In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, in Cheyenne, Wyoming as part of a cross-country tour that was sponsored by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund.

His visit was part of a tour to promote national interest in aviation.

By all accounts, the tour was a rousing success.

This was part of a 3-month, 92-city tour of 48 states that followed Lindbergh’s solo trans-Atlantic flight in May.

The publicity tour was also part of his book release.

The book was titled "WE," which recounted the flight that July.

It is estimated that 30 million people or roughly one quarter of the United States population saw the aviator.

From the Wyoming State Archives comes this front page of the Tribune Eagle marking the event.

According to the papers, Lindbergh landed at the airfield just before 2 pm.

At that time the airfield was a grass strip at the edge of town. Today it's a large paved airport and the city of Cheyenne has grown up around it.

It was said that the airplane was forced down by engine trouble, but the newspaper refuted that claim.

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Lindbergh was then given a tour of the business district by Governor Frank Emerson, Mayor C.W. Riner, and Brigadier General Dwight E. Aultman of Fort D.A. Russell (now Warren Air Force Base).

Folks in town got to hear a short speech by Lindbergh broadcast from Frontier Park on KFBU.

He then went to the Plains Hotel before a banquet with 600 lucky Cheyenne residents.

He retired to his room at the Plains for the night.

The next morning at 6 am, he left for Salt Lake City almost 2 hours early.

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