Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
St. Mary's Cathedral
The National Register of Historic Places
— Wyoming Place No. 77 —
Photographed By Mark Parker, June 28, 2024
1. St. Mary's Cathedral Marker
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Erected 1974.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.
Location. 41° 8.251′ N, 104° 49.094′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. Marker is at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and West 21st Street, on the right when traveling north on Capitol Avenue. Church address is West 21st Street, but the marker is located on the Capitol Avenue side of the complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 West 21st Street, Cheyenne WY 82001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of Cheyenne's Carnegie Public Library -- 1901-1966 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cheyenne - Ft. Laramie - Deadwood Trail (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Therese A. Jenkins (about 300 feet away); Chief Yellow Calf (about 600 feet away); Mrs. Esther Hobart Morris (about 600 feet away); Nellie Tayloe Ross (about 600 feet away); Esther Hobart Morris (about 600 feet away); Chief Washakie (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.
More about this marker. Marker is to the left of the entrance to the sanctuary behind the planter
Also see . . .
this page online
As Bishop McGovern writes in his book, History of the Diocese of Cheyenne, "The history of the Church in Cheyenne in its early years is practically a history of the diocese." That is because the first, organized Catholic parish established in Wyoming was, of course, where the Union Pacific entered the southeast portion of the state and where permanent settlement was begun.* In the fall of 1867 Bishop O1 German of Omaha sent Reverend William Kelly to the tent-town of Cheyenne to assume spiritual care of all Catholics in an east-to- west area stretching from Sidney, Nebraska to Wasatch Canyon, Utah, and a north-to-south area from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie.(Submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Photographed By Mark Parker, June 28, 2024
2. Sanctuary entrance of St Mary's on Capitol Avenue
Marker is to the left of the entrance behind the planter
Photographed By Mark Parker, June 28, 2024
3. St. Mary's Cathedral
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 34 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
