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Aviator

— Capitol Avenue Bronze Project —

 
 
Aviator Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 28, 2024
1. Aviator Marker
Inscription. "Cowboys of the Sky" Commemorating the first pilots of transcontinental airmail service who made aviation history and called Wyoming home.
 
Erected 2022 by Capitol Avenue Bronze Commission, donated by Ed and Caren Murray.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space.
 
Location. 41° 8.277′ N, 104° 49.129′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It is at the intersection of Capitol Ave and West 22nd Street, on the right on Capitol Ave. Marker is at the base of the statue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2120 Capitol Ave, Cheyenne WY 82001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the High Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Therese A. Jenkins (a few steps from this marker); The Cheyenne - Ft. Laramie - Deadwood Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Cheyenne's Carnegie Public Library -- 1901-1966 (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Mary's Cathedral (within shouting distance of this marker); Stanley K. Hathaway 27th Governor of Wyoming (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Justice Willis Van Devanter (about 400 feet away); Nellie Tayloe Ross
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(about 400 feet away); Esther Hobart Morris (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.
 
More about this marker. Statue and marker are at corner of the O'Mahoney Federal Building
 
Aviator marker and statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 28, 2024
2. Aviator marker and statue
in front of the O'Mahoney Federal Building
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 23, 2026