![]() ![]() After four years there, he moved on to Idaho where he studied law, served in several local government positions and in the Idaho Territorial Legislature. At about age 20 he travelled to California to join his father, Enoch, in his mercantile and mining businesses. Brown, was elected on and resigned after three weeks in office because the town was “ungovernable.” But, is the story true?īrown was born in Maine on August 18, 1838. It is a widely-repeated story that Laramie’s first mayor, Melville C. Boswell, who became the first sheriff in Albany County (1869). One member of that vigilance committee was N. In the fall, a vigilance committee drove out the worst of the outlaws (a few hangings helped!) and the town settled down. Brown was elected mayor, but he resigned after six weeks due to intimidation by the lawless element and his colleagues ineptitude. The first summer was turbulent, with little or no effective law enforcement. By autumn, the townsfolk were fed up, formed vigilance committees and took dramatic action on the night of Oct. The criminals thieved and killed and brazenly flouted any law or decency, without much to stop them. Seven city officials were selected by a group of townspeople at a meeting on May 2, 1868, but in subsequent weeks officers of the new government began resigning. The Short Tenure of Laramie’s First Mayor ![]()
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