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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Sarah Montgomery: Twice A pioneer in the Old West
Some people’s life history has too much packed in to seem credible. The story of Sarah Cullimore Owen Montgomery (1833-1914) who arrived in Laramie in June of 1868, is one.
John H. Symons, Pioneering Laramie Entrepreneur, attorney and auto owner
John H. Symons, Pioneering Laramie Entrepreneur, attorney and auto owner arrived in Laramie in 1868.
Who began the UW Geological Museum? Guess again!
Unless you’re very familiar with UW history, you probably guessed it was one of the Knights, likely Wilbur Clinton Knight or his son Sam, but you’d be wrong.
Billy Owen: Laramie Pioneer, Surveyor and Mountain Climber
Lake Owen in the Medicine Bow Mountains, which is actually a reservoir now and part of the City of Cheyenne’s water supply system, is probably named for him. More well-known is “Mount Owen,” the second highest of the Teton Range, named in recognition of his climb to the top of the Grand Teton on August 11, 1894. Owen had first seen the Tetons after a bicycle trip through Yellowstone in 1883 and resolved then to climb Grand Teton peak.