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The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River , approximately 216 Mi (348 Km ) long, in the U.S. State s of Colorado and Wyoming . It rises in northern Colorado, in the Roosevelt National Forest in the Front Range , in western Larimer County . It flows NNW into Wyoming, along the east side of the Medicine Bow Mountains , past Jelm and Woods Landing , then NE emerging from the mountains near Laramie . North of Laramie, it flows north through the Laramie Plains and through Wheatland Reservoir . It flows NE through the Laramie Mountains . Emerging from the mountains, it receives the North Laramie River 5 mi (8 km) north of Wheatland and Chugwater Creek 7 mi (11 km) NE of Wheatland. It joins the North Platte opposite the town Fort Laramie . In its upper reachest in Colorado, the river supplies water to the Cache La Poudre River via the Laramie-Poudre Tunnel . The tunnel, which is approximately 2 mi/3.2 km long, was finished in 1911 as part of a larger Irrigation project for northern Colorado. ]]. The river was named for Jacques La Ramee , a French Fur Trade r who lived in the area in the 1820s . His arrow-ridden body was found near the mouth of the river on the North Platte by his companions, who named the river in his honor. The Laramie Mountains , as well as the City of Laramie, Wyoming were later given the same name. SEE ALSO |
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