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Laramie

American  
[lar-uh-mee] / ˈlær ə mi /

noun

  1. a city in SE Wyoming.

  2. Fort. Fort Laramie.

  3. a river in N Colorado and SE Wyoming, flowing NNE to the North Platte River. 216 miles (348 km) long.


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July happens to overlap with the animal's mating season - the "peak breeding" period where testosterone levels among bulls are heightened, Jennifer Barfield, the scientific lead at Colorado's Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd, said.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Locals poured into the red brick historic courthouse in Cheyenne for a mid-May meeting of the Laramie County Planning Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Grant was from Laramie, Wyoming and competed for the University of Wyoming rodeo team.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025

In 1868, after the two-year Red Cloud’s War, a beleaguered United States signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025

I told you I'd tell you the story of Laramie, WY, and why I think it was all too fitting.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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