by
Charlie Petersen, Laramie Plains Museum
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2007
While it was still part of Dakota Territory, the town of Laramie was founded in 1868 with the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad. Laramie�s placement on the high plains at an elevation of 7,200 feet hasnot made for an easy existence, but the hardy ranching families and cowboys, with their cattle...