Laramie’s Living History —
A Variety of Other Topics
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.
Not all Albany County history falls into a specific category; a wide assortment of additional topics are covered on these pages.
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The Bells of St. Matthew's Cathedral, Laramie, Wyoming
The New York cast bells that were placed in St. Matthew’s Cathedral have an interesting story to tell.
Getting warm; California beckons Laramie pioneers
There is no doubt that some of the earliest residents of Laramie were just passing through. Exactly one year after Laramie was founded, the two great railroads, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, met at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869. The great migration to California could now begin by rail.
The Plight of Widows
In post-Civil War America, widows whose late husbands were not military veterans usually remarried right away, moved in with one or another of their married children, were taken in by other relatives or became the responsibility of the county where they lived.
Early health care in Laramie
The first people in the Laramie area in 1867-68 included a large number of young men. They lived in hastily-built barracks at Ft. Sanders or dormitories near the Union Pacific Railroad yards for workers.
Christmas in Laramie – 107 Years Ago
As Christmas 1916 approached, the citizens of Laramie were wrapping up a year of mixed blessings.