William C. Rogers papers, 1926-1993.
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Calamity Jane, 1852-1903
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Calamity Jane, born Martha Jane Canary, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. She is said to have exhibited compassion to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure. She ...
Rogers, William C., active 19th century
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William C. Rogers was born in 1906 and, as a mechanical engineer, worked in railroad construction and research, 1930-1969. He had a wide range of interests including book collecting, Calamity Jane, and windmills. He lived on the Triple R Ranch on the Fletcher Park Route near Wheatland, Wyoming in the summer and in Nebraska and Mexico during the rest of the year. He published a reprint of a pamphlet by Calamity Jane. He reprinted two small Union Pacific books, one related to fossils and the other...
Scully, Virginia
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Virginia McCormick Scully was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1898. She attended Central High School but her parents stopped her from attending college. She followed the church-guild junior league route and became a reporter on the Grand Rapids Press. One of her short stories gained the attention of John Farrar in New York. With his encouragement she migrated to Paris and then to New York where she served as a scriptwriter during the day and a publicity blurb writer by night. She ...
Union Pacific Corporation
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