– Image Courtesy the Wyoming Office of Tourism – Billed as the “World’s Largest Rodeo and Western Celebration,” Frontier Days draws over 200,000 in attendance over 10 days, with many of the activities and the parade held downtown near the historic Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Since 1897, Cheyenne Frontier Days has been held at the end of July in the state’s capital city. ![]() As miners and prospectors started coming to the area, they established a community in 1876 and named the town Centennial in honor of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Downey of Laramie discovered gold in the Medicine Bow Mountains on Centennial Mountain. Don’t be surprised by the size of the rooms they do have all the modern amenities. I enjoyed my stay at the Plains Hotel, and felt as if I had stepped back in time. The elevators are original, and very tiny, the story being that it kept cowboys from bringing their horses into their hotel rooms. ![]() Small rooms, a restaurant on the ground floor and, what was probably a real luxury in the 1911, an elevator. Today, the gold rush-railroad town of Centennial, which was founded in 1876 and named in honor of the nation’s 100th birthday, is home to the Nici Self Historical Museum in the Centennial Railroad Depot and the restored Mountain View Hotel, originally built in 1907.Īlthough it wasn’t built until 1911, the Historic Plains Hotel in Cheyenne is representative of hotels of the late 19th century. Later, Cheyenne, Wyoming, was the jumping off point for many miners, as the UP Railroad came to Cheyenne in November of 1867. The first strike was in 1850, when gold was discovered near Keystone, Wyoming. Let’s follow the miners on their journeys through Wyoming. The biggest was at South Pass City, and went on for ten years Centennial, in the 1850s, and Bald Mountain City, in the 1890s were the three most promising areas for gold. California in 1849 and Alaska in 1896 were the most well-known American gold rushes, but Wyoming had three major gold strikes from 1850 until 1895. ![]() GOLD!! The glittering metal that dreams and fortunes are made of. Russell, Courtesy Beinecke Library, Yale University – In 1875, gold was discovered in the mountains, and the town of Centennial was built at a former Union Pacific railroad camp. The Little Laramie River flows out of the Snowy Range of the Medicine Bow Mountains through Centennial Valley.
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