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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Cinders, smoke and smells—the price of living in early Laramie
There’s no doubt about it—Laramie got started in the wrong place.
Most other Wyoming towns were laid out by the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) with the main part of town on either the north, south or west side of the railroad tracks. Never on the east side as in Laramie.