Annals of Wyoming
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 20,90 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Wyoming
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 20,90 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Wyoming
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Author : James Chisholm
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803258242
"James Chisholm was a staff writer For The Chicago Tribune sent to report on the gold strike made in the late 1860s at one of the great historical features of the continent?South Pass on the western trails. His journal, illustrated by himself, Is a graceful, observant narrative full of the real essence of frontier mining camp life."?Library Journal. "Chisholm had a lively sense of humor, An engaging frankness, and a fine eye for landscape. He was also a candid social critic."?Rocky Mountain News. "Lovers of the Old West will buy Chisholm's Journal and never part with it."?Pacific Historical Review. "If South Pass failed to produce gold in the paying quantities James Chisholm's miners thought it would, Chisholm himself produced finer, more lasting gold in his journal account of Wyoming's short-lived gold rush. His journal exudes the smell of sagebrush and scenic panoramas, Of torrential rain storms and night packing, Of being small in a big land, and of honest, earthy people who, In business-like fashion, went about the task of risking life, limb, health, and what small fortunes they had, To hit the big one. Chisholm sees with unpretentious eyes. His is an honest appraisal from a detached journalist, leavened with self-effacing humor. His prose is clean and clear. it can be read aloud and remembered."?Charles E. Rankin, editor of Montana the Magazine of Western History. Lola M. Homsher was director of the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department.
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File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2021-08-30
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ISBN : 9780984205592
Beautifully illustrated works of art by the late artist David G. Paulley from a 1990 Wyoming Centennial Project depicting Wyoming's unique historical legacy. New narratives describing each historical event included by Dr. Jeremy M. Johnston.
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Wyoming
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Author : Patrick T. Holscher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1625846991
Wyoming might be known as the least populous state, but this land of mountains and prairies is home to enough history to provide an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. On September 6, 1870, Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote, and on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. JCPenney opened its doors in Kemmerer on April 14, 1902, while May 1, 1883, marks Buffalo Bill Cody's very first Wild West Show. Join Pat Holscher on a day-by-day look at some of the Equality State's most fascinating factoids.
Author : T. A. Larson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 35,3 MB
Release : 1990-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803279361
"The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.
Author : Charles Miner
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 1845
Category : Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
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Author : Alyson Hagy
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1555970508
An unsentimental vision of the west, new and old, comes to life in a gritty new collection of stories by the author of Snow, Ashes In Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy explores the hardscrabble lives and terrain of America's least-populous state. Beyond the tourist destinations of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone lies a less familiar and wilder frontier defined by the tension wrought by abundance and scarcity. A young runaway with a big secret slips across the state border and steals a collie pup from the Meeker County fairgrounds. A chorus of trainmen details a day spent laying rail across the Wyoming Territory, while contemporary voices describe life in the oil and gas fields near Gillette. A traveling preacher is caught up in a deadly skirmish between cattle rustlers and ranchers on his way from Rawlins to the Indian reservation on the Popo Agie River. Locals and activists clash when a tourist makes an archaeological discovery near Hoodoo Mountain. With spirited, lyrical prose, Hagy expertly weaves together Wyoming's colorful pioneer and speculator history with the notoften- heard voices of petroleum workers, thrill-seeking rock climbers, and those left behind by the latest boom and bust.
Author : William James Betenson
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 9781937147228
"Biography about the exploits of outlaw Butch Cassidy during his time spent in Wyoming, written by his great-nephew W.J. "Bill" Betenson"--
Author : Larry K. Brown
Publisher : Highlights for Children
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,92 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780931271564
Historian Larry Brown once again uses his incredible research skills to bring the Old West to life. In this third volume of Brown's territorial crime series, he introduces us to the twenty-three women who served time in Old Wyoming's penitentiary.What did these women, wearing frills, lace, and their best bonnets for their mug shots, do to deserve time behind bars? Anna Bruce baked poison into her father's plum pie; Anna Trout abandoned her grandson in a train depot; Stella Gatlin found her kleptomania didn't mix with her work as a postmaster; Eliza Big Jack Stewart shot a man in the neck at a dance.The photographs in this book alone make it worth the price.