Jacques La Ramee
| Jacques La Ramée | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1784 Québec, British Canada |
| Died | 1821 (aged 37) Laramie River, United States Unorganized Territory, present-day Wyoming |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Jacques Laramée, Jacques La Ramie, Jacques La Rami, Jacques La Remy, Jacques Laramie |
| Occupation | voyageur, frontiersman, coureur des bois, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer |
| Employer | 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 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, La Ramie, La Rami, La Remy, and Laramie, La Ramée is credited as an early explorer of the Laramie River of Wyoming and Colorado. The city of Laramie, Wyoming, with an Americanized spelling, is named for him.
Jacques La Ramée was born on June 8, 1784, in Québec, British Canada, to Joseph Fissiau dit Laramée and Jeanne Mondou. The North West Company registry cites two Laramée brothers, Jacques and Joseph. A variant of the name La Ramée first appeared in the West in 1798, referring to a canoe man who worked until 1804. This probable relative may have been Francois Laramée, who is also listed in the registry of the company. This La Ramée had several sons, who ventured west into Wyoming and Idaho. According to Joachim Fromhold, one of the sons was Jacques La Rami, for whom the Laramie River is named.
According to historian C. G. Coutant, Jacques La Ramée worked as a voyageur and fur trader, for the North West Company. Employees of the North West Company and its rival, the Hudson's Bay Company, were in competition, and disputes at times turned violent. In 1821 the two feuding companies merged. La Ramée was known for his character and peaceful reputation. He organized a group of independent, free trappers, who set out, in 1815, for the headwaters, of the North Platte River, in the United States Unorganized Territory of present-day Wyoming. Coutant writes that La Ramée and his band of peaceful trappers befriended many Native American tribes who would sell pelts to La Ramée's operation. This enterprise established the free trapper rendezvous in Wyoming, where trappers represented themselves without middle-man or umbrella company.
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