Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project, 1947-1956

Ledbetter, Jack (Wesley C.), d. 1957.

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Wesley C. (Jack) Ledbetter arrived in the Encampment area of Wyoming in 1896. He was employed as superintendent at the Portland Mine near Battle, Wyoming, and he held interests in other mining properties. When mining became unprofitable, he engaged in cattle ranching on Indian Creek. He married Eva B. Ames and died in Saratoga, Wyoming in 1957, while living with his stepdaughter, Helen D'Esterre. From the description of Jack Ledbetter photographs, 1898-1950. (University of Wyoming, A...

Moreland, Mim Corthell, interviewee.

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Hodgson, Mary Ellen, interviewee.

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Webb, Janet Mercer, interviewee.

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King, Herbert J., interviewee.

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Chatterton, Fenimore, 1860-1958

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Chatterton (1860-1958) was born in New York and came to Wyoming in 1878 to work as a sutler at Fort Steele. He later operated a general store in Saratoga, Wyoming, and was elected as a state senator in 1890 for Carbon and Niobrara counties. From 1891-1892 Chatterton attended the University of Michigan's law school and from 1894-1898 he served as Carbon County attorney. In 1898 he was elected secretary of state and served as acting governor from April 1903 to January 1905 to fill the...

Butler, H. R., Mrs., interviewee.

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Hawkins, Mary, interviewee.

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Winninger, Mabel Buell, interviewee.

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Lovejoy, Elmer F., 1872-1960,

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Elmer Lovejoy (1872-1960) was a businessman and inventor. In 1893, he opened a general repair shop in Laramie, Wyoming. In 1902, he built and drove Laramie's first steam-driven automobile. In 1905, he invented an automobile steering gear, and in 1918 and 1921 patented automatic door openers. His Lovejoy Novelty Works was a dealership for Franklin automobiles. Lovejoy was also a bicycling enthusiast. From the description of Elmer F. Lovejoy papers, 1891-1945. (University of Wyoming, A...

Cahill, T. Joe, interviewee.

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Wilson, C., interviewee.

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Harnden, Grant, interviewee.

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Graham, William, Mrs., interviewee.

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Radcliff, Mr., interviewee.

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Condit, E. W., interviewee.

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Lee, I. M., Mrs., interviewee.

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Stanley, Clyde L., interviewee.

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Field, John E., interviewee.

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Camp Fire Girls

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Farthing, Charles, interviewee.

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Dunn, Charles, interviewee.

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King, Herbert (Herbert T.), interviewee.

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Bellamy, Mary G., interviewee.

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Brink, Herbert, interviewee.

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Flagg, Oscar H., 1861-

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Corthell family.

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Brown, B. E., Mrs., interviewee.

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Miller, R. B., interviewee.

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Moudy, Mable Cheney, 1878-1972.

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Mable Cheney Moudy (1878-1972) was a teacher, historian, and Wyoming pioneer, who researched and wrote about her parents, her own life, and the history of the state. She was born in Atlantic City, Wyoming. In 1897 she entered the University of Wyoming, graduating with a normal (teaching) degree in 1900. She settled in Laramie, Wyoming, after her marriage to Ross B. Moudy in 1903. Ross Moudy taught chemistry at the university and held the appointment of state chemist. From the descrip...

Alsop, John D., interviewee.

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Webber, C. W., interviewee.

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Smith, Ed, interviewee.

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Orr, Harriet Knight, interviewee.

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Gillespie, Andrew Springs, Mrs., interviewee.

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Roan, Mrs., interviewee.

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Fuller, E.O., 1875-1965,

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De France, Frank, interviewee.

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Lacey, Frank, interviewee.

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Sanger, Charles H., Mrs., interviewee.

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Ecoffey, Rose, interviewee.

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Link, Wallis, interviewee.

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Keeline, Harry W., interviewee.

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University of Wyoming.

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Hausseaux, Phil, interviewee.

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Catron, Milinda C., interviewee.

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Le Fors, Nettie, interviewee.

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Danks, Clayton, interviewee.

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

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Danks, Jimmy, interviewee.

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Carlisle, William L., 1880-,

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Metz, Percy W., 1883-1964

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Percy W. Metz (1883-1964) was an attorney with a practice in Basin, Wyoming. He served as prosecuting attorney for the area which would become Bighorn County, 1908-1913. Wyoming Governor Joseph M. Carey appointed Metz as the first judge of the Fifth Judicial District in the newly created Bighorn County, where he served until retirement in 1950. From the description of Percy W. Metz papers, 1870-1964. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 85459364 ...

Holliday family.

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Hoskins, A. D., interviewee.

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Ross, Andrew, interviewee.

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Horn, Tom, 1860-1903

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Palmer, Axel, interviewee.

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Robbins, Benjamin, Mrs., interviewee.

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Wallis, O., Mrs., interviewee.

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Thorp, Russell, 1877-1968

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Prominent Wyoming cattleman and founding member of the Wyoming Pioneer Association. From the description of Russell Thorp, Jr., collection, 1874-1967. (Wyoming State Archives). WorldCat record id: 70958876 ...

Nelson, Aven, 1859-1952

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Nelson (1859-1952), a noted botanist of the rocky mountain states, was a faculty member of the University of Wyoming from 1886-1942. Born in Iowa and attending schools in Missouri, he was hired as one of the first faculty members of the University of Wyoming. He was appointed professor of Biology as well as serving in several other capacities for the University, including Professor of Botany (1907-1930s), Curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium (1894-1942), which he developed through a specimen ...

McDonald, W. H., interviewee.

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Flagg, George, interviewee.

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Peterson, Eli, interviewee.

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Pollard, H., interviewee.

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