Timeline of Cheyenne, Wyoming

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.

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## 19th century

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* 1867
* July 4: Union Pacific Railroad sets up mountain region headquarters at Crow Creek Crossing, later known as Cheyenne.
* August 10: H. M. Hook elected mayor.[1]
* Fort D.A. Russell established nearby.[2]
* Cheyenne Leader newspaper begins publication.[3]
* November 13: Railroad begins operating.
* 1868 - City charter granted by Dakota Territory legislature.[1][2]
* 1869
* May 25: Wyoming Territory court in session.[4]
* Wyoming Tribune newspaper begins publication.[3]
* Fire.[5]
* Eagle Hotel in business.[6]
* Population: 2,305.[7]
* 1870
* On September 14, 1870, the signature of General Grenville M. Dodge on the Original City Plat of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, was notarized.[8]
* On September 21, 1870, at 10:30 AM, the Cheyenne Original City Plat was recorded by Laramie County Clerk.[9]
* 1872
* Stock Association of Laramie County organized.[10]
* Court House built.[11]
* 1873 - November: Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory in session.[12]
* 1874 - City Hall built.[11]
* 1876
* Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage begins operating.[13]
* Population: 3,250 (estimate).[14]
* 1881 - Joseph M. Carey becomes mayor.
* 1882 - Opera House built.[11][15]
* 1884 - William Sturgis House (residence) built.
* 1885 - Francis E. Warren becomes mayor.
* 1886
* Library opens on Carey Avenue.[16]
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church built.
* Cheyenne and Northern Railway operates from 1886 to 1890.
* 1887 - Cheyenne Depot built.
* 1888 - Nagle Warren Mansion (residence) built.
* 1890
* July 10: Cheyenne becomes capital of new state of Wyoming.
* Wyoming State Capitol building and First United Methodist Church constructed.
* Population: 11,690.[2]
* 1892 - Tivoli Building constructed.
* 1895 - Wyoming State Museum established.[17]
* 1896 - Cheyenne Business College established.
* 1897 - Cheyenne Frontier Days begin.
* 1900 - Population: 14,087.[2]

## 20th century

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* 1902 - Laramie County Library opens.[16]
* 1903 - May: Theodore Roosevelt visits Cheyenne.[18]
* 1904 - Wyoming Governor's Mansion built.[19]
* 1905 - Population: 13,656.[2]
* 1908 - Atlas Theatre opens.
* 1909 - St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral consecrated.
* 1910 - Population: 11,320.[2]
* 1914 - City adopts commissioner form of government.[20]
* 1920 - Lincoln Highway surfaced near Cheyenne.[21]
* 1928 - High Plains Horticulture Research Station established.
* 1929 - Boeing Terminal built at Cheyenne Airport.
* 1930 - Cheyenne Little Theatre Players founded.
* 1937 - Wyoming Governmental Research Association headquartered in Cheyenne.[22]
* late 1940's - Union Pacific Big Boy an articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, was assigned to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they hauled freight over Sherman Hill to Laramie, Wyoming.
* 1952 - Cheyenne Genealogy Society formed.[23]
* 1960 - Cheyenne East High School established.
* 1968 - Laramie County Community College established.
* 1972 - City government changes to mayor-council format.[20]
* 1976 - New Wyoming Governor's Mansion built.
* 1977 - Cheyenne Community Solar Greenhouse[24] and Historic Governor's Mansion museum opens.[19]
* 1978 - Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum founded.
* 1979 - July 16: Tornado.[25]
* 1980 - Population: 47,283.[26]
* 1981 - Frontier Mall in business.
* 1993 - Cheyenne Depot Museum founded.
* 1999 - City website online (approximate date).[27][chronology citation needed]
* 2000 - Taco John's Events Center opens.

## 21st century

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* 2009
* Rick Kaysen becomes mayor.[28]
* Cheyenne South High School opens.
* 2010
* Cheyenne Capidolls roller derby league formed.
* Population: 59,466.
* 2011 - Cheyenne Warriors football team and Arts Alliance of Cheyenne[29] formed.
* 2012 - National Center for Atmospheric Research-Wyoming Supercomputing Center begins operating.[30]
* 2013 - Arts Cheyenne organized (approximate date).[31]

## See also

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* List of mayors of Cheyenne, Wyoming
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Laramie County, Wyoming

## References

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1. ^ a b "History of Cheyenne". City of Cheyenne. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
2. ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
3. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
4. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1941.
5. ^ Appleton 1883.
6. ^ Progressive men of the state of Wyoming, Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1903, OL 7201215M
7. ^ Marie Erwin (1974). Wyoming Historical Blue Book (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2015.
8. ^ "Laramie County Assessor's Office scanned image of Original City Plat, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
9. ^ "Laramie County Assessor's Office scanned image of Original City Plat, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
10. ^ "Wyoming and the West Collections". Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
11. ^ a b c Polk 1884.
12. ^ "New York Times". November 8, 1873.
13. ^ Annie D. Tallent (1899), The Black Hills, or, The last hunting ground of the Dakotahs, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Print. Co., OL 23281865M
14. ^ The Englishman's illustrated guide book to the United States and Canada (3rd ed.), London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1876
15. ^ Jeffery, John B. (1889). Jeffery's guide and directory to the opera houses, theatres, public halls, bill posters, etc. of the cities and towns of America.
16. ^ a b "Library History". Laramie County Library System. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
17. ^ "Wyoming State Museum". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
18. ^ "The President in Cheyenne; Rides to Speaker's Stand and Speaks in Slouch Hat, Boots, Spurs, and Gauntlets", New York Times, June 1, 1903
19. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Database". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
20. ^ a b "History of Cheyenne". City of Cheyenne. Archived from the original on February 12, 2003.
21. ^ Windsor, Henry Haven (June 1921), Popular Mechanics Magazine
22. ^ "History". Cheyenne, Wyo.: Wyoming Taxpayers Association.
23. ^ "Cheyenne Genealogical & Historical Society". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
24. ^ "Cheyenne Botanic Gardens". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
25. ^ Thomas E. Drabek; et al. (1981). "After the Wind: The Emergent Multiorganizational Search and Rescue Network Following the Cheyenne, Wyoming Tornado of July, 1979". Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. 9.
26. ^ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
27. ^ "City of Cheyenne, Wyoming". Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 - via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
28. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
29. ^ "Arts Alliance leaders try to find place for fledgling group". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. April 7, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
30. ^ "World's Most Powerful Climate Change Supercomputer Powers Up". Time. Time Inc. October 17, 2012.
31. ^ "About". Arts Cheyenne. Retrieved March 29, 2013.

## Bibliography

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* Mrs. Frank Leslie (1877), "(Cheyenne)", California: a pleasure trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate, April, May, June, 1877, New York: G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers
* "Cheyenne", The American Cyclopaedia, New York: D. Appleton, 1883
* "Cheyenne", The Pacific Tourist: an Illustrated Guide to Pacific RR, California, and Pleasure Resorts across the Continent, New York: Adams & Bishop, 1884
* "Cheyenne City". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884.
* "Cheyenne". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1888. 1889.
* "Cheyenne (Wyoming)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 116.
* Federal Writers' Project (1941), Wyoming: a Guide to Its History, Highways and People, American Guide Series, ISBN 9781603540490 - via Google Books`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
* George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Cheyenne, Wyoming", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M (fulltext via Open Library)
* "Rocky Mountains: Wyoming: Cheyenne", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M

## External links

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* Wyoming State Newspaper Project. Items related to Cheyenne
* Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne
* Items related to Cheyenne, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
* Materials related to Cheyenne, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress).
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