The Cheyenne Club, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as well as being a haven for men to escape the trials of family life and make business and political deals, was well known for having the best cuisine west of the Mississippi River.
Dining With the Elite
The Club's oak-paneled dining room was a prime attraction for such nationally known person like Andrew Carnegie whenever he visited Cheyenne. The Club's chef had been trained in Europe and the wine vault was filled with "prime vintages."
No Women Allowed
It is understandable that some of Cheyenne's ladies of society desired access to this home-away-from-home that their husbands enjoyed. And why not? At the Club fine olives and fresh oysters were served alongside Roquefort cheese and Swiss chocolates. Evidently some husbands, though not enough, took pity at one time on the neglected ladies of Cheyenne as an initiative was developed to provide a special restaurant for the women. But, alas, the whole idea was voted down and the Cheyenne Club remained a male domain.
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Cheyenne Club: Wheeling, Dealing and Socializing.
Recommended Readings About the Wild West:
The Saga of Kansas Charley: The Boy Murder. In 1892, orphan boy Charley Miller, who called himself Kansas Charley shared a boxcar with two other, older, youths at Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was there that a double murder took place.
The Pony Express You've Got Mail . William H. Russell decided to start a Pony Express mail and telegram service. He knew it was his chance to defeat Mr. Butterfield and his stage line.
Joaquin Murrietta: Down the California Outlaw Trail . Joaquin Murrietta, after miners rape his wife, seeks revenge and becomes a notorious outlaw of California's gold rush era.
John Ringo: As a young man, Ringo realized he had a talent for gunslinging. He said he was going to go into the cattle business but forgot to mention it would be the lawless part of the business.
Sources:
Fredriksson, Kristine. American Rodeo: From Buffalo Bill to Big Business. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, 1993.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Kansas Charley. Viking Penguin, London, England, 2003.
