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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“Doc” Knight’s T-rex passion
One of the giants of mid-20th century Wyoming was UW Professor Samuel Howell Knight (1892-1975). He had a passion for other “giants”—the dinosaurs that roamed here about 65 million years ago.