The Oregon Trail

…Green River, near the mouth of Horse Creek, and a large rendezvous soon assembled. The news of the coming of the “Black Robe,” as the Indians called Father de Smet,…

Fur Traders and Trappers

…Fervais bought the controlling interest in their company, which was then called the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. In the meantime the Missouri Fur Company had been attracted to the rich…

Marks and Brands of Albany County Wyoming, 1871-1880

The Newman Ranch on the Niobrara, about 1886.— Photo by courtesy P. H. Waddill of Gordon, Nebraska

…Morer, Motley, Mulhern, Murphy, Murray, Nash, Nellis, Nelson, Newell, Newland, Nottage, O’Brien, Olson, Overman, Pasco, Patton, Pease, Phelps, Phillips, Pickford, Prager, Pringle, Punker, Rankin, Raymond, Rearson, Reed, Reid, Richards, Richardson,…

Lincoln County, Wyoming History

…S. Kemmerer of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in organizing a coal company called the Kemmerer Coal Company. Some railroad officials were associated with them in the Short Line Development Company, under…

History of Fort D. A. Russell

…through a new sand filter and purifying plant built by the city of Cheyenne at a cost of $80,000. The entire water system cost about $2,000,000 of which the United…

Early Settler of Evanston, Wyoming

…1870 Jesse L. Atkinson, who had been engaged in getting out poles for the railroad company at Piedmont, bought out Fairbanks and the Evanston Lumber Company was formed. There were…

Shoshone Indians of Uinta County, Wyoming

…saw his dear “old Indian mother” again. Washakie was five feet ten inches in height, and was well built and commanding in appearance. The similarity of his features to those…

Vicinity of Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming

…report. ITS PLACE IN HISTORY 187 the Mountain Oil Companies. The last three named were combined under the Mountain Oil Company, and this company has held on and has produced…

Wyoming Military Records

…– Confederate Medal of Honor Recipients Ancestry.com American Civil War Battle Summaries American Civil War General Officers American Civil War Pension Index American Civil War Regiments American Civil War Service…

Physical Features of Uinta County, Wyoming

…hundred feet, the winters of Western Wyoming are long and severe, but so dry is the air and so abundant the sunshine that the newcomer from lower-lying regions feels inclined…

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