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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cheyenne: 1867 to 1903: A Biography of the Magic City of the Plains

Cheyenne: 1867 to 1903: A Biography of the Magic City of the Plains

O'Neal, Bill

Paperback

General World HistoryRegional: SouthRegional: West

ISBN10: 1571688390
ISBN13: 9781571688392
Publisher: Eakin Pr
Published: Jul 1 2006
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.90 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
The story of the formative period of Cheyenne is, to a remarkable degree, the story of America's last West. Founded as a railroad boomtown, Cheyenne was a raucous and violent Hell on Wheels. Rising as if by magic from an empty prairie, Cheyenne was known the Magic City of the Plains. The cast of this great Western saga was colorful and imposing. Cattle barons and merchant kings. Cowboys and soldiers. Vigilantes and lawmen. Gamblers and gunfighters. The railroad brought to Cheyenne a parade of celebrities, from President Grant to Teddy Roosevelt, Wild Bill Hickok to Calamity Jane, Sarah Bernhardt to Buffalo Bill Cody. And Cheyenne was built and nurtured by such powerhouse urban pioneers as F.E. Warren and Joseph W. Carey. The Magic City was a classic product of the urban frontier. The Magic City soon became the Holy City of the Cow, a wealthy center of the cattle frontier. Fortunes were made and lost, along with dreams that were realized and destroyed. Cheyenne was the scene of two of the West's landmark legal dramas, involving the Johnson County Wars and the notorious assassin, Tom Horn. Cheyenne also became known for one of America's premier rodeos, The Daddy of 'em All, the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo

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