Laramie Attractions

 
Just under an hour's drive west of Cheyenne is Laramie, named after a French trapper who was murdered in this area in 1821. A military post was built here in 1866 to protect workers building the transcontinental railroad, and two years later the first Union Pacific train reached the town. For a time Laramie was reputedly the "wildest town in the Wild West", frequented by robbers, cattle rustlers, prostitutes and other dubious characters. Violent crime was an everyday matter, and it seemed at times that the life of a steer was worth more than the life of a man.

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High plains on the border of Colorado and Wyoming near Laramie.Laramie
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