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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQH_excavation-site-old-kitchen-and-bakery-ovens_Laramie-WY.html
The original kitchen was constructed in 1873. The bakery ovens sat directly behind it. The extension to the left of the kitchen was added by 1894 and used for a variety of things: store room, icehouse, guards' dining hall, carpentry shop, and bake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPK_excavation-site-new-boiler-plant-and-smoke-stack_Laramie-WY.html
Steam was used to heat the new cellblock and administration wing added to the prison in 1889. Though the boiler was only intended to serve the new addition it heated the entire prison (both cellblocks). Working beyond its capacity, the old boiler …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPG_excavation-site-blacksmith-shop-candle-shop-and-outhouse_Laramie-WY.html
The 1907 photograph to the left shows, from left to right, the boiler plant (foreground), broom factory, outhouse, blacksmith and candle shop, and kitchen extension. Before shops were built inside the stockade, inmates worked outside cutting sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPA_excavation-site-basement-entrance-to-the-wardens-house_Laramie-WY.html
In 1875, the inmates of the Wyoming Territorial Prison constructed a dwelling for the warden and guards. The dwelling, worth $3,000, consisted of six rooms - a kitchen, dining room, and four bedrooms. On July 3, 1877, Laramie's local newspaper, Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SP7_excavation-site-ice-house_Laramie-WY.html
On June 24th, 1975, the Laramie Sentinel reported, "An icehouse has been built in the bank a few feet from the prison, and some 60 tons of ice were taken out and stored in it for the use of the prison. This, also done by convict labor, besides whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GDO_laramie_Laramie-WY.html
Founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie was named after the fur trader Jacques LaRamie. The first female jurors served here in 1870 after Wyoming Territory, in 1869, for the first time in history, gave women full ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GDI_150-n-2nd-street_Laramie-WY.html
Built in 1869 for the Methodist Episcopal Church, this edifice is likely the oldest church building in Wyoming. It originally was located across the street where the Elks Lodge now stands.
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