Cheyenne, Wyoming: Cattle Kings and Cowboy Culture’s Wealthy Wonderland

By the early 1880s, it was the wealthiest city in the world.

(Note: This is an excerpt from my upcoming book on the History of Financial Booms and Busts)

In the midst of the cattle gold rush spanning the 1860s to 1880s, Cheyenne, Wyoming, emerged from obscurity…