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- Old Fort Laramie, Wyo.
- A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming. Oxen drawn Conestoga wagons ford the Laramie River. North American Indian tipis are on both sides of the river. The adobe fort has towers and battlements. Laramie...
- Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)--1840-1850.; Goshen County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1840-1850.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Laramie Valley R.R., quarry west of Laramie 0-6-0 4455 (ex-Union Pacific).
- View of Laramie Valley Railroad locomotive #4455 and open ore gondola cars at a quarry west of Laramie (Laramie County), Wyoming. The ore cars are loaded with limestone. A steam shovel with a large bucket is near the cars.
- Laramie Valley Railroad--1970-1980.; Laramie County (Wyo.)--1970-1980.; Hoisting machinery--Wyoming--Laramie County--1970-1980.; Mine Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie County--1970-1980.; Railroad freight cars--Wyoming--Laramie County--1970-1980.;...
- 1970
- Old Bedlam, officers' club
- View of a frame building with a porch balcony identified as "Old Bedlam," formerly the officers' club at Fort Laramie (Goshen County), Wyoming. Houses are in the distance.
- Officer's clubs--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Clubhouses--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Military facilities--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Steve Young, hanged at Laramie by vigilantes
- A man identified as Steve Young and known as "Long" Steve Young, hangs from a telegraph pole on a dirt road in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. "Long" Steve Young wears a vest, a jacket, boots and has his legs bound with rope. Shows a hat on the...
- Thornburgh (Hotel : Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868 October 19
- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Laramie, Wyoming Territory in 1868
- View of Union Pacific Railroad passenger cars on tracks in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows sparse wooden, log and canvas buildings in Laramie.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroad passenger cars--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Dance house at Laramie
- Men, women and boys pose outside a canvas tent painted to read "Keystone Hall" in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Men and boys wear sack suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses with full skirts. Shows frame and canvas buildings and wooden...
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dance halls--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Women--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Outlaws hanged at Laramie by vigilantes, Big Ned, Con Wagner, Ace [sic] Moore
- Three men, left to right: Big Ned [Wilson], Asa Moore and Con Wagner, hang from wooden beams beside a log wall in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows men in vests or jackets, slacks and boots and arms bound with rope.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Criminals--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dead persons--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Hangings--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Moore, Asa.; Wagner, Con.; Wilson, Ned, Big Ned.
- 1868 October 18
- Corner of adobe house occupied by Jim Bridger and John Hunton, 1867, Fort Laramie, Wyo.
- A man and woman look at an adobe house occupied by Jim Bridger and John Hunton in 1867, and formerly the sutler's store, in Fort Laramie (Goshen County), Wyoming. A house to the side has a mansard roof and dormers.
- Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Adobe houses--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Historic sites--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Houses--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881--Homes & haunts.; Hunton, John, d. 1925--Homes &...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Union Pacific 3986 at Laramie between 7 & 8 A.M.
- View of Union Pacific steam locomotive 3986 (4-6-6-4) in the yards at Laramie (Laramie County), Wyoming. A steel viaduct, coaling tower and water tank are near the locomotive.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Storage tanks--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1956 August 4
- Railroad shops at Laramie
- View of railroad buildings and construction workers at Union Pacific Railroad tracks and shop buildings in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a stone roundhouse and repair shop, an unfinished railroad bed, stacks of lumber and railroad ties, a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Fort Laramie
- View of Fort Laramie, Wyoming with tents, one and two story frame buildings and a flagpole.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 29, 1912 July 20
- First passenger carrying train on the Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad
- Men pose on a Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad flat car in (probably) Colorado.
- Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- 1909, January 21
- Old Army bridge, over North Platte River - Fort Laramie, Wyo
- View of a truss bridge over the north Platte River in Fort Laramie (Goshen County), Wyoming.
- Bridges, Arched--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; North Platte River--1910-1930.; Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Rivers--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Little Laramie River
- View of the Little Laramie River in (Albany County) Wyoming. Shows brush and shrubs.
- Albany County (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Little Laramie River (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Rivers--Wyoming--Albany County--1890-1910.
- Union Pacific RR. 4-8-4 #844 near Harriman, Wyo., Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion.
- Smoke rises from Union Pacific locomotive #844, with a consist of a baggage car and passenger cars, near Harriman (Laramie County), Wyoming. People with cameras stand near a railroad cut or beside the tracks to watch the train on a Rocky Mountain...
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club--Meetings--1960-1970.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Laramie County (Wyo.)--1960-1970.; Clubs--Wyoming--Laramie County--1960-1970.; Railroad cuts--Wyoming--Laramie County--1960-1970.; Railroad...
- 1960 November 20
- 10:30 A.M. Union Pacific diesel 1404 extra west about 3 miles west of Harriman, Wyo.
- Union Pacific diesel locomotive 1404 with a consist of boxcars travels through a railroad cut in a rock formation in Laramie County, Wyoming.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie County (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Railroad cuts--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Rock...
- 1956 November 25
- 12:30 P.M., Union Pacific 4021 extra west about 3 miles west of Harriman, Wyo.
