Gardens Gone Wild exhibit at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Nearly 20 bronze pieces by Dan Ostermiller were installed this week on the grounds of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens (710 S. Lions Park Dr.) and throughout the Grand Conservatory Building. The Gardens Gone Wild exhibit will run through August.
Cheyenne native, Dan Ostermiller, has been based in Loveland, Colorado for over 40 years. His award-winning works have been honored with many solo exhibitions around the U.S. and beyond and are held within the permanent collections of major museums.
The pieces of Gardens Gone Wild represent a full spectrum of wildlife and familiar barnyard animals and have been exhibited at botanic gardens all over the nation. Most recently, they were on display in New Mexico at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. All of the pieces will be for sale, and smaller pieces will also be available for purchase from the Tilted Tulip gift shop at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Project Update Aug 4, 2015
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Director Shane Smith provides an update on the construction of the construction/renovation of the Botanic Gardens. The project was approved by the Laramie County voters on the 2012 Specific Purpose Tax Ballot.
Cheyenne Botanical Gardens
An outside video tour of the Botanical Gardens located in Cheyenne Wyoming. The video was taken in mid September so the flowers and vegetation are late summer and early autumn varieties.
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and Lions Park
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Crayfish Hunts and Spin Art at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and Lions Park
The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens in Cheyenne, WY is a beautiful FREE spot to take kids. We cooled off at the Paul Smith Children's Village before venturing to the nearby park and lake. The Children's Garden is open during construction of their new facility.
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The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens' 42-foot Submarine Periscope
On some busy summer days, more than 100 people may walk through the Grand Conservatory in the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. They wait in line to peer through the 42-foot submarine periscope that stands in the building’s second floor classroom that gives them a view stretching many miles around the city.
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens volunteers boast theirs is the only botanic gardens in the nation to have a periscope. But the journey that ended with the periscope finding its new home in Cheyenne took a lot of planning, fast thinking and even more luck.
Retired Navy Chief Jim Marshall said the idea to put a periscope in Cheyenne first surfaced during Cheyenne Frontier Days of 2005.
Navy submariners who were part of the crew of the USS Cheyenne and the USS Wyoming visited Cheyenne during the rodeo to participate in community service. But the weather prevented them from working outdoors.
“It rained and rained the whole week,” Marshall said.
During the down time, one of the submariners suggested the group obtain a submarine periscope for Cheyenne residents and tourists to look through.
Later, Marshall said he attended Kiwanis meeting in 2007 where Cheyenne Botanic Gardens officials gave a presentation revealing the group had its sights on getting a periscope for the Paul Smith Children’s village.
However, Marshall spoke with those involved and soon realized they may have not considered the logistics of moving a 42-foot periscope weighing more than 2,000 pounds.
So Marshall decided to contact the group he was holed up with during that rainy Cheyenne Frontier Days week in 2005 and have them help get a periscope. However, he couldn’t find the original group members.
Marshall kept searching for anyone who could assist.
He ended up contacting the past commanding officer of the USS Wyoming, who added his talents to the search for a periscope until one was found at a U.S. Navy facility in New England.
The periscope was previously used in three submarines: the USS Corpus Christi SSN-705, the USS Alexandria SSN-757, USS Minnesota-St. Paul SSN-708. Marshall learned it could be moved to Cheyenne if officials at the New Hampshire facility could be persuaded to give it up.
Marshall eventually convinced them to hand over the periscope, but they had a condition — he had to arrange the transportation. This led him on a new quest to find an organization capable of carrying it across the country.
The C-130s transport airplanes at the Wyoming Air National Guard in Cheyenne were too small. They were unable to carry the 50-foot long box.
“A friend of mine in Virginia at the Fleet Reserve Association said, ‘Let me see what I can do to help,’” Marshall recalled.
His friend contacted some higher-ups and reached the right people, finding a way to to transport the periscope via a larger C-130 housed at the Rhode Island Air National Guard’s headquarters in Cranston, Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Air National Guard brought the periscope to Cheyenne on Father’s Day in 2007.
Dorothy Owens, who volunteers in the classroom with the periscope, said she remembered the day the periscope arrived.
“It was a nice summer day,” she recalled.
The plane arrived and a handful of volunteers, including Marshall and Owens, greeted it. The pilot looked at Owens and asked her what the group planned to do with the periscope in Cheyenne.
“We’re going to build a building around it,” she replied.
The construction took time. In fact, people weren’t exactly sure what the building surrounding the periscope would look like. The boxed periscope waited in a stockyard surrounded by overgrown grass and weeds until the former Botanic Gardens Director Shane Smith could settle on a location.
Smith originally wanted to house the periscope in the Children’s Garden.
However, plans for the building that would house the periscope grew with every new idea for features and education. The price tag also grew. The estimated cost for the periscope’s housing unit soared to $40,000, and funding was nowhere to be found.
When the conservatory construction became closer to reality, Smith decided to move the periscope to the second floor to expand the view available through it, according to Marshall.
Things began to fall into place from there, literally. It took two attempts to install the periscope in its housing unit on a windy Flag Day in 2017.
The periscope was officially opened to the public August, 2017. Operated by a unique hydraulic lift system to accommodate both children and adults, Owens said those who take a look through the 7.5-inch diameter periscope are usually impressed with the view.
