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[[Image:Laramie Peak 1870 Jackson.jpg|thumb|left|Laramie Peak from near the head of the Big Cottonwood, Albany County, Wyoming, 1870]] |
[[Image:Laramie Peak 1870 Jackson.jpg|thumb|left|Laramie Peak from near the head of the Big Cottonwood, Albany County, Wyoming, 1870]] |
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Laramie Peak was an important landmark for the settlers on the [[Oregon Trail]] and the [[Mormon Trail]]. After reaching [[Scotts Bluff]] the top of the hill was visible at the horizon. For more than one week the hill guided the people on the track and signal the end of the relatively flat part of the way, reaching the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/laramiepeak256k.htm|title=Laramie Peak|website=wyoshpo.state.wy.us|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> |
Laramie Peak was an important landmark for the settlers on the [[Oregon Trail]] and the [[Mormon Trail]]. After reaching [[Scotts Bluff]] the top of the hill was visible at the horizon. For more than one week the hill guided the people on the track and signal the end of the relatively flat part of the way, reaching the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/laramiepeak256k.htm|title=Laramie Peak|website=wyoshpo.state.wy.us|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> |
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[[File:Albert_Bierstadt_-_Laramie_Peak.jpg|alt=Landscape painting with 2 men in a boat on calm water in the foreground and snow capped Laramie Peak seen in the distance|thumb|[[Albert Bierstadt]], ''Laramie Peak'', 1870]] |
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[[Mark Twain]] wrote 1871 in his book ''Roughing It'' about the hill: ''"We passed Fort Laramie in the night, and on the seventh morning out we found ourselves in the Black Hills, with Laramie Peak at our elbow (apparently) looming vast and solitary -- a deep, dark, rich indigo blue in hue, so portentously did the old colossus frown under his beetling brows of storm-cloud. He was thirty or forty miles away, in reality, but he only seemed removed a little beyond the low ridge at our right."''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ |title=Roughing It - Chapter IX |access-date=2010-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708222317/http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ |archive-date=2012-07-08 }} Mark Twain, 1871, Roughing It, Chapter 9</ref> |
[[Mark Twain]] wrote 1871 in his book ''Roughing It'' about the hill: ''"We passed Fort Laramie in the night, and on the seventh morning out we found ourselves in the Black Hills, with Laramie Peak at our elbow (apparently) looming vast and solitary -- a deep, dark, rich indigo blue in hue, so portentously did the old colossus frown under his beetling brows of storm-cloud. He was thirty or forty miles away, in reality, but he only seemed removed a little beyond the low ridge at our right."''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ |title=Roughing It - Chapter IX |access-date=2010-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708222317/http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ |archive-date=2012-07-08 }} Mark Twain, 1871, Roughing It, Chapter 9</ref> |
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| Laramie Peak | |
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 Southern face of Laramie Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,275 ft (3,132 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 3,312 ft (1,009 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 42°16′04″N 105°26′31″W / 42.26778°N 105.44194°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Albany County, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Parent range | Laramie Range |
| Topo map | USGS Laramie Peak |
Laramie Peak Is the highest and most prominent peak in the Laramie Range of Wyoming. With a peak elevation of 10,275 feet (3,132 m),[2] it is the only peak in the Laramie Range to exceed an elevation of 10,000 feet (3,000 m). It can be seen from great distances from both sides of the Laramie Range including from around 100 miles (160 km) away at the top of the Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska and in the Wyoming towns of Wheatland, Douglas, Rock River, and immediately outside the cities of Laramie and Cheyenne.
Name
The mountain was named for Jacques La Ramee, a French-Canadian fur trader who lived in the area in the 1820s and who was found dead at the Laramie River.[3]
History
Laramie Peak was an important landmark for the settlers on the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail. After reaching Scotts Bluff the top of the hill was visible at the horizon. For more than one week the hill guided the people on the track and signal the end of the relatively flat part of the way, reaching the Rocky Mountains.[4]
Mark Twain wrote 1871 in his book Roughing It about the hill: "We passed Fort Laramie in the night, and on the seventh morning out we found ourselves in the Black Hills, with Laramie Peak at our elbow (apparently) looming vast and solitary -- a deep, dark, rich indigo blue in hue, so portentously did the old colossus frown under his beetling brows of storm-cloud. He was thirty or forty miles away, in reality, but he only seemed removed a little beyond the low ridge at our right."[5]
Usage
A trail starting at the Friend Park Campground leads over a distance of about 5 Miles to the top of the hill. It rises from 7200 feet elevation to 10276 feet. On top, several antennas, containers for transmitters and a helicopter platform are installed.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Laramie Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet - Laramie Peak (PID:NQ0621)". National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The Legendary Jacques La Ramee - An Interpretation of “Hearsay Evidence” of the Life and Death of Jacques LaRamee (engl.) - ^ "Laramie Peak". wyoshpo.state.wy.us. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Roughing It - Chapter IX". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2010-02-21. Mark Twain, 1871, Roughing It, Chapter 9
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