Archives On The Air 137: Chey-amphlets: Social Growth In Cheyenne—Mark A. Chapman Collection

By Wyoming Public Media

Published April 2, 2019 at 12:20 PM MDT

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about tourists and fraternal clubhouse buildings, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about tourists and fraternal clubhouse buildings, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about typical residences and apartments, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about typical residences and apartments, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about parks and theatres in Cheyenne, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about parks and theatres in Cheyenne, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about residential streets, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

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"Cheyenne To-day" pamphlet page about residential streets, 1910. Box 1, Mark A. Chapman collection.

Cheyenne still looks very much like it did in a pamphlet from 1910.

Cheyenne officially became a city in 1867. It had a reputation as an agricultural and railroad community.

To help build the social-scape of the city, the Cheyenne Industrial Club published a pamphlet called "The Cheyenne of To-Day" in 1910.

The pamphlet promoted theaters, clubs, churches, schools, and banks of the city. It quoted author Owen Wister who said Cheyenne's air was healthy and "as strong as wine."

The pamphlet described homes built for "well-to-do citizens" and highlighted the wide boulevards lined with trees.

Visit the Mark A. Chapman digital collectionthrough UW's American Heritage Center and see for yourself if Cheyenne has changed since 1910.