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Lane Frost at 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days when bull Takin' Care of Business struck him after the ride. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

34-Years Ago Sunday, Lane Frost Died At Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cowboys Remember

It’s been 34 years since Lane Frost’s last bull ride at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 30, 1989. This week, bull riders in Cheyenne remembered Frost and what he means to the sport.

Candy MoultonJuly 29, 2023

Allen Boore from Axtell, UT rides his horse in the Saddle Bronc Riding for a score of 84 points at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 28, 2023.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery: Friday, July 28, 2023

Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is spending his whole week at Cheyenne Frontier Days capturing the sights and sounds of the world's largest outdoor rodeo. Here are 10 of Matt's favorite photos from Friday, July 28, 2023.

July 29, 2023

Food stand at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Friday, July 28, 2023

Steep Food Prices Draw Outrage From Some At Cheyenne Frontier Days

At Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world’s largest outdoor rodeo, the food isn’t cheap. Spending $20 for a turkey leg left some patrons not happy.

Leo WolfsonJuly 28, 2023

Rich Herman talks about the 1902 Peter Schuttler Wagon he and his wife Deb use for chuckwagon cooking events like the one at Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Chuckwagon Cooks Live Their Best Throwback Lives At Cheyenne Frontier Days

Ten of the best Chuckwagon cooks have are at Cheyenne Frontier Days for something other than rodeo. Their throwback lifestyle is a true Western experience.

Renée JeanJuly 28, 2023

Stetson Wright from Milford, UT gets ready to ride his bull in the Bull Riding at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 27, 2023.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery -- Thursday, July 27, 2023

Here are Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler's 10 favorite photos he took at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world's largest rodeo, on Thursday, July 27, 2023

July 28, 2023

Powell Native Dave Zlomke (left) and his brother Tim were all but inseparable their entire lives. Most recently, they founded a successful axe throwing business in Huston. Dave Zlomke drowned Sunday in the Clark Fork River in Montana.

A Powell Founding Family Grieves Drowning Death Of Gentle Giant

Powell Native Tim Zlomke is grieving and remembering his brother Dave Zlomke, 45, who drowned Sunday while on vacation in Montana. They grew up in Powell in a family that goes back to the town’s founding.

Mark HeinzJuly 28, 2023

Rawlins EMT Tiffany Gruetzmacher was given two standing ovations by 10,000 people at Cheyenne Frontier Days on Thursday, honored as a hometown hero.

Surviving Rawlins EMT Honored As Hero By Cheyenne Frontier Days

Rawlins EMT Tiffany Gruetzmacher, who was nearly killed last winter while responding to a crash on I-80, was honored as a Hometown Hero by Cheyenne Frontier Days, as was her partner Tyeler Harris, who was killed.

Leo WolfsonJuly 28, 2023

All that's left of the wrong sign along the Beartooth Highway is a sawed-off post. When WYDOT arrived to fix the misprinted sign, all that was left was the stump of a post because someone had stolen it.

It’s Not Enough The Road Signs Were Misprints, Now They’ve Been Stolen

Not enough to give the Wyoming Department of Transportation a hard time about roadsigns with typos, now people are stealing them, creating an expensive pain in the keister for WYDOT.

Leo WolfsonJuly 27, 2023

Pickup men run to a saddle bronc horse to release the flank strap during the Rookie Bronc Riding at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 26, 2023.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Wednesday was 'Cheyenne Day' at the world's largest outdoor rodeo. These are 10 of Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler's favorite photos for the day.

July 27, 2023

University of Wyoming Mourns Death Of International Student Athlete Who Fell Asleep At Wheel

The University of Wyoming track and field program is mourning the death of Nathan Reid, a shot put and discus thrower from Jamaica who died Monday after falling asleep at the wheel and rolling his car near Douglas.

Andrew RossiJuly 26, 2023

Kelby Eastman from Pine Bluffs, Wyoming goes around the third barrel in the barrel racing at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 25, 2023.

Cowboy State Daily's Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery -- Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is spending every waking hour at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the largest outdoor rodeo in the world. Here are 10 of his favorites from Tuesday.

July 26, 2023

Oooops, Part Two. Wyoming Road Sign Error Has Been Up For Three Years

One Cowboy State Daily reader on Tuesday said a sign on State Highway 24 near Devils Tower that says "Picture Turonout" has been up for more than three years.

Jimmy OrrJuly 25, 2023

Cheyenne Frontier Days salutes the Military with Military Monday, volunteers hold arena size flag during the National Anthem on July 24, 2023.

Cowboy State Daily's Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery -- Monday, July 24, 2023

Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is spending every waking hour at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the largest outdoor rodeo in the world. Here are 10 of his favorites from Monday.

