W.W. Wylie Autobiography 1926

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W.W. Wylie Autobiography 1926

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The W.W. Wylie Autobiography relates to the origin and development of Wylie's permanent tent camps in Yellowstone National Park known as Wylie Way Stations. It proceeds from his first knowledge of the Park, his first visits and lecture tours he presented into the development of his tourist business. Additional ancillary papers include photocopies of the obituaries of Paul Wylie and John McCartney Wylie ( W.W. Wylie's brother); photocopies of the rulings in a 1920 lawsuit between W. W. Wylie and the Wylie Permanent Camping Co.; and a photograph of Minnie, Charles and Lora Richter, circa 1985 ( Minnie Richter became John M. Wylie's wife).

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MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections

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Wylie Camping Company.

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Wylie, William Wallace

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William Wallace Wylie (1848-1930) came to Bozeman, Montana from Iowa in 1878 as the principal of the city schools. In 1881 he became the principal of the Bozeman Academy. Several years later he was Montana Superintendent of schools. He made his first trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1880 and in 1881 he started a lecture tour on the park using H.B. Calfee's stereoptican views. In 1882, he published a guidebook to the park "Yellowstone national park; or, The great American wonderl...