Archway memorial to the 1886 Union Pacific Railroad Depot being given to the community 1993, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
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robert harrison / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
D49GNHFile size:
40.1 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4592 x 3056 px | 38.9 x 25.9 cm | 15.3 x 10.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
August 2011Location:
Wyoming Transportation Museum, Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Lincolnway West, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USAMore information:
Cheyenne, named after the Cheyenne Indian Nation, one of the most famous and prominent Great Plains tribes, was founded in 1867 at a crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad at Crow Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River. The Union Pacific Railroad reached Cheyenne on 13 November 1867, when the town's population was 4000. The Union Pacific Railroad Depot, a passenger station for the railway, was built 1886-87, and is one of the most beautiful railway stations in North America. It currently houses the Wyoming Transportation Museum. As the memorial states: 'The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1886 and given to the community of Cheyenne in April 1993 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company'.