The New International Encyclopædia/Laramie

LARAMIE, lăr′ȧ-mē̇. A city and the county-seat of Albany County, Wyo., 50 miles northwest of Cheyenne, the State capital; on the Big Laramie River, and on the Union Pacific Railroad (Map: Wyoming, G 5). The city, situated on the Laramie plains, is near mountains which afford fine scenery and are rich in minerals. It is the see of the Protestant Episcopal missionary bishopric of Wyoming, and among its chief institutions are the State University, the State Agricultural College, and the State Fish Hatchery. The principal industries are stock-raising and manufacturing, the industrial plants including soda-works, flouring-mills, glass-works, and the extensive machine and repair shops and rolling-mills of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. First settled in 1868, Laramie was incorporated in 1869, and was chartered as a city in 1884. The present government, under a charter of 1887, is vested in a mayor, elected biennially, a unicameral council, and administrative officials, all appointed by the executive, subject to the consent of the council. The city owns and operates the water-works. Population, in 1890, 6388; in 1900, 8207.