mansion thatn the edward ivinson built in laramie, wyoming in 1892. it is now the home of the laramie plains museum. it has been restored. for about 10 years, it was vacant. people broke in vandalized the , building. it has been a long and fruitful to make it into this wonderful museum we have here that highlights the ivinson family and historical issues from the past in laramie, wyoming. edward ivinson was born on the island of st. croix in the caribbean. he lived there for seven years. his father moved there from northwestern england to manage a sugarcane plantation. he wound up in new york city. while he was there, he met a young woman. he was 23, she was they ran away 16. to jersey city, new jersey to get married. eventually like a lot of young folks, they moved west to make their fame and fortune. and eventually wound up in laramie, wyoming. the family had been living in memphis, tennessee. he decided to move the family to california. and the way he thought he would get to california is, he had a dry goods store in memphis. he sold all of the stu

so edward ivinson was abolished and places was born on the island of st. croix in the caribbean. he lived there for seven years because father moved from northwestern england to manage a sugarcane plantation and you want up in new york city in about 1852. while he was there he met a young woman. he's 23, she was 16. the rant away to way to jersey city to get married and eventually they like about a young folks moved west to make the payment fortune and eventually wound up in laramie, wyoming, in 1868. in 1868. the family been living in memphis tennessee and he decided to move the family the california. the way he got, the way thought he would get to california is he had a dry goods store in memphis. he sold all the stuff, got freight cars and put us up in these freight cars and as a union pacific was built, he followed along and at a rolling try could store. the railroad stop construction for the winter in november of 1867. edward learns to some source that the union pacific railroad which is building this part of the transcomm middle riblets can't have a facility in what would b

. >> we are in that mansion that edward ivinson. built and it is now the home of that laramie plains museum, and it has been restored because for about 10 years it was vacant and people broken and vandalized the building and it has been a very long and fruitful effort to make it into this wonderful museum that we have here that highlights not only the ivinson family but issues from the past in a laramie, wyoming as well. so edward was actually of all the places, was born down in the caribbean. he lived there for seven years. his father moved there from england to manage a sugarcane plantation and he wound up in new york city in about 1852. while he was there, he met a young woman. he is 23, she was 16. they ran away to get married and they, like a lot of young folks, moved west to make their fame and fortune and wound up in laramie, wyoming. the family had been living in tennessee, and he decided to move the family to california. the way he thought he would get to california, he had a dry goods store and he sold all of the stuff and

here's jane and edward ivinson and their adopted darbgs maggie. this home is the largest artifact we have, and there, a place of residence after 24 years when they first came to laramie. they made it when there was nothing here. made their important and built this house 24 years later. we have salvaged this house, and in here we tell laramie's history. so we've got december 10, the wyominger it to recall legislature passing this law that dismudgetsdzed areport people. why is that happening in the west? why is it happening in wyoming territory? at the time, we had just become wyominger iter to the from wyoming territory. so we were here, and that's legislature, one of the reasons they did it, we believe, is they needed to attract women to the west. this was a place of railroad workers hammering out a railroad. we had the central pacific coming in from california, the union pacific, and it was fast and furious, and he had&we had crazy living conditions out here. the legislature wanted to attract those women, those women to come, be part of this adve

we have just one piece of furniture in the house that belonged to edward ivinson, and it is this boardroom table. there are several examples we learn from visitors when they come through the mansion, because we get some really amazing people that come through that talk about the elegant woodwork in the house. there's all this different type of hardwood in the mansion that edward had installed here, the really a amazing 1892 pocket doors in the mansion. i had a guy come through three years ago whod had just closed up his custom woodworking business in montana after 30 years, and he said i could build one of those pocket doors for you for about $7,000. so those are the kind of things that are fun to learn when you give tours as a docent. his whole life is a fascinating story. he's born in st. croix, he winds up in new york with no money. we recently received a letter his father sent him that said we know you're without a position. and he winds up in little old laramie, wyoming. at the time, you know, 800 people in 1870. and he amasses this fortune, builds this beautiful building, builds -- i

. >> we are in that mansion that edward ivinson. built and it is now the home of that laramie plains museum, and it has been restored because for about 10 years it was vacant and people broken and vandalized the building and it has been a very long and fruitful effort to make it into this wonderful museum that we have here that highlights not only the ivinson family but issues from the past

that are in the mansion edward ivinson built in laramie, wyoming in 1892.t is the home of the laramie plains museum. it has been restored because for about 10 years, it was vacant. and people broke in, vandalized the building. it has been a long and fruitful effort to make it into this museum we have here that ivinsonts not only the family but historical

this wonderful museum that we have here that highlights not only the ivinson family but issues from the past in wyoming as well. so edward was actually of all down in thewas born caribbean. he lived there for seven years. his father move they to manage a sugarcane plantation and he wound up in new york city in about 1852. while he was there, he met a young woman. she was 16 and he was 23, and they ran away to get married and they, like a lot of young folks, moved west to make their fame and fortune and wound up in laramie, wyoming. the family had been living in tennessee, and he decided to move the family to california. way he he got -- the thought he would get to california, he had a dry goods store and he sold all of it and got freight cars and put his stuff in them. as the union pacific was built across the right planes, he followed right along and had a rolling store. winter of 1867, he learns that the union pacific railroad is going to have a facility and what would be coming -- become laramie. incame over for the railroad 1860 eight and built a log building in downtown laramie and started selling things to people a