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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Elmer Lovejoy, a “genius with tools.” He ushered in the auto age to Laramie

Elmer Lovejoy (1872-1960) was widely viewed as “one of Laramie’s busiest and most distinguished mechanics in the past half century,” according to Laramie reporter Vandi Moore. In addition to introducing his “horseless carriage” as the first automobile built west of the Mississippi River, he made many other contributions

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Bicycling: A Long Laramie Tradition

There was a time when Laramie was nationally-known as a bicycle-friendly town. “Our streets were even known to be among the best maintained in the Rocky Mountains for cycling” says Dewey Gallegos, co-owner of the Pedal House of Laramie.

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Judge Charles Carpenter – Man of Principle

Judge Charles Carpenter, Albany County District Court judge, faced a choice in 1904.   He could ignore mob violence or he could take a stand.

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