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The Best Carnival Food at Cheyenne Frontier Days
Just to give you an idea of the high points, Cowboy State Dailys Jim Angell visited the midway to try 10 different carnival foods and rank them according to his preference. Take a look at his gastronomical journey and watch to the end to see his top 10 choices.
July 24, 2019
Today’s Cowboy Vocabulary word is: Pickup Men
Pickup men are two cowboys on horseback who help roughstock riders dismount after their ride and then escort the bull or horse to the exit gate.
July 24, 2019
New approval poll shows high approval of Gordon, Barrasso and Enzi
Gov. Mark Gordon has the fifth-highest approval rating of U.S. governors, according to new polling by Morning Consult, a Washington, D.C.-based media and technology company.
July 24, 2019
Dubois celebrates ‘National Day of the Cowboy’ this weekend
Every year, the day of commemoration first recognized 2005 is held on the fourth Saturday of July. In Dubois, that celebration takes the form of a rodeo, parade and special events that may not be seen at just any community event like the cowhide race.
July 23, 2019
Miners face uncertainty of changing coal markets
Campbell County residents say that although the coal industry has traditionally been a stable source of income and employment, the dropping demand for coal has changed things on the ground.
July 23, 2019
Today’s Cowboy Vocabulary word is: Roughstock
Roughstock is the term used to refer to the events in which cowboys ride bulls or horses (saddle bronc riding or bareback bronc riding).
July 23, 2019
Today’s Cowboy Vocabulary word is: Go-Round
A Go-Round is essentially what it sounds like: A round of competition at a rodeo.
July 22, 2019
Fort Carson cavalry keeps bandits on the run at CFD
The Fort Carson Mounted Colorguard - stationed just outside Colorado Springs, Colorado - is at Cheyenne Frontier Days this week performing reenactments of stage coach robberies and showcasing the important role of the calvary in the establishment of the American West.
July 22, 2019
Nature Below The Knee
The natural world on the ranch provides for daily wonders. Each spring we watch the pronghorn antelope fawns speeding past with their mothers, and get barked at by the bucks. We relish the bugling trills of sandhill cranes calling across the landscape in the dawn hours, and admire their gangly grace. But much of natures wonders at this time of year occur below knee-level to a human.
Cat UrbigkitJuly 22, 2019
40 Years Later: Tornado Rips Through Cheyenne, Wyoming
On July 16, 1979, Cheyenne was hit by the largest tornado (F3) to ever hit the state of Wyoming.
July 21, 2019
Hat man: Tips on how to wear a cowboy hat
Cowboy State Dailys Jim Angell who confesses he looks like an idiot in a cowboy hat visited the experts at The Wrangler in Cheyenne the other day to get some tips on how to look good in this unique bit of headgear.
July 20, 2019
‘Veterans Portrait Project’ photographer visits Cody
A U.S. Air Force veteran who is traveling the country to photograph veterans stopped in Cody recently to add several portraits to her collection.
July 19, 2019
Today’s Cowboy Vocabulary word is: Slack
Slack refers to rodeo events scheduled at times other than the main rodeo because there is not enough time to squeeze everything into the main rodeo schedule.
July 19, 2019
Daddy of ‘Em All is BIG for local business
Tourism officials in Cheyenne are predicting that the citys annual Frontier Days celebration will bring at least as many people to Cheyenne as showed up for the 2018 event.
July 18, 2019
Public health officials continue to eye Wyoming’s immunization rates
Looking at data for four common vaccines tracked by the National Immunization Survey, Wyomings rates increase and decrease by more percentage points than the national average.
July 17, 2019
Volunteers lead cattle along I-25 for Frontier Days Rodeo
Its one thing to manage the herds of tourists that descend on Cheyenne for Frontier Days, but quite another to manage the herds of cattle that are the stars of the worlds largest outdoor rodeo.
July 16, 2019
Riverton Rendezvous: 39th Annual Balloon Rally This Weekend
The catch phrase for this weekend will be Up, Up and Away as balloonists from across the region take advantage of the Wind River Valleys calm weather for the annual Riverton Rendezvous and Balloon Rally.
July 16, 2019
Extremism, Not Journalism
This Land Was Your Land. With a headline like that, I should have known that it was click-bait. But I took the bait and clicked on The New York Timesopinion piece last weekend, only to see that the author was none other than Christopher Ketcham. His work is currently widespread in anticipation of the release of his book This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption Are Ruining the American West.
Cat UrbigkitJuly 15, 2019
The doctors are in: Meet the Cheyenne Frontier Days wagon doctors
The Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum houses 163 regional examples of horse drawn vehicles -- the largest and most diverse Western carriage collection in the world.
July 15, 2019
Blackjewel layoffs could have ‘truly scary’ impact on economy
With two of Wyomings largest coal mines closed pending Blackjewel LLCs bankruptcy filings and approximately 600 laid-off workers warming the bench, legislators and state economists are contemplating the future of coal in Wyoming.
July 14, 2019
‘The Price is Right’ coming to Cheyenne
If youve always wanted to hear your name followed by the phrase, Come on down! then youre in luck: The Price is Right is coming to Cheyenne in December.
July 13, 2019
Former U.S. Rep. Lummis to seek Senate
Cynthia Lummis, who served as Wyomings lone U.S. representative and state treasurer, will run for the U.S. Senate in 2020, she announced Thursday.
July 12, 2019
Cheyenne braces for CFD as new headquarters building opens
Cheyenne residents are bracing for the start of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo next week and the influx of more than 100,000 visitors.
July 12, 2019
Thousands tour reopened Capitol
Thousands of people got their first glimpse of the new interior of the state Capitol on Wednesday as the building was opened to the public for the first time since the extensive refurbishment of the Capitol Complex began more than four years ago.
July 11, 2019