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Experience the Airport Fountain re-dedication + CRA terminal open house!

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Artistic design featuring the airport fountain and old terminal, seen posted inside of the old terminal - Optopolis The Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board and also Arts Cheyenne previously held an event to both re-dedicate Cheyenne's historic Airport Fountain and offer self-guided tours of Cheyenne Regional Airport's 1960s air terminal. A glance at the history of the fountain and Cheyenne Regional Airport In the day, Cheyenne's airport was known for its air mail system. A sign displayed on the original airport terminal building notes that the Cheyenne Airport was established on September 8, 1920, the same year that the U.S. Post Office began using the airport in its coast-to-coast air mail service. Cheyenne Airport established September  8, 1920 as seen on this sign on the original terminal building - Optopolis In addition to serving as a location for the air mail system, the airport was used to maintain and repair airplanes. It eventually became one of many airports whe...

Bank of the West is now BMO (Bank of Montreal)

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"Bank of the West - We've Joined BMO" sign at the E Lincolnway branch - Optopolis If you've previously passed by either of Cheyenne's Bank of the West locations prior to September, you may have noticed the signage indicating that "Bank of the West has joined BMO," or if you've gone by more recently, you may have noticed Bank of the West's signage has been completely removed. That's because Bank of Montreal (BMO) has acquired Bank of the West. A touch of history Bank of the West previously had two locations in Cheyenne. One was located on Dell Range Blvd-the property assessor noting a build date of 1984, and the other one was located on E Lincolnway, the assessor noting a build date of 2001. Bank of the West/bear logo branding seen on the E Lincolnway location in 2018 - Google Maps Street View Both buildings had been oc...