Dakota Territorial Legislature

December, 14, 1867, the first town charter was ratified by the Dakota Territorial Legislature and the city of Cheyenne was officially incorporated.

150 years ago, on January 9, 1867, the Dakota Territorial Legislature officially established Laramie County. Named after French-Canadian explorer Jacques La Ramee, who helped establish the local fur trading industry in the 1820s, Laramie County originally covered most of southern Wyoming...