Cheyenne Population 2010: 59,466, #1 in Wyoming 1950: 31,395 2010
Metropolitan Area: 91,738, #354 in U.S. Setting Cheyenne was founded in 1867 at the location where the Union Pacific Railroad crossed Crow Creek. Buildings Tallest Building: State Capitol, 146 feet (1917) Stores Cheyenne has no downtown department stores. Trains Amtrak has no service to Cheyenne. Museums The Wyoming State Museum, the Nelson Museum of the West, and the Cheyenne Depot Museum are in the downtown area. |  Downtown Cheyenne and State Capitol Theaters
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Lincoln Theater shows second-run movies. The Cheyenne Civic Center (1981) hosts the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and touring Broadway shows. The Cheyenne Little Theatre is also downtown. Sports The annual Cheyenne Frontier Days is the largest outdoor rodeo in the U.S. |