The Laramie Plains is an arid highland (approximately elevation 8000 ft) in south central Wyoming in the United States. The plains extend along the upper basin of the Laramie River on the east side of the Medicine Bow Range. The city of Laramie is the largest community in the valley. The plains are separated from the Great Plains to the east by the Laramie Mountains, spur of the Front Range that extends northward from Larimer County, Colorado west of Cheyenne. The high altitude of the plains makes for a cold climate and relatively short growing season. Unsuitable to most cultivation, the plains have historically been the site of livestock raising (primarily sheep and cattle).
Famous quotes containing the word plains:
“We hold on to hopes for next year every year in western Dakota: hoping that droughts will end; hoping that our crops won’t be hailed out in the few rainstorms that come; hoping that it won’t be too windy on the day we harvest, blowing away five bushels an acre; hoping ... that if we get a fair crop, we’ll be able to get a fair price for it. Sometimes survival is the only blessing that the terrifying angel of the Plains bestows.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)