"The Ninth Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1886, provided for the building of the University of Wyoming to be located at Laramie City, Wyoming ... . By an Act of Congress, of February 28, 1881, 'An Act to grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming for university purposes,' the University of Wyoming is a land grant university." (Wyoming Historical Blue Book)
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Albany
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Manmade Features
History:
"The Ninth Territorial Legislative Assembly, 1886, provided for the building of the University of Wyoming to be located at Laramie City, Wyoming ... . By an Act of Congress, of February 28, 1881, 'An Act to grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming for university purposes,' the University of Wyoming is a land grant university." (Wyoming Historical Blue Book)
More Reading
Memories : University of Wyoming centennial, 1886-1986. Chisum, Emmett D. [Laramie] : University of Wyoming, c1987.; A history of the University of Wyoming, 1887-1964. Rev. and corrected, with index. Clough, Wilson Ober. [Laramie, Wyo.? : Wilson O. Clough], 1965.; University of Wyoming. (Campus history series) Ewig, Rick and Tamsen Hert. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Publishing, c2012.; Wyoming University : the first 100 years, 1886-1986. Hardy, Deborah. [Laramie] : University of Wyoming, c1986.
