Laramie’s Living History — People
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.
The people who comprise the Albany County community come from several social strata, ethnicities, and races.
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William Henry Root and his wife Helen “Lizzy” Elizabeth “Sissy” (Burns) Root, well known Laramie business family
“Colonel” Billy Root was a Laramie businessman who dealt in farm equipment, exported wild animals to varous collectors and opened an “opera house.”