Cyrus Warman (June 22, 1855 – April 7, 1914) was an American journalist and author known during his life by the appellation "The Poet Laureate of the Rockies".

[3][4] Warman achieved national recognition in 1892 when, after riding from New York City to Chicago in the cab of the locomotive The Exposition Flyer, he wrote his first railroad story, "A Thousand Miles in a Night" for McClure's Magazine.

[5] This was the first of a series of widely popular "True Tales of the Railroad" articles written for McClure's.

Miss Jones inspired the lines for "Sweet Marie", a song which became a popular success in 1893 and was later featured in the 1947 film Life With Father starring Irene Dunne and William Powell.

The Sun sponsored him in a journey of over 500 miles on horseback throughout the San Juan mining district of Colorado.