Cheyenne Frontier Days

Frontier Park
"Buffalo" Vernon (left) bulldogging a steer, 1910
Union Pacific 844 leads the Cheyenne Frontier Days Special near Platteville, Colorado in 2007.

Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the United States, held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It bills itself as the "World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration." The event, claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, draws nearly 200,000 annually.[1] Lodging fills up quickly during the peak tourist season throughout southern and eastern Wyoming, into northern Colorado and western Nebraska. The celebration is held during the ten days centered about the last full week of July. In 2008, Cheyenne Frontier Days was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ "Record-breaking Frontier Days a success". www.wyomingbusinessreport.com. Wyoming Business Report. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cheyenne Frontier Days - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2017.