“‘Amazing’ is the word I get most,” Owens said. “People are just enchanted. They cannot believe what they can see, how far they can see or how clear it is. People really are enchanted with it, both tourists and locals.”
Tour of the construction at the new Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
A tour of the facility with Director Shane Smith.
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Kiwanis Community House - Cheyenne Wyoming
A video tour of the exterior of the Kiwanis Community House and surrounding area in Lions Park.
Top Tourist Attractions in Cheyenne: Travel Guide Wyoming
Top Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Cheyenne: Travel Guide Wyoming
Wyoming State Museum, Wyoming State Capitol, Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne Depot Museum, Big Boy Steam Engine, Cheyenne Depot Plaza, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Historic Governors' Mansion, Curt Gowdy State Park
Hampton Inn Cheyenne - Cheyenne Hotels, Wyoming
Hampton Inn Cheyenne 3 Stars Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming Within US Travel Directory Within 1.
6 km of Warren Air Force Base and central Cheyenne, Wyoming, this hotel offers a free hot breakfast every morning and guestrooms with refrigerators, microwaves and coffeemakers.
Hampton Inn Cheyenne is a completely non-smoking hotel with an indoor pool and fitness centre.
Guests can work in the business centre, then relax in a comfortable Cloud Nine bed.
Attractions such as the Lincoln Memorial and Cheyenne Frontier Park are only a short drive from the Cheyenne Hampton Inn.
Guests can also explore the Cheyenne Botanical Gardens and the Cheyenne Frontier Museum within 3 km of the hotel.
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Some Colorado Autumn Colors 2017 - Harvey Gap (drained) included
This is a slower video, showcasing a range of autumn colors this year (2017) in the beautiful state of Colorado near New Castle.
Harvey Gap has been drained this year and it's the first chance I've had to see it with my own eyes.
I forgot to set my camera to 4K, so 1080p is the highest resolution I have (those darn Mavic Pro updates reset everything all the time).
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Cheyenne Southwest/Downtown Area - Cheyenne Hotels, Wyoming
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Cheyenne Southwest/Downtown Area 3 Stars Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming Within US Travel Directory Located 4 km away from Cheyenne Regional Airport, TownePlace Suites by Marriott Cheyenne offers studios and suites with free WiFi and kitchens or kitchenettes. BBQ facilities are available on site.A flat-screen cable TV and an iPod dock are featured in each air-conditioned room at this hotel. Complete with a dishwasher, each dining area also has a microwave and a refrigerator. Private bathrooms include a hairdryer and free toiletries.Guests can enjoy a daily free continental breakfast at this hotel. Free coffee is available in the lobby and a picnic area is available to guests.A 24-hour reception greets guests of Cheyenne TownePlace Suites by Marriott. Laundry facilities are provided.Wyoming State Museum is 2 km away from this hotel. Cheyenne Botanical Gardens are 4 km away. Francis E. Warren Air Force Base is 4.8 km away. Free guest parking is available.
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Holliday Park Cheyenne Wyoming
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Historic Governors' Mansion: Wyoming Signatures in Cheyenne
Wyoming Signatures' Renny MacKay interviews Tim White, the curator of the Historic Governor's Mansion in Cheyenne.
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Wyoming State Museum Cheyenne
Address, Wyoming State Museum Barrett Building 2301 Central Avenue Cheyenne, Wy 82002 (307) 777-7022
The Wyoming State Museum is an interesting place to visit, I was there when they were showcasing their collection of photographs and other memorabilia.
One that is impressive is the large size Cow boy Boot thank over two meters high.
Number plates from every state is stuck on the boot.
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DescriptionVideo of the Warren Rest House. Francis E. Warren donated the money for this park shelter house to be built in Cheyenne, Wyoming in memory of his first wife who died in 1902. I video taped this building to show people in Springfield, Ohio, an existing shelter house similar to the one that no longer exists in the big playground at Snyder Park (close to the tennis courts).
Spirit Sears Halloween (Cheyenne, Wy) | *NEVER SEEN FOOTAGE* | Optopolis
Spirit Halloween is in the Sears of Cheyenne, Wyoming! This Spirit Halloween was here in 2018, and this is THE ONLY video in existence and online of this store! Spirit Halloween is now in our Big Kmart in 2019!
Sears was an original mall anchor of the Frontier Mall here in Cheyenne, one of the only three malls in the ENTIRE state of Wyoming, and the mall was here since 1981.
Sears closed up shop in January of 2018, one year after our Big Kmart closed its doors in January of 2017. Now, a JAX Mercantile & Co. is in the process of remodeling this store; Jax Outdoor Gear is a store much like Menards and found widely within Colorado. Fortunately, much like Ollie's Bargain Outlet, it has a tendency to leave some of what was, such as facades - You can see this at the former Big Kmart in Broomfield, Co. and the former ShopKo in Loveland, Co.
Currently, the signs aren't up yet, but as you will see in the video, the facades have been painted. Recently, I got a peek inside and it appears they are keeping the default layout from the Sears, but they are adding their own touch to the store, making it look absolutely amazing!
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Historic Governors' Mansion, Cheyenne Wyoming - Exterior View
Located at 300 East 21st St in Cheyenne Wyoming, the Historic Governors' Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1904 for about $35,000 it was the official residence of 19 Governors and their families including the nations first female Governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross.