The arrival of the railroad ... As the Union Pacific cut its way westward across the Platte Valley in 1865, its workers grew fearful of "the Indian menace." Certainly, the Northern Cheyenne ...
The Laramie settlement was founded in 1868, as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad. What started as a lawless ... Laramie is just 50 miles west of the Wyoming state capital, Cheyenne, and 130 miles ...
Union Pacific's famed Big Boy steam locomotive will be headed west during its "Westward Bound" summer tour. The world's ...