| Cheyenne: 1867-1917 Contributor(s): Weidel, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738558931 ISBN-13: 9780738558936 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Cheyenne, known from its earliest days as the aMagic City of the Plains, a sprang up almost overnight in 1867 to meet the Union Pacific Railroadas anticipated westward expansion. Named after the Cheyenne Indian tribe that lived in the area, the wild frontier settlement quickly evolved from a tent town to one of the most sophisticated cities west of the Mississippi River. Cheyenne was settled by a variety of people, including cattle barons, soldiers from nearby Fort D. A. Russell, merchants, railroad workers, prostitutes, and gamblers. Buildings such as the Cheyenne Club, the Opera House, the Inter Ocean Hotel, the mansions along Ferguson Street, and a lively downtown defined Cheyenne as a prosperous city by the early 1880s. As Wyomingas capital grew, annual events such as Frontier Days brought the legend of Cheyenne into the first two decades of the 20th century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 978.7 |
| LCCN: 2008928329 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Cheyenne, Wyoming - Geographic Orientation - Wyoming - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Cheyenne, known from its earliest days as the Magic City of the Plains, sprang up almost overnight in 1867 to meet the Union Pacific Railroad s anticipated westward expansion. Named after the Cheyenne Indian tribe that lived in the area, the wild frontier settlement quickly evolved from a tent town to one of the most sophisticated cities west of the Mississippi River. Cheyenne was settled by a variety of people, including cattle barons, soldiers from nearby Fort D. A. Russell, merchants, railroad workers, prostitutes, and gamblers. Buildings such as the Cheyenne Club, the Opera House, the Inter Ocean Hotel, the mansions along Ferguson Street, and a lively downtown defined Cheyenne as a prosperous city by the early 1880s. As Wyoming s capital grew, annual events such as Frontier Days brought the legend of Cheyenne into the first two decades of the 20th century." |
Contributor Bio(s): Weidel, Nancy: - Author Nancy Weidel is a writer and historian who has worked at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office in Cheyenne since 1992. In this volume, readers may explore Cheyenne s history through vintage images, many of which have never been published. These photographs are drawn primarily from the extensive collection of the Wyoming State Archives. |