First United Methodist Church (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
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First United Methodist Church (also known as First Methodist Church) is a historic church building at the northeast corner of 18th Street and Central Avenue in Cheyenne, Wyoming
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The congregation was founded in 1867. The church building at 18th and Central was constructed in 1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1975.
Wild Bill Hickok
married Agnes Thatcher Lake, a 50-year-old circus proprietor at the First United Methodist Church in Cheyenne on March 5, 1876.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
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The congregation was founded in 1867. The church building at 18th and Central was constructed in 1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1975.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
James Butler Hickok , better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized.Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach...
married Agnes Thatcher Lake, a 50-year-old circus proprietor at the First United Methodist Church in Cheyenne on March 5, 1876.