![]() ![]() ![]() Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, looking west, late 1871 or early 1872 the handwritten date is incorrect. Union Pacific Railroad flatcars, roundhouse and machine shop in Laramie, about the time the town was founded in 1868. The 1866 construction of Fort Sanders basically ensured settlement would continue in the area. The impending arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad on the Laramie Plains was assured when company surveyor James Evans laid out the general course of the line in 1864. Euro-American settlement commenced in 1862 with the arrival of Ben Holladay’s Overland Stage line. A French-Canadian trapper named Jacques La Ramee, sometimes spelled La Ramie, arrived in the area about 1817,and is thought to have explored the area around the Laramie River in what is now Wyoming. In the early days, American Indians seasonally frequented the area in pursuit of big game. Today, the town of about 30,800 is well-known for its nationally ranked university, its proximity to the Medicine Bow Mountains and recreational opportunities, and recognized as the historic place where a woman first cast a vote in a general election. ![]() Perched on the southeastern corner of the high Laramie Plains, Laramie, Wyo., has been the site of human activity for more than 10,000 years. ![]()
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