Rost, Mildred Kenney, 1896-1991

William and Jennie Kenney and their children, including Mildred Kenney Rost, were prominent residents of Wheatland, Wyoming in the early 1900s. They owned a ranch and then moved to town in 1903. They owned a dry goods store and they started Wheatland's first newspaper. The family valued learning and they were civic minded and progressive. Mildred Kenny Rost was like a daughter to the W.B.D. Grays who were Congregational ministers. She graduated from Wheatland High School in 1914 and Oberlin College in 1919. She taught at Jireh College (1919-1920) in Niobrara County, Wyoming, and then became a reference librarian at the Denver Public Library. She married artist Miles Ernest Rost and moved to California in 1936.

From the description of Mildred Kenney Rost papers, 1913-1988. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 60610385

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