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1803 Apr

1862 July

1862 July

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THE LARAMIE PLAINS

Louisiana Purchase treaty signed

Likely earliest date of European ranch activity on Laramie Plains – Philip Mandel

Overland Stage Line relocated to the Laramie Plains on the old Cherokee Trail

1889 Nov

1890 July

1898 Sep

1910 Dec

1910 Nov

1912 Jan

1917 Apr

1917 Oct

1924 Oct

1928 Apr

1940 Sep

1941 Dec

1944 Apr

1948 Aug

1955 July

1963 Apr

1968 Apr

1972 Jun

1866 Jul

1868 Apr

1868 May

1868 Jul

1868 Dec

1869 Jun

1869 May

1870 Mar

1870 Sep

1870 Aug

1872 Oct

1874 Sep

1874 Oct

1881 Jun

1882 May

1886 Mar

Fort Sanders established

First newspaper mention of mining activity on west edge of Laramie Plains

Union Pacific Railroad arrives and maintenance facilities/depot are constructed

Wyoming Territory created but not yet functional

Albany County created by Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly, Thomas Sears sheriff

Alsop, Creighton and Hutton establish first large cattle ranch

Wyoming Territory government officially organized, N. K. Boswell sheriff

First women in world history serve on jury in Laramie

First woman in world history votes in general election in Laramie

Charles Hutton brings first sheep to Albany County

Territorial Penitentiary opens west of Laramie

Construction begins on UPRR Rolling Mills to manufacture rails

UPRR lays water pipe from springs east of town bringing sanitary water to many citizens

Ames Monument construction begins

Fort Sanders disestablished, troops moved to Fort D.A. Russell

University of Wyoming, a land grant university, founded

Wyoming State Constitution approved by citizens of Wyoming Territory

Wyoming admitted to the Union as the 44 th state

Laramie Woman’s Club founded

End of most active mining activity near Laramie

UPRR Rolling Mills burn to ground

UPRR places larger roundhouse and turntable into service

America enters World War I, over 1000 Albany County men and women serve

Thornburgh Hotel/UPRR Depot burns to the ground

New UPRR Depot opens south of old location

Laramie pioneers Edward Ivinson and Melville C. Brown die

University enrollment increases to over 2000

America enters World War II, thousands of Albany County men and women serve

Albany County Historical Society founded

Fire destroys much of downtown business district

Albany County final reduction in size and assumes current shape

UPRR abandons remaining maintenance facilities in Laramie

Laramie Plains Museum Association moves into former home of H. N. Roach

Laramie Plains Museum receives title to Ivinson Mansion and moves collection there

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