A city of southeast Wyoming west-northwest of Cheyenne. Settled in 1868 with the coming of the railroad, it is the seat of the University of Wyoming (founded 1886). The city is located on the <strong>Laramie River,</strong> which rises in northern Colorado and flows 350 km (215 mi) northeast through the <strong>Laramie Mountains,</strong> a section of the Rocky Mountains, to the North Platte River.