Jacques La Ramee Throughout Wyoming many landmarks are named after an early French—Canadian trapper. These landmarks include the Laramie River, the Laramie Peak , the Laramie Plains, Laramie County , Fort Laramie , the town of Fort Laramie , and the city of Laramie . Jacques LaRamee (Laramée, Laramé, Laramie , De la Ramie, de la Rame, or La Ramee it is spelled different by almost all the listed sources) was a mysterious man with obvious influence (Chittenden, 1935; Coutant, 1899; Fetter, 1982;
Rule Store, a small dry goods retail store that contained work apparel, cloth, and sewing materials. His work ethic impressed the owners to the point of promoting him to manage their Evanston, Wyoming store in 1899. On April 14, 1902, they made him a one-third partner in their new store in Kemmerer, Wyoming on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, a town which had 1,000 residents by the time Penney arrived (McInnis, 2014). In order to solidify his partnership, Mr. Penney paid $2,000 for his stake of the