If you have a passion for the Old West, you’ll be right at home in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This city of 53,000 people is the northern anchor of the Front Range and the capital of Wyoming. It’s also becoming a major commerce center. Cheyenne began as a rowdy, railroad town, with lots of saloons and numerous variety and burlesque theaters. With the Union Pacific’s support, opera houses eventually replaced the bawdier forms of frontier entertainment. Cattle and culture became the mainstays of C


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