Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming

I gave been writing about Francis E. Warren in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.  He is a famous person in Wyoming history, including first governor, a long-serving U.S. Senator and a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.

One of the honors he received was having this air base named after him.

From Wikipedia.

Located three miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of three strategic missiles bases in the U.S..  It has no runway for fixed-wing planes, however.  It has never been used by modern-day pilots.

It became famous when World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker crashed his plane on the field and survived.

The base traces its origins back to the Railroad Act of 1862 when plans for the transcontinental railroad were put in place and protection from the Indians was needed.  It evolved from a frontier infantry post to a cavalry post to the current missile facility.

--Cooter