Jacques La Ramee

Jacques La Ramée
Jacques La Ramée was a coureur des bois, believed similar in appearance to this woodcut by artist Arthur Heming
Born	June 7, 1784 Yamaska, British Canada
Died	1821 (aged 37) Laramie River, United States Unorganized Territory, present-day Wyoming
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Jacques Laramée, La Ramie, La Rami, La Remy, or Laramie
Occupation(s)	voyageur, frontiersman, coureur des bois, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer
Employer(s)	North West Company, La Ramée family free trapping company
Parent(s)	Joseph Fissiau dit Laramée and Jeanne Mondou

Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821) was a French-Canadian and Métis coureur des bois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain man who lived in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming, having settled there in 1815. His name appears in several spellings, including La Ramee, Laramée, LaRamée, La Ramie, La Rami, La Remy, and Laramie. La Ramée is credited as an early explorer of what is now called the Laramie River of Wyoming and Colorado. The city of Laramie, Wyoming, with an Americanized spelling, was later named for him.