CHEYENNE (shi'en), the capital of Wyoming, U.S.A., and county seat of Laramie county ; near the south-eastern corner of the State, on rolling plains east of the Laramie range, at an alti tude of 6,058ft. It is on Federal highways 3o (the Lincoln), 85 and 185; is served by the Burlington, the Colorado and Southern and the Union Pacific railways; and is an important point on the trans-continental air-mail route, with one of the best equipped air-ports in the country. The population in 1925 (State census) was 13,202, and in 193o was 17,361 Federal census. The Union Pacific has extensive shops here, and there are meat-packing plants, brick-yards and various other industries. The city is a supply point for an extensive grazing and dry-farming area, and ships large quantities of cattle. The Frontier Days Celebration, held for five days each summer, is a picturesque festival at which Indians, cowboys and plainsmen from Canada to Texas gather to give exhibitions of bronco-busting, steer-tying, Indian dances and other characteristic features of life in the old "wild west." Just north-west is Ft. Russell and its military manoeuvre reserve of 52,000 acres. Cheyenne was founded in 1867, when the Union Pacific reached the spot. It was made the capital of the State and was incorporated in 1869.