The Cheyenne Heritage Trail Sign

Last year on a trip to Cheyenne I noticed a highway marker. It was a white sign with a tepee on a blue circle with a yellow diamond next to it. There wasn't any text associated with it to speak of. So I filed it to the back of my mind thinking it had something to do with the Cheyenne - Arapaho Tribes. Then last month while I was leaving Woodward on my way to Fort Supply I found this sign again.

Okay, now I needed to know what it was for. I was fairly sure it was some trail. I asked everyone I knew if they knew what this sign was for. No. So I began submitting all the keywords I could think of into Google and Yahoo.

After a few afternoons of no luck I found an article at TravelOK about the Cheyenne Heritage Trail. I was sure I found what I was looking for. It listed all the sites I've recently been to where I've seen the sign. Only no picture of the sign.

I began searching for more information about the Cheyenne Heritage Trail. I found a few references about the trail. I found an article by someone who traveled the trail. I found the law that created the sign. I even found the name of the artist who was selected to design the sign. Still no picture of the sign.

At this point I pulled out the box I keep all the travel brochures in and dug out all the ones I had for Cheyenne. Finally in a small box near the center of a small forgotten brochure entitled "Cheyenne and Roger Mills County, Gateway to Washita Battlefield National Historic Site," there it was.

If I hadn't been curious I would never have know of this historic site seeing experience. The trail sign is just way too vague.

Minor site note. I stopped into the Black Kettle Museum in Cheyenne last Saturday to see if they had any brochures or any other information about the Cheyenne Heritage Trail. Nope.

Here are some starting points for you:

I hope by posting this I can get the ball rolling for more information about this trail to be published online.

The Cheyenne Heritage Trail Sign

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