Cheyenne, Wyoming

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In Wyoming's ground-breaking woman's suffrage legislation, Esther Hobart Morris was a leader.

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Woman's suffrage - Esther Hobart Morris

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Alferd Packer the only American ever convicted of cannibalism (though the official charge was murder, since cannibalism is not a crime in the United States) was apprehended at Cheyenne, March 11, 1883. Tom Horn, the notorious Pinkerton's agent who had been operating as a hit man for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association was hanged for a murder that he probably didn't commit, at Cheyenne, November 20, 1903.

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Alferd Packer - Cannibalism - Tom Horn

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Cheyenne's "Frontier Days" are a major event on the professional rodeo circuit. At the 1953 Frontier Days the US Air Force's precision flying squadron, the Thunderbirds, made their public debut. Seven-year old Jessica Dubroff, attempting the stunt of becoming the youngest child ever to pilot a plane across the United States, crashed shortly after takeoff from Cheyenne, April 11, 1996.

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Rodeo - Thunderbirds - Jessica Dubroff

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Cheyenne is the headquarters of the United States Kick-Boxing Association a sanctioning body for sport karate and kickboxing.

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Cheyenne is the home of F.E. Warren Air Force base. One of the base's primary missions is to maintain an extensive network of nuclear missile silos throughout southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska.

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In Philip K. Dick's alternative history novel The Man in the High Castle, Cheyenne is where Hawthorne Abendsen lives in his "High Castle".

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Philip K. Dick - Alternative history - The Man in the High Castle

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The 8 acre (32,000 m²) Cheyenne Botanic Gardens are located in Lions Park.

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Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cheyenne in honor of this landlocked high plains city.

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United States Navy - USS ''Cheyenne''

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