Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

St. Mary's Cathedral

The National Register of Historic Places

— Wyoming Place No. 77 —

St. Mary's Cathedral Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, June 28, 2024

1. St. Mary's Cathedral Marker

Inscription.
St. Mary’s Cathedral

Erected 1974.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 41° 8.251′ N, 104° 49.094′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It is at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and West 21st Street, on the right when traveling north on Capitol Avenue. Church address is West 21st Street, but the marker is located on the Capitol Avenue side of the complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 West 21st Street, 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: Site of Cheyenne's Carnegie Public Library -- 1901-1966

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Aviator (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cheyenne - Ft. Laramie - Deadwood Trail (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Therese A. Jenkins (about 300 feet away); Princess Blue Waters (Rose Nelson Ecoffey) (about 400 feet away); The Franchise - Toward Equality (about 500 feet away); Chief Yellow Calf (about 600 feet away); Stanley K. Hathaway 27th Governor of Wyoming (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.

More about this marker. Marker is to the left of the entrance to the sanctuary behind the planter

Also see . . . St. Mary's Cathedral Nomination Form to National Register of Historic Places. The architectural and historical significance of St. Mary's Cathedral in Wyoming.

As Bishop McGovern writes in his book, History of the Diocese of Cheyenne, "The history of the Church in Cheyenne in its early years is practically a history of the diocese." That is because the first, organized Catholic parish established in Wyoming was, of course, where the Union Pacific entered the southeast portion of the state and where permanent
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 28, 2024

2. Sanctuary entrance of St Mary's on Capitol Avenue
Marker is to the left of the entrance behind the planter
settlement was begun.* In the fall of 1867 Bishop O1 German of Omaha sent Reverend William Kelly to the tent-town of Cheyenne to assume spiritual care of all Catholics in an east-to- west area stretching from Sidney, Nebraska to Wasatch Canyon, Utah, and a north-to-south area from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie.

(Submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

St. Mary's Cathedral image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, June 28, 2024

3. St. Mary's Cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral cornerstone 1907 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 12, 2023

4. St. Mary's Cathedral cornerstone 1907

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 4. submitted on August 25, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.