So every year I am required to attend a yearly recurrent training class at my company’s headquarters up in Cheyenne, WY. The purpose of the yearly recurrent training is to refresh our memories of all of the important things of our job that we may have forgotten over the past year. It also serves as a great platform to make sure that we understand any new changes and are still proficient at what we do for a living.
Anyways during our 4 day stay, the company usually puts us up at the Historic Plains Hotel right near the middle of downtown Cheyenne. The Plains Hotel was built in 1911 and has a very storied past. For those of you who are fans of the supernatural, the Plains is one of Cheyenne’s more ghostly places as it’s well known as a place that houses several spirits including the spirit of one named Rosie.
A few years ago while staying at the Plains, I had the pleasure of talking to the then Historian of the Plains Hotel who told me the story of Rosie. Apparently Rosie and her husband were newlyweds who had checked into the hotel while on their honeymoon shortly after their wedding. One evening Rosie’s husband decided to head downstairs to have a drink in the lounge and after a prolonged absence she went in search of him. Upon arriving downstairs Rosie saw that her husband was busy chatting up a “lady of the night” at the bar and went into a jealous fit of rage. Rosie quickly returned to her room where she found her husband’s sidearm and returned to the bar where she promptly shot the two before returning to her own honeymoon suite to turn the gun on herself. Neither of the 3 survived and story has it that all three spirits still roam the hotel today.
Now I won’t get into the whole discussion of whether or not one should believe in ghosts and if the supernatural really does exist, but I can tell you that I have seen some rather strange things with some of my co-workers and have heard some crazy stories from some of the hotel workers during my stay. All I can say in the end is if you’re looking for a quick adventure in an old Western town in an old Western hotel, the Plains Hotel is the place for you. Check it out sometime if you’re in Cheyenne and ask the workers about the story of Rosie. Also, if you happen to see a coffee table book about antique furniture lying around the hotel lobby, pick it up and flip towards the first 3rd of the book and look for a photo of the old bar that is now the ballroom in the Plains. I think you’ll be quite shocked at what you see and you can be the judge of all the stories yourself!
Oh and before I go, here’s a quick photo out the window of my room during my recent stay.
Your pictures are really good. Very talented!