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

Elling William "Bill" Golling

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

1. Elling William "Bill" Golling Marker

Inscription. Bill Gollings was a Wyoming working cowboy and renowned artist. Four of Golling's large oil paintings, from 1918, hang in the Wyoming State Capitol building:
Indian Attack on the Overland State,
Immigrants on the Platte,
The Smoke Signal and
The Wagon Box Fight

Erected by Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 41° 8.38′ N, 104° 49.203′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It is on Capitol Avenue near West 24th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2320 Capitol Avenue, 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: Esther Hobart Morris (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Esther Hobart Morris (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nellie Tayloe Ross (about 300 feet away); Stanley K. Hathaway 27th Governor of Wyoming (about 300 feet away); Justice Willis Van Devanter (about 300 feet away); Wyoming Spanish American War Monument (about

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400 feet away); Wyoming Army and Air National Guard Memorial (about 400 feet away); Wyoming Remembers (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Elling William Golling (1878-1932). Western Art & Architecture website entry (Submitted on July 21, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Elling William "Bill" Golling statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

2. Elling William "Bill" Golling statue

A True Cowboy Artist
1878 - 1932
Bronze by Jerry Palen

Donated by
Bill and Carole Ward
Wagonhound Land and Livestock
Jerry and Peggy Palm
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum

Elling William "Bill" Golling image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Unknown

3. Elling William "Bill" Golling

Attack on the Overland Stage image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Elling William "Bill" Golling

4. Attack on the Overland Stage

Roping a Steer image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Elling William "Bill" Golling

5. Roping a Steer

Three Circle Cattle image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Elling William "Bill" Golling

6. Three Circle Cattle

Credits. This page was last revised on July 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 651 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 19, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.