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Wyoming’s High School Football Coach Of The Year Is Also The Local Police Chief
Wyoming’s High School Football Coach Of The Year Is Also The Local Police Chief
Wyoming’s High School Football Coach Of The Year Is Also The Local Police Chief
The football players at Kaycee High School know better than to get in trouble. After all, their own coach could throw them in jail. USA Today just released the 2016 All-USA Wyoming Football Team. Their choice for Coach of the Year is a man who gives new meaning to the term "Friday Night Lights", Kaycee Police Chief Lee Kemmers...
November 28, 1867: Cheyenne’s First Thanksgiving Dinner
November 28, 1867: Cheyenne’s First Thanksgiving Dinner
November 28, 1867: Cheyenne’s First Thanksgiving Dinner
On November 28, 1867, just 15 days after the Union Pacific Railroad had reached Cheyenne, one of the town's original shopkeepers, H.H. Ellis, helped prepare the first Thanksgiving feast in the new city. By that time, nearly 4,000 workers and merchants had flocked to bustling western outpost...
The Five Most Famous Horses in Wyoming History
The Five Most Famous Horses in Wyoming History
The Five Most Famous Horses in Wyoming History
It's estimated that horses first arrived in Wyoming around 1740 after Native American tribes drove Spanish explorers north from present day New Mexico. The descendants of those horses still roam free in the Red Desert of southwestern Wyoming...
Why Cheyenne Can Thank Greeley For Frontier Days
Why Cheyenne Can Thank Greeley For Frontier Days
Why Cheyenne Can Thank Greeley For Frontier Days
This year marks the 120th anniversary of the "Daddy of 'Em All", Cheyenne Frontier Days. But did you know, Cheyenne Frontier Days would have never happened were it not for the town of Greeley, Colorado? According to an Empire Magazine article published in 1997 and later recounted in the Denver Post, the idea for the first Cheyenne Frontier Days was hatched when two local businessman atte
Memorial Day Tribute
Memorial Day Tribute
Memorial Day Tribute
Cole Smith is a filmmaker and active duty Air Force officer stationed in Cheyenne. His latest project is a short film titled "Memorial Day," produced in cooperation with the Wyoming Arts Council, which depicts two friends commemorating a fallen comrade...
Wyoming’s Greatest War Heroes
Wyoming’s Greatest War Heroes
Wyoming’s Greatest War Heroes
Next week, our nation will remember the thousands of brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Here’s a salute to five of the greatest men to have ever served our country, all of whom hailed from the great state of Wyoming...

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