Best of Wyoming – Laramie
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Laramie Best of Wyoming Posts
During the month of November, Wyoming Public Media featured Laramie on its ‘Best of Wyoming’ page. You are welcome to glance at the summaries below and follow the links to snapshots of the many innovative organizations in Laramie:
Virginia Dale Stage Station – 30 Miles South of Laramie
Mon December 3, 2012
By Virginia Dale Community Club
Listen to a bit of Virginia Dale history on the Wyoming Public Media Wyoming Stories link.
The Virginia Dale stage station, made of hand-hewn logs, is among the most important structures in Larimer County dating back to 1862 when the Overland Stage Company relocated its line from central Wyoming to Colorado. It served as “home” station where passengers could stop, rest and get a meal. It is the only one left in the United States in its original condition on its original site.
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Fri November 30, 2012
By UW Department of Theatre and Dance
Since 1998, "Vertical Dance at Vedauwoo" has been an end-of-summer favorite with local audiences, with the natural rock formations at Vedauwoo offering a spectacular setting for the dance, which covers the entire performance area and connects the land to the sky. Created by UW faculty members Margaret Wilson and Neil Humphrey, the site-specific vertical dance choreography features UW students dancing on rocks both near to and far away from the audience.
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Thu November 29, 2012
By GRYPHON THEATRE
The Laramie Plains Civic Center is proud to host The Gryphon Theatre. The venue plays host to numerous events, ranging from local community productions and events to unmatched national and international touring productions and concerts.
The Theatre's unique history and charm add to its iconic status as one of Wyoming's premier performance venues. For information on The Gryphon, please click HERE.
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Wed November 28, 2012
By Trey Sherwood
The Laramie Mural Project was formed as a collaboration between local artists, the University of Wyoming Art Museum and the Laramie Main Street Alliance in order to enhance public art in historic downtown Laramie. For the past two years, with financial and in kind support from the Guthrie Family Foundation, Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, Laramie Beautification Committee and City of Laramie, local artists have created large scale murals on blank walls downtown.
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Laramie’s Mark Jenkins discusses his Everest trip
Tue November 27, 2012
Laramie resident Mark Jenkins returned to Wyoming after climbing Mount Everest in May 2012.
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UW New Visual Arts Building - Laramie
Mon November 26, 2012
The University of Wyoming dedicated its new Visual Arts building January 20, 2012.
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UW American Heritage Center – Laramie
Tue November 20, 2012
By American Heritage Center
The American Heritage Center is the University of Wyoming’s manuscript repository, rare books library, and official archives. The AHC is one of the nation’s biggest, busiest, and best non-governmental archival institutions in the nation: 1) AHC holdings total 75,000 cubic feet (or 18 miles) of manuscripts and archives and 60,000 rare book volumes; 2) AHC assists 5-6,000 researchers every year, from K-12 and undergraduates to senior scholars to documentary filmmakers, and users come from across the globe; 3) in 2010 the AHC received the highest honor possible in the archival profession,
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Laramie Historic Railroad Depot
Fri November 9, 2012
By Laramie Historic Railroad Depot
The Laramie Railroad Depot was built in 1924 to replace the town's original Union Pacific Depot/Hotel that was destroyed by fire in 1917. It served as Laramie's Union Pacific passenger depot until 1971 and as an Amtrak depot until 1983.
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Fri November 2, 2012
BY LARAMIE PLAINS MUSEUM
VICTORIAN GRANDEUR SHOWCASES THE WEST
Set on the property of the magnificent Ivinson Mansion, the Laramie Plains Museum is one of the region's finest historic house museums and a must-see when visiting Laramie, Wyoming, 45 miles west of Cheyenne on Interstate 80.
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Wyoming House For Historic Women - Laramie
Thu November 1, 2012
By Wyoming House for Historic Women
The Louisa Swain Foundation was established in 2001 (under the former name of The Laramie Foundation).
Since its inception the Foundation has funded construction of a large plaza and the Wyoming House for Historic Women in historic downtown Laramie, WY. The centerpiece of the plaza is a life-sized bronze sculpture of Louisa Swain, who on September 6, 1870, became the first woman to cast a ballot under laws giving women full equality to men. Her ballot was cast just one block from the plaza.
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