Tenderfoot Finds Real West With Wyoming Immigrants
A fledgling observer travels from Chicago to a Wyoming cow country valley. He meets men with Ivy League roots and drives through irrigation projects, mining prospects, and town-site surveys as civil engineers lay out forty acres for a new community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Robinson
Chicago
Wyoming
State Street
Tenderfoot
Custer
Cnquld
Michigan
Yale
Iowa
Princeton
Indiana
Stanford
Ann Arbor
Amherst
Cornell
Boston Technical
Northwestern
Jinmelf
Local ranch and business notes from Big Piney region
Commissioner O Neill turned out cattle on Cottonwood range for summer. Atwood estimates a new C P MacGlashan residence on Black Avenue. Al Osterhout elected Roundup foreman and F A Fear treasurer at Big Piney Stockmens Association. New store building planned on Budd Avenue with glass front. Jack Blansitt returns from Opal with freight to Ind. Herman Brockway arrives from Douglas to manage his late son’s affairs. Old Big Piney Hotel corrals torn down. Heitz to build on the lots. C H Kelley from Daniel back from Lava Hot Springs noting limited accommodations. Dr Shipp busiest between measles and babies. Fred Coolidge arrives from Laramie to move 250,000 yards dirt for Lake Hattie irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Coolidge
Laramie
High Outfit
Lake Hattie Irrigation Company
Wine Glass cattle notice from Hanes and Haley range owners
Notice requests assistance locating cattle named wine glass cattle. Owner E. H. Bhideler of Big Piney says Hanes and Haley hold a half interest in remaining cattle and asks informants to notify Lot W. Haley at Halfway of any sightings.
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Hanes and Haley
Hanes & Haley
W. Haley
Wine Glass
E. H. Bhideler
Westward Dream: Towns Rise as Ranchers Seek Promised Prosperity
The text sketches a West that will sprout mercantile banks, schools, libraries, and churches as wagon roads, bridges, and circuits of steel connect Green River to Pacific markets. It honors settlers drawn from distant states, the lure of Ores and farms, and a thriving, developing Rocky Mountain region.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain Region
Green River Valley
d’Piney
Missouri River
Pacife
Continental Divide
Pathfinder
Platte
South Pass
Green
Snake River
Oregon
Portland
Panama
Shops Division
Standard Midland
Corpus Christa
Texas
Butte
Montana
Durango
San Juan
Moals
Unita
Mountain View
Granger
de'Piney
Bondurant Jackson
National Park
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The
First National Bank of
Rock Springs
Daniel
the Daitier Hotel
W. R. Gilkey
C. P. MacGlashan
BIG Piney Examiner
Postoffic
Big Piney
Locat Norices
Reapaxo Norices
Burlington
Big Horn Range
Sheridan
Casper
Hill
O'Neil
Bridgport
Sweetwater
North Fork
Piney
Sioux City
Omaha
Pacific
McLean
Booth Pass
Palmer House
Cottonwood Range
Atwood
Black Avenue
Big Piney Stockmens Association
al Osterhout
F. A. Fear
Mr. C. P. MacCilashan
Cottonwood Land and Live Stock Company
Mra. Carlin
Examiner
Budd Avenue
Jack Blansitt
Opal
Ind Mra
Blansitt
Herman Brockway
Bert Brockway
Douglas
Big Piney Hotel
C. H. Kelley
Lava Hot Springs
Idaho
Lako Points
Kelley
Kemmerer Steam Laundry
Olase Bethes
Deering
Alfalfa Renovators
Potato de Maline Cultivators
General Merchandise
Big Piney Mercantile Company
Big Piney, Wyo
Washington
Scheidler & Black
State Bank of
Emporium
the Kemmerer Hotel
Rooms & Cusra
Proraumoss
Kuwaanas, Wromixe
Pioneer Hotel of
Kemmerer
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