Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Laramie, Green River, Riverton: underwater, green, industry)

[KynaMH]

It is indeed Alaska! Your turn!

[Rescue3]

Hope this one hasn't been done - I looked in the past and didn't see it.

Cheyenne is the state capitol and the largest city (by population) in Wyoming. So here is the multiple part question:

Who named it, when, what does the word mean and why did they name it the way they did?

[Rescue3]

Hint #1: Sigorney Weaver made a movie by this name...

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Rescue3

Hope this one hasn't been done - I looked in the past and didn't see it.

Cheyenne is the state capitol and the largest city (by population) in Wyoming. So here is the multiple part question:

Who named it, when, what does the word mean and why did they name it the way they did?

It was friends of General Dodge that actually named the town. Not sure exactly when the name came up, but the town was platted on July 5, 1867. The friends named it after the Great Plains Indian Tribes/nation, Cheyenne. This was all done at the area that Dodge called "Crow Creek Crossing", which was chosen for the Union Railroad crossing Crow Creek.

[Rescue3]

EH:

You get 50% credit - you got parts two and four right. It was 1867 and it was named after the great plains Indian Tribe - called the Dzitsistes. Entitles you to a lunch at our favorite Chinese restaurant.

Who named it is still in the hunt, and the Sigorney Weaver hint still works for the literal translation of the word...

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Rescue3

EH:

You get 50% credit - you got parts two and four right. It was 1867 and it was named after the great plains Indian Tribe - called the Dzitsistes. Entitles you to a lunch at our favorite Chinese restaurant.

Who named it is still in the hunt, and the Sigorney Weaver hint still works for the literal translation of the word...

Oh, well I went with this information:

On July 5, 1867, General Grenville M. Dodge and his survey crew platted the site now known as Cheyenne in Dakota Territory (later Wyoming Territory). This site was chosen as the point at which the Union Pacific Railroad crossed Crow Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River. The city was not named by Dodge, as his memoirs state, but rather by friends who accompanied him to the area Dodge called "Crow Creek Crossing.[citation needed]" It was named for the American Indian Cheyenne nation, one of the most famous and prominent Great Plains tribes closely allied with the Arapaho.

Another source said:

Magic City of the Plains
The City of Cheyenne had its beginning in 1867, when the Union Pacific Railroad came through on its way to the west coast. The town site was first surveyed by General Grenville Dodge and was named for an Indian tribe that roamed the area (originally called ‘Shey’ an’ nah’, belonging to the tribe of Alogonquian, the largest family of Indians on the North American Continent). Settlement came so fast that the nickname "Magic City of the Plains" was adopted.

That was the best I could come up with in short notice. haha

I'll be in town this week. Chinese sounds good.

[Rescue3]

Okay, I'll give. Fought to a draw with competing sources.

From the city's official fact sheet, it reads: "History: On July 4, 1867, the first tents were pitched on the site now known as Cheyenne. The Sioux Indians gave the name Cheyenne, which means "aliens" or "people of foreign language" to the Indian tribe "Dzitsistes," who roamed the open plains in the region. [[i]emphasis added[i]]

The first residents were men who moved west to work on the Union Pacific Railroad. By 1869, Cheyenne was home to a variety of residents, including railroad gangs, soldiers from Fort D.A. Russell (which is now F.E. Warren Air Force Base) and employees from Camp Carlin, a supply camp for all the northern posts on the Indian frontier."

You're up, EH; I've got to get back to work!

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Rescue3

Okay, I'll give. Fought to a draw with competing sources.

From the city's official fact sheet, it reads: "History: On July 4, 1867, the first tents were pitched on the site now known as Cheyenne. The Sioux Indians gave the name Cheyenne, which means "aliens" or "people of foreign language" to the Indian tribe "Dzitsistes," who roamed the open plains in the region. [[i]emphasis added[i]]

The first residents were men who moved west to work on the Union Pacific Railroad. By 1869, Cheyenne was home to a variety of residents, including railroad gangs, soldiers from Fort D.A. Russell (which is now F.E. Warren Air Force Base) and employees from Camp Carlin, a supply camp for all the northern posts on the Indian frontier."

You're up, EH; I've got to get back to work!

I too found conflicting info. One source said that Dodge's group, along with track workers, made a camp of approximately 600 people, so the town was platted. Another source said that Cheyenne, at that time was over 6,000 people and most were not track layers. I can't imagine that many people there, at that time. Also, in some of the journals, they mentioned that Cheyenne was perfect in weather, with good grass "gently blowing in the breeze." I'm thinking whiskey was part of their supply chain.

Thanks Rescue3, here's the next one.

What industry created the following regions, and what year did it become regulated?

Medicine Bow Area, 1867-1940
Upper Green River Area, 1867-1952
Upper Wind River Area, 1913-1947
The Bighorn Mountains, 1891-1933

[Froggie Legs]

I'll say the railroad... and 1890

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Froggie Legs

I'll say the railroad... and 1890

And I'd say, nope. Try again.