Laramie’s Living History — Places
A series of stories prepared for the Albany County Museum Coalition, an alliance of institutions that promote Laramie’s historic and cultural resources. This series originally appeared in the Laramie Boomerang.'
Towns in Albany County have come and gone with Laramie being the county seat and major population center.
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Snowy Range history revealed through place names
Often there is a tantalizing bit of history packed into the name of a place. Cheyenne native Mel Duncan (1931-2007), a veteran who served 43 years with the US Air Force, uncovered much of that history with his 1991 booklet “Place Names of the Medicine Bow National Forest.”