Personality, writer, foodie, music lover, traveler, history buff, baseball fan, and beer-snob from Wyoming.
Rick Roddam
Fun Fact: Singing Christmas Carols Is Still Against The Law In Cheyenne
In 1897, The City of Cheyenne passed an ordinance prohibiting public performances without a permit. Nearly 122 years later, singing Christmas carols in public could, technically, subject you to a $750 fine or six months in jail.
Doomsday Prognisticator Predicts Mass Suicide During the Solar Eclipse
The solar eclipse is a couple of weeks away and the freaks are crawling out of the woodwork.
Yesterday, a Reddit user posted a dire warning online, predicting that a cult will attempt to commit a mass suicide during the event. In 1997, 38 members of the Heaven's Gate religious cult took their own lives in order to reach a spacecraft they believed was following the Hale-Bopp Comet...
United States Presidents Who Have Visited Cheyenne Frontier Days
There's a long list of country music, western and rodeo legends who have appeared at Cheyenne Frontier Days over the years, including "Buffalo" Bill Cody, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Lane Frost, Will Rogers and Chris LeDoux, just to name a few...
Colorado Carnivore Cracks Top 20 in ‘Major League Eating’ World Rankings
Move over, Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kabayashi, there's a carnivore from Colorado gunning for the Mustard Belt.
Tuesday, competitive eaters from all over the world will vie for the coveted belt at the annual 4th of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, including an upstart challenger from the Front Range...
Amazing Video Profiles Wyoming Man Who Underwent ‘Face Transplant’ Surgery
Newcastle, Wyoming, resident Andy Sandness made national news this week when he became the first person to receive a face transplant from the Mayo Clinic.
While you may have read his story, you've never seen it quite like this.
Today, the Mayo Clinic released an amazing short film documenting Sandness' remarkable road to recovery after his face was disfigured in a failed suicide attempt in his tee
Fort Collins Ranked Among The Five Best Cities For ‘Raising a Rock Star’
Parents, would you like your child to become a world famous rock star? Get that kid a guitar and move to Fort Collins.
Care.com just released a study ranking the "Best Cities in America to Raise the Next Rock Star".
Based on the number of available music lessons for each child in over 100 metropolitan areas across the country, Fort Collins finished fifth on the list, ahead of Boulder (11