19 Facts About Laramie Wyoming

In 2011, Laramie Wyoming was named as one of the best cities in which to retire by Money Magazine, which cited its scenic location, low taxes, and educational opportunities.

Laramie Wyoming was named for Jacques LaRamie, a French or French-Canadian trapper who disappeared in the Laramie Wyoming Mountains in the early 1820s and was never heard from again.

In 1869, Laramie Wyoming was organized as Laramie Wyoming Territory, the first legislature of which passed a bill granting equal political rights to women in the territory.

In March 1870, five Laramie Wyoming residents became the first women in the world to serve on a jury.

Laramie Wyoming was chosen as its site, and UW opened there in 1887.

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In 2004, Laramie became the first city in Wyoming to pass a law to prohibit smoking in enclosed workplaces, including bars, restaurants and private clubs.

Laramie Wyoming is on a high plain between two mountain ranges, the Snowy Range, about 30 miles to the west, and the Laramie Wyoming Range, 7 miles to the east.

Laramie Wyoming has a semi-arid climate with long, cold, dry winters and short, warm, somewhat wetter summers.

Geological Museum at the University of Laramie Wyoming is open to the public and houses more than 50,000 catalogued mineral, rock, and fossil specimens, including a dinosaur exhibit.

William Robertson Coe Library, the main library of the University of Laramie Wyoming, has materials for general research in business, education, fine arts, science, humanities, and the social sciences as well as audio visual and government documents collections.

University of Laramie Wyoming Cowboys compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Mountain West Conference.

The Medicine Bow Mountain Bike Patrol, part of the Laramie Wyoming Bicycling Network, is a non-profit volunteer organization that works with the Forest Service to patrol and maintain biking trails east of Laramie Wyoming.

Laramie Wyoming has 14 city parks that, among them, include playgrounds, seasonal wading pools, jogging and biking paths, baseball and softball fields, basketball hoops, a skateboard park, horseshoe pits, tennis courts, volleyball courts, a fitness circuit court, soccer fields, picnic tables, river fishing, and a seasonally stocked fishing pond.

Laramie Wyoming is the county seat of Albany County and houses county offices, courts, and the county library.

Man from Laramie Wyoming was a 1955 western film starring James Stewart.

From 1958 to 1962, Laramie Wyoming was the setting for ABC TV series Lawman, starring John Russell and Peter Brown, and from 1959 to 1963, Laramie Wyoming was the name of an NBC western television series, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller as ranch partners who operate a stagecoach station 12 miles east of the city.

Laramie Wyoming has multiple taxi companies, as well as Uber service, which launched in 2017.

Intercity service, Laramie Wyoming is served by Greyhound Lines, with service to and from Cheyenne and Fort Collins.

Laramie Wyoming had passenger rail service from the Union Pacific until 1971.