- A Union Pacific freight train led by steam locomotive 4021 (4-8-8-4) travels through a railroad cut in a rock formation in Laramie County, Wyoming.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie County (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Railroad cuts--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Wyoming--Laramie County--1950-1960.; Rock...
- 1956 November 25
- Union Pacific turntable and coaling tower at Laramie
- View of the Union Pacific railroad turntable in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. A coaling tower, locomotives, roundhouse and smokestack are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1953 May 17
- Walden depot
- View of Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway depot and tracks, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows a tar-papered building with a barrel vault roof, weather vane, water pump, and sign: "Slow."
- Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway Company--1940-1960.; Walden (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Walden--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Fort Laramie Wyoming
- View of Fort Laramie, Wyoming. A U. S. flag flies from a pole atop a building.
- Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)--1870-1880.; Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 4, engine type 2-8-2
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., January 18, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1931
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 6, engine type 2-8-2
- Right side view of engine, obstruction. Photographed:,Laramie, Wyo., May 5, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1935
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 2-8-2
- Left side view of engine, obstructions. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., August 2,1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1931
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 7, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., July 11, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., September 7, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 4, engine type 2-8-
- Right side view of engine, stored, parts missing. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., February 11, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-2
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., September 7, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., July 27, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1930
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 2, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, stored, most parts missing. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., April 12, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1931
- LNP&W locomotive, engine number 6, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., February 23, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1930
- LNP&W train, engine number 7, engine type 2-8-2
- Eastbound freight train. Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., July 11, 942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- LNP&W train, engine number 8, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #1, mixed train; 15 cars. Photographed: near Laramie, Wyo., September 7, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- LNP&W motor car, engine number 9506
- Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., May 31, 1936.
- Railroad motor-cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad cars--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1936
- LNP&W motor car, engine number 9508
- Photographed: Laramie, Wyo., May 31, 1936.
- Railroad motor-cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad cars--Wyoming--Laramie.; Laramie, North Park and Western Railway Company.
- 1936
- Laramie & Cheyenne Road
- A truck is by a water tank on Highway 210 between Laramie and Cheyenne in Laramie or Albany County, Wyoming. Men look over the cab.
- Dirt roads--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Trucks--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Water tanks--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- 1924 September
- Sutler's store - oldest building still standing in Wyoming
- People walk by an adobe building, formerly the sutler's store, in Fort Laramie (Goshen County), Wyoming.
- Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Adobe buildings--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Stores & shops--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Union Pacific 1242, oldest engine on the line, at Laramie
- View of Union Pacific steam locomotive no. 1242 (4-6-0) parked in the railroad yards in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Two railroad employees lean against the engine which has no smokebox cover. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Union Pacific"...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1953 May 17
- Union Pacific 3967 goes down to couple to Rocky Mt. R.R. Club excursion train for return trip from Laramie
- View of Union Pacific steam locomotive 3967 (4-6-6-4) in the railroad yards in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. A caboose and gondola and tanker cars are parked nearby. Commercial buildings and a church tower are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1953 May 17
- Western History Subject Index
- Forts. Fort Laramie (Wyoming)
- Johnny Dagle with his ox team in Walden
- Johnny Dagle poses with an ox team and wagon-load of lumber on Main Street, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado. A hipped-roof building has a porch / balcony; signs read: "Newstore," and "Walden Livery, Feed, Sale, Stable."
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Dagle, Johnny.
- 1905
- W. O. Mosman's Overland freight outfit, Walden, North Park, Colo.
- View of W. O. Mosman's Overland freight outfit and store in Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows girls, women, men, horse teams, wagons, and a stone building with bracketed cornice, roof cresting, and signs: "Mosman & Galbraith," "1881 F. Miller...
- Mosman, W. O.--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]
- Indian peace commission
- A Native American (Modoc or Dakota) woman stands outdoors in the center of a group of six white men, three in military uniforms, three in suits and coats; she wears a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. Possibly the Fort Laramie Treaty Council or...
- Dakota Indians--Women--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Modoc Indians--Women--1860-1880.; Delegations--1860-1880.; Peace negotiations--1860-1880.
- [1868 or 1873?]
- Village Sioux
- A group of Native American Sioux men, women and children are in a tepee camp near Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Winter scene at Coalmont
- Snowcovered view of Coalmont, North Park, Jackson County, Colorado; includes the coal plant with smokestacks, water tank, the Laramie, North Park and Western railroad tracks, and scattered wood frame structures.
- Coalmont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Coalmont--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Coalmont--1900-1920.
- [1912]
- Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad equipment
- View of Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad construction in Colorado; shows men working with tracklaying machinery.
- Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroads--Tracklaying machinery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Station at Laramie, Wyo.
- View of the Union Pacific Railroad depot in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The brick building has a stone foundation and a hip roof with dormers and brackets. A phone booth and mailboxes are outside the depot.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1953 May 17
- Station at Laramie, Wyo.
- Men stand on the platform outside the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The brick building has a stone foundation and a hip roof with dormers and brackets. Shows trees, lamps, garbage barrels, luggage carts and...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1950-1960.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Wyoming--Laramie--1950-1960.
- 1957 September 14