Frontier Days Carriages
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from July 10-14 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Marietta Dinneen talked about the Frontier Days Parade and why some of the carriages featured in the parade are historically significant. Ms… read more
Marietta Dinneen talked about the Frontier Days Parade and why some of the carriages featured in the parade are historically significant. Ms. Dinneen and her crew of volunteers assemble, clean, and organize dozens of historic carriages that roll through the streets of Cheyenne during the Frontier Days Parade. Ms. Dinneen also talked about what it takes to make the volunteer operation a success.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from July 10-14 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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