Jacques La Ramee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques La Ramee

explorer, moutain man, coureur des bois, fur trader

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1784

Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: Coureur des bois, explorer, trapper

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821), was a French-Canadian 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.