About the City of Laramie

Laramie, Wyoming is a town of 28,000 located in south eastern Wyoming 49 miles from the state capital of Cheyenne, and 130 miles from Denver, Colorado.  Laramie sits 7,200 feet above sea level on the eastern edge of a large plateau called the Laramie Plains.  The city was incorporated on December 12, 1873, seventeen years before Wyoming became a state.  The city is home to the University of Wyoming, the state’s only 4-year educational institution.  Its neighborly atmosphere and beautiful scenery create a warm community full of opportunity for all those who visit or live here.

Laramie gained international attention in 1870 when Louisa Swain became "the world's first woman voter under laws guaranteeing absolute political equality". In September 2003 a statue honoring the world’s first female voter was unveiled. The statue is located at 313 South Second Street in downtown Laramie, just one block from the building where Swain cast her historic vote.

In 1959 the state of Wyoming commissioned a monument honoring the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.  The monument, which features an oversized 12-½ foot bronze head of Lincoln on top of a 30 foot tall granite pedestal, is located eleven miles east of Laramie on Interstate 80.  It was originally located on the Lincoln Highway, but was relocated to I-80 in 1968.  It marks the highest point on Interstate 80 from coast to coast -- about 8,640 ft. above sea level.