Then Uncle Leonard took us to the Union Pacific rail-yards.
Union Pacific railyard
Uncle Leonard with us
My sister and me - railroad engineers
My sister and me
My sister waving from the train engine
Next he took us to Cheyenne. Daddy could take a photo of the capital,
Capital of Wyoming
and we visited Baker Cabin in Frontier Park. The Jim Baker Cabin was built in 1873 by frontiersman Jim Baker as a fortified house on the Little Snake River at Savery Creek near present-day Savery, Wyoming.
Baker Cabin, Frontier Park, Cheyenne, WY
The two-story log building measures 31 feet by 16 feet with two rooms on the lower level and a single smaller room on the upper level. The outer walls are made of logs 12 inches to 15 inches thick. Jim Baker was a trapper with Jim Bridger and served as an interpreter and scout with Kit Carson. In 1917 interest in preserving the cabin resulted in its purchase by the state of Wyoming, in part to prevent its removal to Denver for display. It was dismantled and moved to Frontier Park in Cheyenne. (In 1973 it was moved back to Savery).
Baker Cabin, Frontier Park, Cheyenne, WY - me, my mom, my sister, Aunt Bertha and Uncle Leonard
And most exciting of all - we went to the Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Cheyenne Frontier Days July 27-31 - sign on top of a hotel
First a parade (where Uncle Leonard got us a place on the corner so we had a good view)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West float
Union Pacific float
Stagecoach float
Stagecoach
Another stagecoach
Appaloosas pulling a red cross carriage
Cowboy
and we saw our first ever Rodeo.
Arena
Indian encampment on the far end
In 1897, Frederick W. Angier, Traveling Passenger Agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, suggested to the editor of the Cheyenne Daily Sun-Leader, that Cheyenne have festival. It was then that plans were made for the first “Frontier Day”. Events included pony races, bronco busting, and steer roping - events that were seen as a test of a cowboy’s skill. The inaugural event was so successful that the next year it was expanded to two days and a parade was added.
Hitching up a mule
Next we visit relatives in Colorado
Union Pacific railyard
Uncle Leonard with us
My sister and me - railroad engineers
My sister and me
My sister waving from the train engine
Next he took us to Cheyenne. Daddy could take a photo of the capital,
Capital of Wyoming
and we visited Baker Cabin in Frontier Park. The Jim Baker Cabin was built in 1873 by frontiersman Jim Baker as a fortified house on the Little Snake River at Savery Creek near present-day Savery, Wyoming.
Baker Cabin, Frontier Park, Cheyenne, WY
The two-story log building measures 31 feet by 16 feet with two rooms on the lower level and a single smaller room on the upper level. The outer walls are made of logs 12 inches to 15 inches thick. Jim Baker was a trapper with Jim Bridger and served as an interpreter and scout with Kit Carson. In 1917 interest in preserving the cabin resulted in its purchase by the state of Wyoming, in part to prevent its removal to Denver for display. It was dismantled and moved to Frontier Park in Cheyenne. (In 1973 it was moved back to Savery).
Baker Cabin, Frontier Park, Cheyenne, WY - me, my mom, my sister, Aunt Bertha and Uncle Leonard
And most exciting of all - we went to the Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Cheyenne Frontier Days July 27-31 - sign on top of a hotel
First a parade (where Uncle Leonard got us a place on the corner so we had a good view)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West float
Union Pacific float
Stagecoach float
Stagecoach
Another stagecoach
Appaloosas pulling a red cross carriage
Cowboy
and we saw our first ever Rodeo.
Arena
Indian encampment on the far end
In 1897, Frederick W. Angier, Traveling Passenger Agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, suggested to the editor of the Cheyenne Daily Sun-Leader, that Cheyenne have festival. It was then that plans were made for the first “Frontier Day”. Events included pony races, bronco busting, and steer roping - events that were seen as a test of a cowboy’s skill. The inaugural event was so successful that the next year it was expanded to two days and a parade was added.
Hitching up a mule
Next we visit relatives in Colorado
- Next entry in the series 'Exploring the USA by Car': On to Colorado - Visiting More Relatives in 1948 - Fifth Post
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