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
- 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.
- Cheyenne Leader newspaper begins publication.[2]
- November 13: Railroad begins operating.
- 1868 - City charter granted by Dakota Territory legislature.[1]
- 1869
- 1870
- 1872
- Stock Association of Laramie County organized.[9]
- Court House built.[10]
- 1873 - November: Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory in session.[11]
- 1874 - City Hall built.[10]
- 1876
- 1881 - Joseph M. Carey becomes mayor.
- 1882 - Opera House built.[10][14]
- 1884 - William Sturgis House (residence) built.
- 1885 - Francis E. Warren becomes mayor.
- 1886
- Library opens on Carey Avenue.[15]
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church built.
- 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.[16]
- 1892 - Tivoli Building constructed.
- 1895 - Wyoming State Museum established.[17]
- 1897 - Cheyenne Frontier Days begin.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 14,087.[16]
- 1902 - Laramie County Library opens.[15]
- 1903 - May: Theodore Roosevelt visits Cheyenne.[18]
- 1904 - Wyoming Governor's Mansion built.[19]
- 1908 - Atlas Theatre opens.
- 1909 - St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral consecrated.
- 1910 - Population: 11,320.[16]
- 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]
- 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.
- 1999 - City website online (approximate date).[27]
21st century
- 2000 - Taco John's Events Center opens.
- 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
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Laramie County, Wyoming
- Timeline of Wyoming[32]
References
- 1 2 "History of Cheyenne". City of Cheyenne. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ↑ Appleton 1883.
- ↑ Progressive men of the state of Wyoming, Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1903
- ↑ Marie Erwin (1974). Wyoming Historical Blue Book (reprint ed.).
- ↑ "Laramie County Assessor's Office scanned image of Original City Plat, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Laramie County Assessor's Office scanned image of Original City Plat, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Wyoming and the West Collections". Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Polk 1884.
- ↑ "New York Times". November 8, 1873.
- ↑ Annie D. Tallent (1899), The Black Hills, or, The last hunting ground of the Dakotahs, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Print. Co.
- ↑ The Englishman's illustrated guide book to the United States and Canada (3rd ed.), London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1876
- ↑ Jeffery's guide and directory to the opera houses, theatres, public halls, bill posters, etc. of the cities and towns of America. 1889.
- 1 2 "Library History". Laramie County Library System. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "Wyoming State Museum". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "The President in Cheyenne; Rides to Speaker's Stand and Speaks in Slouch Hat, Boots, Spurs, and Gauntlets". New York Times. June 1, 1903.
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Database". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- 1 2 "History of Cheyenne". City of Cheyenne. Archived from the original on February 12, 2003.
- ↑ Popular Mechanics Magazine, June 1921
- ↑ "History". Cheyenne, Wyo.: Wyoming Taxpayers Association.
- ↑ "Cheyenne Genealogical & Historical Society". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Cheyenne Botanic Gardens". Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
- ↑ "City of Cheyenne, Wyoming". Archived from the original on November 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Arts Alliance leaders try to find place for fledgling group". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. April 7, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "World's Most Powerful Climate Change Supercomputer Powers Up". Time. Time Inc. October 17, 2012.
- ↑ "About". Arts Cheyenne. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 441: "Chronology"
Bibliography
- 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 Resports 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", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), Wyoming: a Guide to Its History, Highways and People, American Guide Series – via Google Books
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Cheyenne, Wyoming", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (fulltext via Open Library)
- "Rocky Mountains: Wyoming: Cheyenne", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
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