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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Five young sons and an imprisoned spouse— Encampment woman starts over in Laramie
The story of Lettie Welch’s time in Laramie isn’t quite the rags to riches story of her contemporary, Molly Brown (1867-1932) of Denver. However, her story rivals that of Molly’s in perseverance through adversity.