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Cheyenne Frontier Days
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<p>Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor <a href="/facts/Rodeo/RBmwgYzs">rodeo</a> and <a href="/facts/American_Old_West/J1LYReBP">western</a> celebration in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, held annually since 1897 in <a href="/facts/Cheyenne,_Wyoming/vAhNCxP4">Cheyenne</a>, <a href="/facts/Wyoming/kuKmWryL">Wyoming</a>. It bills itself as the "World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration." The event, claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, draws nearly 200,000 annually. Lodging fills up quickly during the peak tourist season throughout southern and eastern Wyoming, into northern <a href="/facts/Colorado/IgIHrJI5">Colorado</a> and western <a href="/facts/Nebraska/g9hHfRFU">Nebraska</a>. The celebration is held during the ten days centered about the last full week of July. In 2008, Cheyenne Frontier Days was inducted into the <a href="/facts/ProRodeo_Hall_of_Fame/wGwu8pET">ProRodeo Hall of Fame</a>. </p>