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Cheyenne(encyclopedia)
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Cheyenne River(encyclopedia)
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FIRST CHEYENNE Credit Union(finance)
VA Medical Center Cheyenne(health)
CHEYENNE-LARAMIE COUNTY EMPLOYEES Credit Union(finance)

Cheyenne (sh)




City (pop., 2000: 53,011), capital of Wyoming, U.S. It is the state's largest city and has been the capital since 1869.

It became an outfitting point for the Black Hills goldfields to the northeast and a major shipping point for cattle from Texas. Its own grazing lands became famed for their herds and cattle barons. In July it celebrates Frontier Days, which includes one of America's oldest and largest rodeos. Nearby Fort Francis E. Warren was the site of the nation's first intercontinental ballistic missile base (1957).