne.

Bonnie McCarroll

In 1922, she won two cowgirl bronc riding championships at both Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the first rodeo hosted at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Bryant Butler Brooks

His official portrait was painted by artist Michele Rushworth and hangs in the state capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Buffalo Calf Road Woman

During the Battle of the Rosebud, the Cheyenne and Lakota, allied under the leadership of Crazy Horse, had been retreating, and they left the wounded Chief Comes in Sight on the battlefield.

CASA 2.111

The aircraft was attempting a landing at the Cheyenne Municipal Airport, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, while en route from Midland, Texas to an air show in Missoula, Montana.

Chevrolet K5 Blazer

The models were mostly identical to each other save for emblems and identification, grilles, and some trim packages; Cheyenne and Silverado for Chevy, SL and SLE for GMC.

Clint Walker

Billed as "Clint" Walker, he was cast as Cheyenne Bodie, a cowboy hero in the post-American Civil War era.

Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States

McCook Field, Ohio; Saint Joseph, Missouri; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and remote Salduro Siding, Utah, were selected as refueling points, following a recently established mail route.

Eastern Plains

The Plains Indians that lived in the region included the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux.

Edwin H. Whitehead

Edwin H. "Ed" Whitehead (February 26, 1925 - May 20, 2007) was a lawyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, and an early supporter of John F. Kennedy for the American presidency in a state which three times supported Richard M. Nixon.

Fort Fetterman

During the mid-1870s and onset of the Black Hills War with the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, the monotony of camp life was broken by a series of major military expeditions, including Maj. Gen. George Crook's Power River Expedition of 1876 and Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's 1876 campaign against Dull Knife.

Frontier Days

Cheyenne Frontier Days, an annual 10 day-long cultural festival in Cheyenne, Wyoming

George Bent

Bent lived on the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation near the town of Colony and worked as a U.S. government employee for most of the rest of his life.

George E. Hyde

George E. Hyde (1882–1968) was the "Dean of American Indian Historians." He wrote many books about Indian tribes, especially the Sioux and Pawnee plus a life of the Cheyenne warrior and historian, George Bent.

Jena Engstrom

In the episode “Chester’s Indian”, Engstrom plays Callie Dill, the repressed daughter of a storekeeper (Karl Swenson) who is helping a wrongfully-detained Cheyenne brave (Eddie Little Sky) trying to return to his village.

Julesburg, Colorado

"Julesburg" is the title of the second episode (1955) of the ABC western Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker.

Kelo Henderson

Henderson's first screen appearance was as Doc Pardes in the 1957 episode "The Brand" of the ABC western Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker.

Kevin Brodie

During the same period he also made guest appearances on such popular television shows as Cheyenne, Ben Casey, Death Valley Days, My Three Sons and Mannix.

KGNS-DT2

In May 2013, SagamoreHill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell KGNS, along with KGWN-TV in Cheyenne, Wyoming and KSTF in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Yellowstone Holdings, a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management.

Little Shield

In 1877, after the Dull Knife Fight, when Crazy Horse surrendered at Fort Robinson, a few Cheyenne chiefs and their people surrendered as well.

Marjorie Stapp

Throughout the 1950s - 1990s, she appeared in both films and television, including Cheyenne, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dragnet, Elmer Gantry, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, 77 Sunset Strip, The Brady Bunch, Quantum Leap and Columbo.

Modular Airborne FireFighting System

The training is coordinated with the Air Force Reserve's 302d Airlift Wing at Colorado's Peterson Air Force Base, the Air National Guard's 153d Airlift Wing from Cheyenne, Wyoming, the 146th Airlift Wing from Port Hueneme, California, and the 145th Airlift Wing from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Nancy Kulp

In 1956 she appeared in the episode "Johnny Bravo" of Clint Walker's ABC\Warner Brothers series Cheyenne, with Clint Walker.

Nate Champion

In April 1892 the WSGA hired killers from Texas; an expedition of 50 men was organized, which proceeded by train from Cheyenne to Casper, Wyoming, then toward Johnson County, intending to eliminate alleged rustlers and also, apparently, to replace the government in Johnson County.

Patrick McVey

Manhunt was canceled in 1961, and McVey continued his career with guest roles on various television series including General Electric Theater, Cheyenne, The Rifleman, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Virginian, Gunsmoke and three appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of District Attorney Covington in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom."

Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

It is part of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

RCAF Station St. Margarets

The SITU formed on July 7, 1975 at St. Margarets and supported NORAD's space defence role to collect, analyze and transmit satellite tracking data to the NORAD Space Object Identification Centre at NORAD headquarters in the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC) at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.

Red Shirt, South Dakota

The village is located near the Cheyenne River but outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year floodplain) of the river.

Schoyen Collection

MS 4457 (1865-1879 AD), Cheyenne Chief Little Shield's Ledger Book recording the Indian War of the Platte River in 1865.

Shane Drury

Drury was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and was reared with his two brothers, Chad and Jesse, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair Oil Company also owns and operates Grand America Hotels and Resorts, which has hotel properties in Salt Lake City, Utah; Flagstaff, Arizona; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Little America, Wyoming; and San Diego, California, in addition to the Sun Valley and Snowbasin resorts.

Sioux San Hospital

The Native Americans from the Sioux, Cheyenne, Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, and Flathead tribes were forced into the government institution to be taught the white man's way of life.

Thalia, Texas

In addition to Horseman, Pass By, Larry McMurtry's novels Leaving Cheyenne (1963), The Last Picture Show (1966), Texasville (1987), Duane's Depressed (1999) and When the Light Goes (2007) are set in or around "Thalia".

That Ol' Wind

In December 1995, "That Ol' Wind" made its chart debut as an album cut, along with "It's Midnight Cinderella" and "Rollin'", which also charted as album cuts, and "The Beaches of Cheyenne", his then-current single.

The Best of No Angels

It was released on December 1, 2003 (see 2003 in music) via Polydor's sublabel Cheyenne Records, following the group's disbandment in fall 2003.

William F. Downes

His official portrait was painted by artist Michele Rushworth and hangs in the federal courthouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Wolf-Dieter Storl

After returning to the United States in 1984, he spent much time with traditional medicine persons of the Cheyenne and taught courses at Sheridan College, Wyoming.

Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer

One tale recounts a Cheyenne version of the story of the great bear which is supposed to have put its claw marks on the side of Devils Tower, a feature later seen in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Yenz Leonhardt

Jens Arnsted (more commonly known as Yenz Leonhardt or Yenz Cheyenne) is a heavy metal musician born July 4 in Vordingborg, Denmark.