Qualla: Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/cfd-healer-throwing-rope-to-ca.jpg Qualla: Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: Introduction https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Dawnleelynn, CC BY-SA 4.0. The name says everything that needs saying: 'The Daddy of 'em All.' Since 1897, when Cheyenne held its first one-day cowboy roundup, this Wyoming city has thrown the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration. Clayton Danks, winner of three Frontier Days competitions before 1910, rode a bronc named Steamboat with such iconic style that he became the model for Wyoming's Bucking Horse and Rider trademark - the image that graces every Wyoming license plate. Nearly 200,000 people now descend on Cheyenne each July, filling every hotel room across southern Wyoming and into Colorado and Nebraska. They come for the rodeo, for the Grand Parade of floats and antique carriages, for the carnival midway - but mostly they come because Frontier Days is the closest America gets to touching its cowboy past.

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/9xm6-cheyenne-frontier-days-the-daddy-of-em-all-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: Where Cowboys Prove Themselves https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Dawnleelynn, CC BY-SA 4.0. The rodeo has won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year award 16 times - 11 of them consecutive. Over $1 million in cash and prizes draws the sport's elite competitors to Cheyenne. Frontier Days runs nine days with more sections of bull ridi...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/9xm6-cheyenne-frontier-days-the-daddy-of-em-all-where-cowboys-prove-themselves.mp3 0:06 2 full Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: The Cattle Drive and Pancake Mountain https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Dawnleelynn, CC BY-SA 4.0. The week before Frontier Days officially begins, mounted cowboys herd 550 steers three miles from pastures north of Cheyenne, down along Interstate 25, through city streets and into Frontier Park. The annual Cattle Drive recreates the Old West in the middle of a modern city - a t...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/9xm6-cheyenne-frontier-days-the-daddy-of-em-all-the-cattle-drive-and-pancake-mountain.mp3 0:06 3 full Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: The Iron Horse Connection https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Ken Thomas, Public domain. From 1908 to 1970, a special train carried travelers between Denver Union Station and the Cheyenne Depot for Frontier Days - skipping only World War II and a few other years. The final train in 1970 carried 27 cars and 1,127 guests. The tradition revived in 1992 for the Denver Po...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/9xm6-cheyenne-frontier-days-the-daddy-of-em-all-the-iron-horse-connection.mp3 0:06 4 full Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: Native Voices and Western Art https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Dawnleelynn, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1898, shortly after the second Frontier Days, organizers invited Native American performers to participate. They have come every year since. The Indian Village hosts authentic dancing, music, storytelling, and pow-wows throughout the celebration - free and open to all. Since 1...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/m/6/cheyenne-frontier-days-wp/9xm6-cheyenne-frontier-days-the-daddy-of-em-all-native-voices-and-western-art.mp3 0:06 5 full Cheyenne Frontier Days: The Daddy of 'em All: Above the Arena https://qualla.com/cheyenne-frontier-days/ Photo credit Robert Martinez, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cheyenne sits at approximately 6,000 feet elevation on the high plains of southeastern Wyoming, at coordinates 41.155 N, 104.835 W. The nearest major airport is Denver International (KDEN), about 100 miles south. Cheyenne Regional Airport (KCYS) serves general aviation and small ...

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