Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project, 1947-1956.

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Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project, 1947-1956.

Interviews with people who were early residents of Wyoming. Interviews were conducted between 1947 and 1956 by employees of the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Topics include life in Laramie, Hanna, Douglas, and other towns; politics and government; ranching; Camp Fire Girls; crime; Yellowstone Park; Buffalo Bill's Wild West show; University of Wyoming; Tom Horn; a World War II war bride; mining; and the Johnson County War. Includes some interviews with Native Americans.

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University of Wyoming.

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Link, Wallis,

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Webber, C.W.,

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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...

Webb, Janet Mercer,

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Corthell family.

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Ross, Andrew,

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King, Herbert Hiram

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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 ...

De France, Frank,

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Sanger, Charles H., Mrs.,

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Ledbetter, Jack

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Pollard, Hugh B. C. (Hugh Bertie Campbell), 1888-

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Wallis, O., Mrs.,

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Roan, Mrs.,

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Hodgson, Mary Ellen,

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Brown, B.E., Mrs.,

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Catron, Milinda C.,

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Fuller, E.O., 1875-1965,

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Palmer, Axel,

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Flagg, George

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Radcliff, Mr.,

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Wilson, C.,

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Cahill, T. Joe,

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Brink, Herbert

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Danks, Clayton,

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Flagg, Oscar H., 1861-

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Graham, W. (William), 1928-

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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...

Dunn, Charles A. R., 1895-

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Virginia musician and composer. From the description of Drawings [manuscript], 1937. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647847844 ...

Harnden, Grant,

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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...

Stanley, Clyde L.,

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

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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 ...

Wyoming Pioneers Oral History project.

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Hawkins, Mary (Mary Louise)

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Field, John Edward

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Hoskins, A.D.,

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Camp Fire Girls

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Keeline, Harry W.,

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Lee, I.M., Mrs.,

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Orr, Harriet Knight,

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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 ...

Butler, H.R., Mrs.,

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Winninger, Mabel Buell,

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Moreland, Mim Corthell,

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Horn, Tom, 1860-1903

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Danks, Jimmy,

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King, Herbert R., 1914-

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Miller, R.B.,

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Alsop, John DeKevon

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John DeKevon Alsop was a son of Tom Alsop, a Wyoming pioneer rancher. The Alsop ranch was founded in 1874 and was located 15 miles northwest of Laramie. John DeKevon Alsop's mother sold the Alsop Ranch in the early 1900s and moved the family to Utah. From the description of Oral history interview with John DeKevon Alsop, 1951. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 77561155 John D. Alsop was elected to the Connecticut State Legislature in 1946...

Smith, Ed,

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Farthing, Charles F., Dr

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Ecoffey, Rose,

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Condit, E.W.,

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Bellamy, Mary G.,

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Lacey, Franklin

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Le Fors, Nettie,

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Carlisle, William L., 1880-,

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Robbins, Benjamin (Teacher)

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Teacher, of Winthrop, Me. From the description of Diaries, 1810-1816. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70975596 Army officer. From the description of Discharge of Benjamin Robbins, 1806. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449557 ...

Gillespie, Andrew Springs, Mrs.,

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Hausseaux, Phil,

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Peterson, Elizabeth

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Holliday family.

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McDonald, W. H.

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