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 and Harvey Shipman tragedies: Deaths of father and son: 1870 – 1877
In mid-July 1870, 22-year-old Harvey Shipman was living in the Laramie valley near Sherman. Listed as a gold miner in the census, he boarded with teamster James Sherrod in the vicinity of ranchers Philip Mandell and Thomas Alsop. A week earlier, Harvey’s father William Shipman had been killed in North Park, Colorado, in a gruesome manner. Within the year, Harvey himself would be incarcerated at Ft. Sanders, awaiting trial in Laramie for killing a man with a shovel.
Stephen and Eva Downey Day: Laramie pioneers honored
Stephen and Eva Downey served their community in many roles over a span of 70 years.
Boomerang Editors Arrested—in 1919
Laramie Boomerang Editor Tracy S. McCracken and Manager F.M. Zimmers were arrested and charged with criminal libel on October 15, 1919.