Curtis Spatz papers, 1902-1975.

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Curtis Spatz papers, 1902-1975.

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The Curtis Spatz papers contain photographs of grading machinery working on road projects in Wyoming (1918-1959) and two photograps of a sleigh ride in Minnesota (1902). There is also correspondence between the Inland Construction Company in Omaha, Nebraska and Curtis Spatz (1936-1955), a notice of auction of Inland Construction Company's assets (1958), a plat map of Calico Hill (early 1900s), newspaper articles regarding Curtis Spatz (1973, 1994), and two audio cassettes containing an oral history of the Spatz family (1994).

0.25 cubic feet (1 box)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178468

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Inland Construction Company

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Spatz Heavy Construction Company.

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Spatz, Curtis.

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Curtis Spatz was born in 1897 in Minnesota. His family moved to Hillsdale, Wyoming in 1907. His father was a farmer who also sold tractors and farm implements, and built roads. Curtis Spatz started to work with him in 1914. They built most of the tarred roads in Wyoming. Curtis Spatz spent two seasons with the Wyoming Highway Department, and upon the death of his father went to work for the Inland Construction Company in Omaha, Nebraska (1936-1955). He then founded the Spatz Heavy Construction C...