Frontier Days and the Old West Museum
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from July 10-14 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Mike Kassel talked about the history of Frontier Days, and some of the historic figures who attended the event the turn of the 20th century including Buffalo… read more
Mike Kassel talked about the history of Frontier Days, and some of the historic figures who attended the event the turn of the 20th century including Buffalo Bill and Teddy Roosevelt. Mr. Kassel also showed part of an exhibit featuring items from the first Frontier Days.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from July 10-14 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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