![]() ![]() ![]() The Boomerang announced their departure from Laramie on 18 November. The first was in the winter of 1885-1886. Most noteworthy of their travels however, were two well documented trips to Europe. Eventually, they bought a house near Balboa Park from one of the sons of Ulysses S. ![]() They wintered in southern California at least 15 times, staying the Florence Hotel in San Diego, the finest in the city. “Old Mexico” (where Edward owned a bank) was visited on three occasions and Alaska and Yellowstone were toured in 1890. Ora Haley of Laramie to see the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington D.C.įarther afield, they spent part of one winter in Florida where the Laramie papers noted that Edward had successfully hunted for alligators. The Ivinsons met with President Hayes in 1877. As a prominent local banking family, they were the social talk of Laramie from their arrival in 1868 and over the next 50 years.Įven before coming to Laramie (they were married in 1853) they may have traveled to England to see relatives.įrequent trips were also made to the east coast to see relatives and to conduct business. Their constant leisure travel made the local headlines. ![]() Edward and Jane Ivinson of Laramie did it twice. A grand tour of the “Continent” was obligatory for those with means. Traveling for the moneyed class was all the rage in the 1890’s. ![]()
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