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    What happened for the first time in 1883 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that has since added a word or phrase to the dictionary?

    Question #42227. Asked by griffinj. (Dec 11 03 4:38 PM)


    potterguy

    		I found reference that the OED records the first written reference to young men or women as "kids" in the Cheyenne Daily Sun in 1984...

    Dec 11 03, 8:00 PM
    McGruff

    		All I seem to come up with is the town of Cheyenne getting electric lights in 1883. I don't know what word or phrase that may have inspired, if any. Of course, this wouldn't have been the first instance of electric lighting, but it was the first for the state of Wyoming.

    Dec 12 03, 2:22 AM
    Siskin


    Was it anything to do with the Emigrant Train - or the Pacific Rail Road? Both happened in 1883.

    Dec 12 03, 10:41 AM
    griffinj

    		I always knew Cheyenne was a facinating place in the 19th century, but I had no idea how busy it was. Certainly more going on there than today. This answer has to do with a printing error that was perpetuated. (Oddly enough there are more references to this on the web in other languages than in English.)

    Dec 12 03, 1:00 PM
    rlaj

    		Possibly something to do with telephones?

    Dec 12 03, 2:06 PM
    Siskin


    Found something else griff,although not to do with telephones.

    In 1883 Cheyenne completes incandescent lighting system.

    http://www.magicdragon.com/Wstates.html#WYOMING



    Dec 12 03, 4:55 PM
    griffinj

    		In 1883 a printer in Cheyenne ran out of white paper, resulting in the first telephone directory printed with yellow pages. (I also believe this was only the second telephone directory printed.)

    Dec 14 03, 12:37 PM

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