Postcards: Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Photo says its 17th St. I say that it's 16th. two buildings on left in rear (pointy top) were severely damaged in a fire last year. See buildings section of this blog for current (June 2005) pic of those buildings. The "symbol" hanging in the middle of the picture is an electric light. Electric lighting was introduced to Cheyenne in 1883.











Leonard Stroud on Indian Tom, 1918, photo by Ralph Doubleday.

I also can't figure out how to move, cut or reposition the scans. SO.. rather than being in historical order as I would prefer them to be.... here are some of the postcards. :).





There are more photos of the postcards (other cards) there. I can't figure out how to delete stuff to make room for more over there..... so.. this is Plan B.
http://groups.msn.com/ExperimentalTerrarium/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us





C. B. Irwin. "roaping" World Champ. C. B. Irwin who sang at Tom Horn's hanging. "Life is like a Mountain Railroad"
Irwin's time was 38 1/5 seconds. In his lifetime, Irwin owned Irwin Brothers Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Show, the most buckingest horse of em all - Steamboat, who C. B. put down with Tom Horn's rife in 1914, - managed the race track in Frontier Park, was president of the Cheyenne Feature Film Company.. see movie...Roundup on the Y-6 Ranch - - and who all knows what else. When he died, 100 Sioux mourned his passing outside of the funeral home. Prior to his death in an automobile accident, Irwin campaigned for governor under a slogan suggested by his friend Will Rogers, "Popular government at popular prices." I purchased a magazine with an article about C.B. Irwin and will no doubt be posting more about him in the future.
Anna Lee Waldo, who wrote Sacajawea, has written a book about C(harles) B.(utler) Irwin called Prairie. I've ordered it. These postcards have been very educational in many ways.

there is a postcard at eay of Steamboat, once owned by C. B. Irwin- previously owned by John Coble and trained by the trainer of Seabiscuit, Tom Smith. BUT.. that's another story and its too expensive.. but then again.. it IS Steamboat.. the horse on they Wyoming license plate.

Stanley Mercer exiting Skylark. Cheyenne Frontier Days 1951.