The first recorded permanent white settler in northern Colorado, he founded the town of Laporte in 1858.
In 1862, Camp Collins was established by the U.S. Army along the river to protect the stage line from attack by Native Americans.
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In L. Neil Smith's North American Confederacy series of novels, beginning with The Probability Broach, an alternate-history LaPorte is one of the major cities of North America, occupying roughly half the area of Larimer County, and with a population of over two million people; whereas the city of Denver does not exist: In its place are the two small historic settlements of Saint Charles Town and Auraria.
Bryce-Laporte attended the University of Panama, earning an associate's degree, before earning bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and studying at the University of Puerto Rico.
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Roy S(imon) Bryce-Laporte (born Roy Laporte, September 7, 1933, Panama City – July 31, 2012, Sykesville, Maryland) was a sociologist who established one of the first African-American studies departments.
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Anthony Paul Meindl (born January 14, 1968 in LaPorte, Indiana) is an American Yoga Instructor, stage actor and film actor, and is the founder and artistic director at the MetaTheatre Company and Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop in Los Angeles, California.
After leaving the Prices and Incomes Board in October 1970, he became chair of Laporte Industries and a director of Thomas Tilling, Cornhill Insurance and Black & Decker.
In 2001, Laporte decided to focus solely on another TechTV program, The Screen Savers, and Becky Worley became the lead Call for Help host (briefly joined by Scott Herriott as co-host).
Rear Admiral Crumpacker was born in LaPorte, Indiana on 13 July 1908, the son of lawyer Harry Lewis Crumpacker and the cousin of two admirals, both named Royal Ingersoll.
Given a second title shot, this time by the WBA, Laporte met the also legendary World featherweight champion Eusebio Pedroza in 1982, losing a close and controversial split decision.
The community is located west of Laporte, east of Lake George, northwest of Walker, and south of Bemidji.
LaPorte County is also famous for being the scene of the Belle Gunness serial murders.
On June 10, 1992, United States Army Sgt. Zak Hernández-LaPorte and Sgt. Ronald T. Marshall were ambushed while driving in their Humvee at an entrance to Albrook Air Base on the outskirts of Panama City.
South Center, Indiana, unincorporated town in Union Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
Tie Siding interacted with such nearby communities as Virginia Dale, LaPorte and Pingree Park.