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| photo_caption = Laramie Peak from the [[Interstate 25]] |
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| elevation = {{convert|10276|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=datasheet>{{cite web | title = National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet - Laramie Peak (PID:NQ0621) | publisher = [[National Geodetic Survey]] | accessdate = 2009-03-28 | url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=NQ0621}}</ref> |
| elevation = {{convert|10276|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=datasheet>{{cite web | title = National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet - Laramie Peak (PID:NQ0621) | publisher = [[National Geodetic Survey]] | accessdate = 2009-03-28 | url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=NQ0621}}</ref> |
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| location = [[Albany County, Wyoming|Albany County]], [[Wyoming|Wyoming, USA]] |
| location = [[Albany County, Wyoming|Albany County]], [[Wyoming|Wyoming, USA]] |
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'''Laramie Peak''' Is the highest and most prominent peak in the [[Laramie Range]]. With a peak elevation of {{convert|10276|ft|m}},<ref name=datasheet/> it is the only peak in the Laramie Range to exceed an elevation of {{convert|10000|ft|m}}. It can be seen from great distances from both sides of the Laramie Range including from over 120 miles away at the top of the [[Scotts Bluff National Monument]] in [[Nebraska]] and in the [[Wyoming]] towns of [[Wheatland, Wyoming|Wheatland]] and [[Rock River, Wyoming|Rock River]]. |
'''Laramie Peak''' Is the highest and most prominent peak in the [[Laramie Range]]. With a peak elevation of {{convert|10276|ft|m}},<ref name=datasheet/> it is the only peak in the Laramie Range to exceed an elevation of {{convert|10000|ft|m}}. It can be seen from great distances from both sides of the Laramie Range including from over 120 miles away at the top of the [[Scotts Bluff National Monument]] in [[Nebraska]] and in the [[Wyoming]] towns of [[Wheatland, Wyoming|Wheatland]] and [[Rock River, Wyoming|Rock River]]. |
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== Name == |
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The hill was named for [[Jacques La Ramee]], a [[French-Canadian]] [[fur trade]]r who lived in the area in the 1820s and who was found dead at the Laramie River.<ref>http://uwstudentweb.uwyo.edu/J/JRAMBO/ The Legendary Jacques La Ramee - An Interpretation of “Hearsay Evidence” of the Life and Death of Jacques LaRamee (engl.)</ref> |
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== History == |
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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]] |
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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 pepole on the track and signal the end of the relatively flat part of the way, reaching the [[Rocky Mountains]]<ref>http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/laramiepeak256k.htm</ref> |
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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>http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ Mark Twain, 1871, Roughing It, Chapter 9</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 08:56, 21 February 2010
| Laramie Peak | |
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 Laramie Peak from the Interstate 25 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,276 ft (3,132 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 3,312 ft (1,009 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°16′04″N 105°26′31″W / 42.26778°N 105.44194°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Albany County, Wyoming, USA |
| Parent range | Laramie Range |
| Topo map | USGS Laramie Peak |
Laramie Peak Is the highest and most prominent peak in the Laramie Range. With a peak elevation of 10,276 feet (3,132 m),[1] 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 over 120 miles away at the top of the Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska and in the Wyoming towns of Wheatland and Rock River.
Name
The hill 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.[2]
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 pepole on the track and signal the end of the relatively flat part of the way, reaching the Rocky Mountains[3]
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."[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet - Laramie Peak (PID:NQ0621)". National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ http://uwstudentweb.uwyo.edu/J/JRAMBO/ The Legendary Jacques La Ramee - An Interpretation of “Hearsay Evidence” of the Life and Death of Jacques LaRamee (engl.)
- ^ http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/laramiepeak256k.htm
- ^ http://i.classicreader.com/book/1407/10/ Mark Twain, 1871, Roughing It, Chapter 9
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