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659        <h6><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">"Protecting the Legend"</span></strong></h6>
660<p>The Cheyenne Police Department is "Protecting the Legend" of Cheyenne by working in cooperation with citizens to lead the charge in preventing crime and defending the rights of the community.</p>
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663<p>Cheyenne sprang up in the path of the transcontinental railroad in 1867 as it crossed the great plains.&nbsp; Nicknamed "Hell on Wheels,"the rowdy town of railroad workers and soldiers from nearby Fort D.A. Russell was teeming with numerous saloons and burlesque theaters. Cheyenne did not remain a wild town for long, as a booming livestock industry attracted investment from eastern and foreign cattle barons.&nbsp; With this new wealth, Cheyenne developed fine hotels, theaters and the first opera house west of the Mississippi.&nbsp; In the 1880s, Cheyenne was the wealthiest per capita city in the world. The state Capitol's dome was even covered in gold leaf.&nbsp; Folks came from all over to "Live the Legend" that Cheyenne was known for.</p>
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