Eastern Plains

Cheyenne County

7 Porch Notes tied to Cheyenne County — the local details that change from one part of Colorado to the next.

Money and taxes (1)

Money and taxes

How a property tax bill is built in Cheyenne County

A Cheyenne County property tax bill comes from three parts working together: the actual value, state-set assessment rates that depend on the property's classification, and the mill levies of the districts that overlap a parcel.

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Water and land (1)

Water and land

Blue grama and buffalo grass are the backbone of Cheyenne County's prairie

Cheyenne County sits in Colorado's shortgrass prairie, where low, drought-hardy native grasses like blue grama and buffalo grass dominate the land.

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Outdoors and wildfire (1)

Outdoors and wildfire

Hunting access in Cheyenne County is mostly about private land and access programs

Cheyenne County has little federal public land, so upland bird hunters here often rely on state access programs like Walk-In Access and State Wildlife Areas, each with its own rules.

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Cars and driving (2)

Cars and driving

Driving the open plains in Cheyenne County means watching the sky

Cheyenne County's flat, open highways carry fast-changing plains weather, from spring and summer hail and thunderstorms to winter wind and blowing snow, so checking conditions before a drive is routine.

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Cars and driving

Firstview, where eastern Colorado travelers first catch the mountains

Firstview is a tiny spot on US-40 west of Cheyenne Wells, named because westbound plains travelers got their first distant glimpse of Pikes Peak from here.

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History and culture (2)

History and culture

The Tumbleweed Fair & Rodeo is Cheyenne County's big week each July

Each July the Cheyenne County Tumbleweed Fair & Rodeo fills the Cheyenne Wells fairgrounds with rodeo, 4-H and FFA shows, a carnival, and the county's whole community.

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History and culture

Walk Through the 1894 Jail a Famous Denver Architect Designed

Cheyenne Wells keeps a brick Romanesque jail from 1894, designed by Colorado's first licensed architect and now open as a small museum.

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