Robert Bartlett Rhode papers, 1978-1987.

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Robert Bartlett Rhode papers, 1978-1987.

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The Robert Bartlett Rhode collection contains research materials for Rhode's book on Rock Springs, Wyoming. He documents events such as the massacre of Chinese coal miners, September, 1885; the career of lawman, Ed Cantrell, in the 1970s and 1980s; and the corruption scandal of Rock Springs Mayor, Keith West, who owned the Desert Oil Company.

2.25 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7973894

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Rhode, Robert Bartlett, 1916-

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Robert Bartlett Rhode was born and raised in central Wyoming. He attended the University of Wyoming and graduated with a degree in journalism. Rhode was a reporter and editor for many Wyoming newspapers and was a professor of journalism at the University of Colorado, University of Southern California, and University of Denver. His first two books were about photography. He wrote "Booms and Busts on Bitter Creek: A History of Rock Springs" in 1987 after he had retired. "Booms and Busts" documents...

Cantrell, Ed, 1927-2004

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West, Keith, 1955-

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