Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostLee Ann Colacioppo, editor of The Denver Post and Mac Tully, president and CEO of The Denver Post pose on the train in Cheyenne on July 23, 2017. The Denver Post Frontier Days Train ran on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Run largely by volunteers, the Denver Post tradition helped celebrate the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostThe Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days train chugs north to Cheyenne on Saturday, July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostPassengers take in the view on the way to Wyoming on The Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days train as it chugs north to Cheyenne on Saturday morning.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostFrom left, Scott Eldredge of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.; Steve Weil, president of Rockmount Ranch Wear; Rebecca Tully; Lee Ann Colacioppo, editor of The Denver Post; Mac Tully, president and CEO of The Denver Post; and Roger Hutson, president and CEO of HRM Resources; pose on the train in Cheyenne on July 23, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostThe Denver Post Frontier Days Train ran on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostThe Denver Post Frontier Days Train ran on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostSage Derner, 2, at the Cheyenne Frontier Days 121st celebration in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 22, 2017. The 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration runs from July 21st-30th, hosting an abundance of games, food, music, and dance in addition to the traditional Western rodeo, Indian Village, and Carnival festivities.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostA man with a cowboy tattoo inside the photographer's pit in the middle of the rodeo ring on July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostSeveral men take their hats off in respect for the singing of the national anthem at the Cheyenne Frontier Days arena on July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostBucking at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration runs from July 21st-30th, hosting an abundance of games, food, music, and dance in addition to the traditional Western rodeo, Indian Village, and Carnival festivities.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostSteer wrestling at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration runs from July 21st-30th, hosting an abundance of games, food, music, and dance in addition to the traditional Western rodeo, Indian Village, and Carnival festivities.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostBucking at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration runs from July 21st-30th, hosting an abundance of games, food, music, and dance in addition to the traditional Western rodeo, Indian Village, and Carnival festivities.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostA rider goes airborne with his horse as the challenge to stay on the bucking animal keeps him glued to his seat at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration runs from July 21st-30th, hosting an abundance of games, food, music, and dance in addition to the traditional Western rodeo, Indian Village, and Carnival festivities.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostMiss. Frontier 2017 Rylee Anderson and Emily Breeden, her Lady-in-Waiting, watch the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostTwo riders watch the event ring at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostA rider prepares to mount a bronc, with the help of several handlers during the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostBarrel riding is one of the few female-heavy sports at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Participants are expected to race their horses around light barrels without touching them or having them fall. It's also a race against time between other contestants, and each rider is scored accordingly.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostSpectators watch the rodeo festivities from the gates of the rodeo chutes, which hold bulls and horses to be ridden in the arena, July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostA bull rider prepares to be released into the Cheyenne Frontier Days arena on July 22, 2017.
Maggie Andresen, The Denver PostA group of helpers at the rodeo chutes watch as bucking horses from inside the rodeo arena are herded back into the chutes at the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration.
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Lee Ann Colacioppo, editor of The Denver Post and Mac Tully, president and CEO of The Denver Post pose on the train in Cheyenne on July 23, 2017. The Denver Post Frontier Days Train ran on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Run largely by volunteers, the Denver Post tradition helped celebrate the 121st Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration.
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The 27th annual Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train, revived in 1992 to mark the newspaper’s 100th anniversary, carried a sold-out group of 700 riders to a day of Old West-style fun on Saturday, July 22, 2017.
The Cheyenne Frontier Days Train is an event of the Denver Post Community Foundation, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization which serves to improve and enrich the lives of those in the community through support of programs benefiting arts and culture; children and youth; education and literacy, at the provision of basic human services. MDC Richmond American Homes Foundation returns as the train’s longest-running presenting sponsor.