An institute of Higher Education within the United
States of America is never an island. Colleges and universities
in America can be defined by their fundamental connections to their
local and state communities, the country as a whole, and the world
at large. Throughout its history, the University of Wyoming has
been distinguished by various connections that helped to define
and improve not only UW, but the city of Laramie, the great State
of Wyoming, the United States of America, and the entire world community.
In its early days of operation during the late 19th century, this
university, serving the sparsely populated Wyoming Territory, consisted
of only a few buildings about a mile east of the Union Pacific Railroad
Depot. Old Main and the Mechanical Building, the two primary structures
on campus, helped to establish the eastern border of the city of
Laramie. Over the next hundred years, the university would expand
throughout the eastern part of the city, interconnect with residential
neighborhoods like the beautiful “Tree Area,” and become
a symbol of the growth and development of this once tiny western
railroad town. |
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Portrait of first UW President, John W. Hoyt. No
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