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| name=Irving Hastings "Larry" Larom<br>
| name=Irving Hastings "Larry" Larom<br>
(Founder of the<br> Dude Ranchers Association)
(Founder of the<br> Dude Ranchers Association)
|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<br> (aged 84)
| death_date=December 23, 1973<br> (aged 84)
'''Irving Hastings Larom''', known as '''Larry Larom''' (June 3, 1889 – 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 – 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.
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.
After Larom sold Valley Ranch, the new properietor continued dude ranching until 1987. Now a relic of its past, Valley Ranch grew to be one of the largest, most successful dude ranches in the West. In 1926, Larom was instrumental in the establishment of the Dude Ranchers Association and became its first president. Larom was also involved in the civic and cultural affairs in Cody, where he died at the age of eighty-four.<ref name=review/>
After Larom sold Valley Ranch, the new properietor continued dude ranching until 1987. Now a relic of its past, Valley Ranch grew to be one of the largest, most successful dude ranches in the West. In 1926, Larom was instrumental in the establishment of the Dude Ranchers Association and became its first president. Larom was also involved in the civic and cultural affairs in Cody, where he died at the age of eighty-four.<ref name=review/>
==References
==References==
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