It is my birthday, and we visited the capitol of Wyoming! Fabulousness...
We took the 100 mile drive from Denver in our Hyundai (rented from Advantage - do NOT recommend!), scenery was beautiful - clear skies, flat lands but mountains in the far background.
Cheyenne was a very quiet town, some cowboy hats (and mustaches!) reminiscent of the old West.
The capitol fairly big and nice from the outside, also very simple. Some statues of animals - a calf, a bison, and an unidentified cowboy riding a bucking horse - decorated the front lawn. Also inside were various stuffed animals like a buffalo, otters, birds...but little art or representation of humans. They had some nice murals in their Legislature rooms (about prioneer life, industry, and transportation in Wyoming), but besides that, none of any governors or famous Wyomans, except some photos of old Legislatures. The interior, too, was very simple, and, seemingly out of date! Green carpeting and the like. Just seemed like an out-of-date quasi mansion. There is one oil painting in the rotunda depicting various ethnic groups that settled in Wyoming.
But - the best news - they seemed very pro-female. Outside also boasted a statue of Esther Morris, who played a role in Wyoming being the first government to grant women equal suffrage. She also became the first woman Justice of Peace in 1870. In the photos of the old governors, there was a woman in 1925, very rare, and impressive indeed.
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