July 25, 2023

(Left to right): Brady Lowry, Kendall Cummings, Orrin Jackson, August Harrison

Cheyenne Frontier Days Honors Wyoming Wrestlers Who Fought Grizzly Bear

More than 15,000 people gave four Wyoming wrestlers a standing ovation on Sunday for their courage in fighting back against a grizzly bear in northwestern Wyoming last fall and living to tell about it.

Jimmy OrrJuly 24, 2023

Bullfighter Dusty Tackness from Meeteetse, Wyoming fights a bull during the bull riding at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 23, 2023.

Cowboy State Daily's Cheyenne Frontier Days Photo Gallery -- Sunday, July 23, 2023

Cowboy State Daily photographer Matt Idler is spending every waking hour at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the largest outdoor rodeo in the world.

July 24, 2023

A man who just goes by Jay sits at the end of a bridge at a homeless camp at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Cheyenne.

Homeless In Cheyenne: The Invisible People Of Wyoming's Capital City

Cheyenne’s homeless population often is beneath notice, living the shadows and background of society. But they each have a story about how they became that way.

Leo WolfsonJuly 23, 2023

Time to Celebrate: Cheyenne Frontier Days & The National Day of the Cowboy

As cowboys and visitors arrive in Cheyenne for Frontier Days, they are following in the long traditions of the western celebration. Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees have saddled up to ride in Cheyenne for decades. And today we recognize the traditions for National Day of the Cowboy.

Candy MoultonJuly 22, 2023

Chris Mickey, an avid camper and night sky photographer, recently got this shot of a strawberry moon setting over the Snowy Range Mountains.

With Scant ‘Light Pollution’, Wyoming Is A Stargazing Camper’s Paradise

Wyoming is like no place else when it comes to remote camping spots — free of light pollution and ideal for night sky photography, says avid stargazer Chris Mickey of Cheyenne.

Mark HeinzJuly 22, 2023

Seven-Year-Old Barbie Fanatic and 87-Year-Old Cowboy Have Differing Opinions On Barbie Movie

If a sample size of two — ranging 80 years in age — is to be believed, Barbie is batting .500 in the Cowboy State. And at least one local Barbie booster will be sitting front row Friday when projectors crank to life.

Jake NicholsJuly 21, 2023

Horses race at the Wyoming Downs racetrack in Evanston, Wyoming.

Two More Horses Die At Wyoming Downs In Evanston

After three horses went down on the same day in June at Wyoming Downs horse racing track in Evanston two more have died in the weeks since, all after being injured while running the track.

Leo WolfsonJuly 19, 2023

Esther and Lon Stepp moved to Wyoming in 1898, where he claimed a homestead and worked for the Rathbun Ranch.

Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame: Stepp Family Forges Way For Black Cowboys

Alonzo Theodore “Lon” Stepp, born in 1874 in Berea, Kentucky, to formerly enslaved father Archie Stepp and Anne Blythe Stepp, never set out to be a cowboy, but he came to Wyoming to spend a summer on a ranch in the Fontenelle area and forged a new destiny.

Candy MoultonJuly 18, 2023

Eli Stone of Evanston, 7, is a contestant in the USA Mullet Championships.

Wyoming’s 7-Year-Old ‘Mullet Boy’ In The Running For National Mullet Title

Eli Stone, 7, of Evanston, Wyoming, has a glorious mullet and says winning the USA Mullet Championships will help him “get all the ladies.”

July 17, 2023

A giant 10-foot-tall, 350-pound sasquatch sculpture is hard to miss in Sue and Frank Kelley's yard in Douglas, Wyoming.

Move Over Jackalopes, A 10-Foot, 350-Pound Sasquatch Has Landed In Douglas

A 10-foot-tall, 350-pound steel sasquatch sculpture outside their house in Douglas, Wyoming, has helped Frank and Sue Kelley get acquainted with their new neighbors. They usually meet when people slam on their brakes when driving by.

July 16, 2023

Standing 42.5 feet tall from base to top, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument seems to be looking down at travelers as they drive along Interstate 80 between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The monument is in recognition of the Lincoln Highway, which in 1913 became the first transcontinental road across the U.S., following the railroad route.

What The Heck Is … That Giant Abraham Lincoln Head Overlooking I-80 At The Top Of Sherman Hill?

That gigantic Abraham Lincoln head at the highest point on Interstate 80 in the country represents an important milestone in U.S. transportation, recognizing the importance of the Lincoln Highway, America's first east-west cross-country stretch of road.

Greg JohnsonJuly 16, 2023

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