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.
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Flim-Flam Scammer Leaves Behind Treasures for Laramie
A turn-of-the-century con-man produced treasures that are exhibited at both the Laramie Plains Museum (LPM) and the Wyoming Territorial Prison and Historic Site (WTP). His arrest and incarceration in Laramie in 1899 gave this talented racketeer time to ply his other trade, cabinetmaking