page_title: Jacques La Ramee
hierarchical_section_title: Jacques La Ramee
caption_attribution_description: English: Coureur de Bois in typical dress. These Frenchmen became involved in the 1650s in the fur trade. Woodcut by Arthur Heming (1870 - 1940). Français&#160;: Coureur de bois en habit typique. Ces Français se sont impliqués dans les années 1650 dans le commerce de la fourrure. Gravure sur bois de Arthur Heming (1870 - 1940).
context_page_description: Jacques La Ramée, 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Jacques La Ramée was a coureur des bois, believed similar in appearance to this woodcut by artist Arthur Heming
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