Papers, 1907-1937.

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Papers, 1907-1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31349138

Collection contains a photograph album and photographs of the Sass family and of dam construction in Wyoming and other places in the western U.S. (1907-1937); 2 1910 issues of "The Dam Weekly," a newsletter for the workers of the Jackson Lake Dam; a manuscript written by Sass' wife, Libbie Lzcar Sass, entitled "The Lone Star Involuntary Benevolent Society" which describes a robbery during a stagecoach trip through Yellowstone National Park in 1907; a photo book by Stephen N. Leek, "The Elk: Their Homes and Habits" (ca. 1910); and miscellaneous other materials.

.35 cubic ft. (1 box)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7311212

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...

Sass, R. V., (Robert Vincent)

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Sass was a foreman and mechanic with the U.S. Reclamation Service. From 1910-1916 he worked at the Jackson Lake Dam in Teton County, Wyoming, near Jackson. After 1917 he worked on a variety of water reclamation projects in the western United States. From the description of Papers, 1907-1937. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31349138 ...

Sass, Libbie Lzcar.

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Leek, S. N. (Stephen Nelson), 1858-1943

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Stephen Nelson Leek (1858-1943) was one of the earliest settlers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was born in Turkey Point, Ontario, Canada and lived in Kearney, Nebraska, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before moving to Wyoming sometime around 1882. He worked on several ranches in southeast Wyoming before settling permanently in Jackson Hole between 1886 and 1888 where he homesteaded a ranchsite three miles south of the present town of Jackson. Stephen Leek was a hunter, trapper, dude rancher and guide a...

Sass family.

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