Laramie’s Living History —
A Variety of Other Topics
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.
Not all Albany County history falls into a specific category; a wide assortment of additional topics are covered on these pages.
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The great circus elephant stampede—Laramie 1909
It’s hard to imagine the excitement when the Ringling Bros. train with over 40 cars pulled into Laramie. The town and countryside had been plastered with billboards months in advance. Its spectacle of July 30, 1909 left everyone talking for years.