Shirley E. Flynn, Wyoming author and resident of Cheyenne real estate, in her book Let's Go! Let's Show! Let's Rodeo! The History of Cheyenne Frontier Days celebrates the amazing success of the event.  Cheyenne Frontier Days began in 1897 when some feisty cowboys came to Cheyenne WY ranches for some high buckin' fun and friendly competition.  Cheyenne’s proud western history shows all over town.

The huge Cheyenne Frontier Days event today is world-renowned as the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration anywhere.  About 200,000 folks from Cheyenne homes, the nation, and the world head to Laramie County Wyoming for the annual event.  Lodging fills up early.  

The Daddy of 'Em All continues for ten days, the days around the last full week each July.  And some relocate to the friendly community, picking up a second home in Cheyenne, or a quiet Cheyenne ranch.

Participants giddy up, scoot their boots, chow down on pancakes and chili, laugh a lot, learn a lot, and enjoy the Indian Village and large PRCA/PBR nationally sanctioned rodeo.  Most events are held around Frontier Park but all of Cheyenne dresses up cowboy style including bars and establishments in a country western theme catering to hungry visitors after the night shows.

Popular musical and comedy acts sell out.  The full-fledged carnival with games and rides offers daylong arm bands for families and youth to come and go.  Wild West shows with western riders thrill the young and old alike.  

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) members compete in rodeos throughout North America and do they ever know their tricks: Bareback riding, Steer wrestling or bull dogging, Team roping, (roping heads or heels of steer), saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, steer roping, barrel racing, and bull riding.  Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization.

Every other day, folks simply parade down the main street and three mornings a week, 40,000 people head to the Cheyenne Depot for the Kiwanis pancake breakfasts.  Native Americans convene powwows and the quietude of the simple Native American village lifestyle.

The Old West is alive in Cheyenne in every giant painted cowboy boot speckled around the city, at the Frontier Days Old West Museum, Nelson Museum of the West, the historic Cheyenne Depot and five National Historic Districts.  Soon a working downtown livery stable will be in full swing during the Frontier Days.  So gallop into town with Buffalo Bill and your friends and give us a holler.  

For information about Cheyenne WY homes as well as real estate, ranches, and land in Laramie County, call Coldwell Banker The Property Exchange at (307) 632-6481.