Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. 
As of 2000, the population was 32,014. Its county seat is Laramie
and it is home to the University of Wyoming.
Albany County was organized in 1868
Adjacent counties
* Converse County, Wyoming (north)
* Platte County, Wyoming (east)
* Laramie County, Wyoming (east)
* Larimer County, Colorado (south)
* Jackson County, Colorado (southwest)
* Carbon County, Wyoming (west)
City Laramie; Town Rock River; Census-designated places
* Albany
* Centennial
* The Buttes
* Woods Landing-Jelm
Other communities Garrett; Tie Siding
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The population was 27,204 at the 2000
census. Located on the Laramie River in southeastern
Wyoming, the city is west of Cheyenne, at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287.
Laramie was settled in the mid-19th century along the Union Pacific Railroad line, which crosses the Laramie River at
Laramie. 
It is home to the University of Wyoming, Wyoming Technical Institute, and a branch of Laramie County Community College.
Laramie Regional Airport serves Laramie.
The ruins of Fort Sanders, an Army fort predating Laramie, lie just south of the city along Route 287. Located in the Laramie
Valley between the Snowy Range and the Laramie Range, the city draws outdoor enthusiasts because of its abundance of
outdoor activities.
Laramie takes its name from Jacques LaRamie, a French or French-Canadian trapper who disappeared in the Laramie
Mountains in the late 1810s and was never heard from again. He was one of the first Europeans to visit the area, and his name
was given to a river, mountain range, peak, US Army fort, county, and city. More Wyoming landmarks are named for him
than any other trapper but Jim Bridger.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860s as a tent city near the Overland Trail stage route and the Union Pacific portion of the
first transcontinental railroad. By May 10, 1868, when the first train entered town, entrepreneurs were building more
permanent structures, and Laramie soon had stores, houses, a school, and churches.
Laramie suffered initially from lawlessness. Its first mayor, M.C. Brown, resigned after three turbulent weeks in mid-1868,
saying that the town was "ungovernable." However, through a series of lynchings and other forms of intimidation, vigilantes
reduced the "unruly element" and established a semblance of law and order.
In 1869, Wyoming was organized as Wyoming Territory, the first legislature of which passed a bill granting equal political
rights to the women of the territory. In March 1870, five Laramie residents became the first women in the world to serve on a
jury.
Also, since Laramie was the first town in Wyoming to hold a municipal election, on September 6, 1870, a Laramie resident was
the first woman to cast a legal vote in the United States.
Early businesses included rolling mills, a tie treatment plant, a brick yard, a slaughterhouse, a brewery, a glass-blowing plant,
and a plaster mill, as well as the railroad yards. In 1886, a plant to produce electricity was built.
A bill signed by Governor Francis E. Warren established the University of Wyoming (UW) in 1886. Laramie was chosen as the
site, and UW opened there in 1887. Under the terms of the Morrill Act, also known as the Land Grant College Act, UW added
an agricultural college and experiment station in 1891.
In 2004, Laramie became the first city in Wyoming to prohibit smoking in enclosed workplaces, including bars, restaurants and
private clubs. Opponents of the clean indoor air ordinance, funded in part by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,
immediately petitioned to have the ordinance repealed. However, the voters upheld the ordinance in a citywide referendum
which was conducted concurrently with the 2004 general election. The opponents then challenged the validity of the election in
court, claiming various irregularities. However, the judge ruled that the opponents had failed to meet their burden of showing
significant problems with the election, and the ordinance, which had become effective in April 2005, remained in effect.
In August 2005, Laramie's City Council defeated an attempt to amend the ordinance to allow smoking in bars and private
clubs.
University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains,
at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW (usually
pronounced "U-Dub") to people close to the university and is a protected trademark of the university. The university first
opened in September 1886. The university also offers outreach education in counties throughout Wyoming.
UW is a national research university prominent in the fields of environment and natural resource research, specializing in
agriculture, energy, geology, and water resource related fields.
The University of Wyoming consists of seven colleges: Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering,
Health Sciences, and Law. The university maintains a low student-faculty ratio - one of the lowest such ratios among
four-year schools in the west. UW also offers a variety of cultural and social activities. The university offers 86 Bachelor, 66
Master, and 26 Doctoral degrees. Professional Pharmacy, Juris Doctor (law) and Education degrees are also available.
The university is a hub of cultural events in Laramie. It offers a variety of performing arts events, ranging from rock concerts
in the Arena Auditorium to classical concerts and performances by the University's theater and dance department at the Fine
Arts Center. Wyoming also boasts a competitive athletic program, one which annually challenges for conference and national
championships. Wyoming offers many extracurricular activities, including over 150 recognized student organizations that
include a wide range of social, professional and academic groups.
The newly renovated Wyoming Union is the hub of the campus, with the campus bookstore and numerous student facilities.
The University is also home to the American Heritage Center. The Center contains numerous special collections, manuscripts
and artifacts covering a broad range of disciplines.
About UW:
The University of Wyoming is the state's only provider of 
baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and outreach
services.
The main campus is located in Laramie, approximately two hours north of Denver. The university also maintains the
UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers across Wyoming, and Cooperative Extension Service centers in
each of the state's 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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