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|birth_date=June 3, 1889​

|birth_date=June 3, 1889​

| birth_place=[[New York City]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=[[New York City]], [[United States|USA]]​

| death_date=December 23, 1973 (aged 84)

| death_date=December 23, 1973<br> (aged 84)

| death_place=Cody, Park County<br>[[Wyoming]]​

| death_place=Cody, Park County<br>[[Wyoming]]​

|spouse=Irma Larom​<br>

|spouse=Irma Larom​<br>

}}​

}}​

'''Irving Hastings Larom''', known as '''Larry Larom''' (June 3, 1889 &ndash; December 23, 1973), was the founding president of the Dude Ranchers Association and an owner of the former Valley Ranch near [[Yellowstone National Park]] in northwestern [[Wyoming]].​

'''Irving Hastings Larom''', known as '''Larry Larom''' (June 3, 1889 &ndash; December 23, 1973), was the founding president of the Dude Ranchers Association and an owner of the former Valley Ranch near [[Yellowstone National Park]] in northwestern [[Wyoming]].​

 

==Background==​

==Background==​

Born in [[New York City]], Larom's father was a prominent [[business]]man. It was at first  assumed that Larry also would become an urban merchant. However, Larom attended [[Buffalo Bill]]’s Wild West Show in [[Madison Square Garden]] in 1909, and that experience inspired him to travel to Cody in northwestern Wyoming the following year for a summer vacation on Jim McLaughlin’s Valley Home Ranch. After three more summer visits there, he decided to become a dude rancher. He persuaded a fellow New Yorker, Winthrop Brooks, to become his partner in the purchase and operation of Valley Ranch on the south fork of the Shoshone River. Larom and Brooks, scions of wealthy New York families and educated at [[Princeton University]], had an advantage in selling the concept of a dude ranch vacation to members of their social class. In a few years Brooks left the partnership and was later the president of Brooks Brothers men's clothier from 1935 to 1946.<ref name=review/>​

Born in [[New York City]], Larom's father was a prominent [[business]]man. It was at first  assumed that Larry also would become an urban merchant. However, Larom attended [[Buffalo Bill]]’s Wild West Show in [[Madison Square Garden]] in 1909, and that experience inspired him to travel to Cody in northwestern Wyoming the following year for a summer vacation on Jim McLaughlin’s Valley Home Ranch. After three more summer visits there, he decided to become a dude rancher. He persuaded a fellow New Yorker, Winthrop Brooks, to become his partner in the purchase and operation of Valley Ranch on the south fork of the Shoshone River. Larom and Brooks, scions of wealthy New York families and educated at [[Princeton University]], had an advantage in selling the concept of a dude ranch vacation to members of their social class. In a few years Brooks left the partnership and was later the president of Brooks Brothers men's clothier from 1935 to 1946.<ref name=review/>​