| Laramie Contributor(s): Petersen, Charlie (Author), The Laramie Plains Museum (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738548979 ISBN-13: 9780738548975 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: From its early, rowdy days as an end-of-the-tracks tent town on the railroad, with gambling halls and an active nightlife, through the growing-up years of mills, quarries, and local wartime heroes, to the establishment of Wyomings only state university, Laramies remarkable story is told through historic photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 978.7 |
| LCCN: 2007923090 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.62" W x 9.18" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Wyoming |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While it was still part of Dakota Territory, the town of Laramie was founded in 1868 with the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad. Laramie s placement on the high plains at an elevation of 7,200 feet has not made for an easy existence, but the hardy ranching families and cowboys, with their cattle hunkered down against the winds and snow, survived in spite of their harsh surroundings and even thrived in this unique eastern Wyoming town. This is the place where the infamous Jack McCall hid from the authorities, where Teddy Roosevelt rode the range, and where Butch Cassidy was held at the Wyoming Territorial Prison. From its early, rowdy days as an end-of-the-tracks tent town on the railroad, with gambling halls and an active nightlife, through the growing-up years of mills, quarries, and local wartime heroes, to the establishment of Wyoming s only state university, Laramie s remarkable story is told here through historic photographs." |
Contributor Bio(s): Petersen, Charlie: - With the assistance of Connie Lindmier and Mary Mountain at the Laramie Plains Museum, local historian and retired teacher Charlie Petersen gives an impressive overview of his hometown s history. Petersen used images from the museum s archives as well as from private collections and the state archives. |