Laramie’s Living History — Places
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.'
Towns in Albany County have come and gone with Laramie being the county seat and major population center.
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LARAMIE’S FORT SANDERS PROBLEM
None of Laramie’s earliest residents actually owned the land they built their homes and businesses upon inside the city limits. So, who did?
How Albany County Got Its Shape
Originally Albany County was a long, narrow rectangle. Now it looks like a Backwards “L” with a chunk missing out of the top. How could this have happened?