Second Cheyenne Frontier Days Grand Parade Slated For Tuesday

The second of four Cheyenne Frontier Days 2024 Parades is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 9 in downtown Cheyenne.

Have you ever wondered how the CFD parades got started?

The first CFD "parades" were mostly wild and woolly gallops through town by rowdy cowboys on wild broncos rather than the organized, well-planned processions enjoyed by modern spectators (according to the Cheyenne Frontier Days website).

The cowboys often used windows for target practice and introduced themselves to pretty girls by lassoing them. The only early exceptions were a parade in 1898 honoring Buffalo Bill and a 1910 event for President Theodore Roosevelt.

But, in 1925 a pageant around the theme of 'The Evolution of Transportation'' was organized. The following year, the first-ever parade featuring floats that would last was launched, according to the website.

Here is the parade route, with the parade starting at the Wyoming Capitol Building at 9 a.m. according to cfdrodeo.com