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by Kenneth L. and Lenore L. Diem WSHS 1999 Publications Award Nominated by the Albany County Chapter ISBN: 0931895537 This well-documented paperback book of 198 pages is a detailed history with 119 Figures and 655 References. The major emphasis of this account is on the northern Jackson Hole area, beginning with the formation of Yellowstone Park in 1872 and extending through 1920. It is a story of isolation and the factors which influenced the events that took place: the adjacent mountains and the associated harsh climate; the dominant position and notoriety of Yellowstone National Park; and the people who promoted, developed, politicized, exploited and protected the natural resources of northern Jackson Hole.
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by John D. McDermott WSHS 1999 Publications Award ISBN: 080328246X From the back cover: From 1854 to 1890, the U. S. military engaged in wars with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U. S. government often did nothing to stop settlers from expanding into Indian territory. Some Indians fled, and others attempted to coexist with the newcomers, but many fought against the loss of homelands and traditional ways of life. "A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West" tells why these wars occurred and who the participants were. The author explains the circumstances underlying battles, analyzes the significance of events, discusses the results, and fits the episodes into the larger historical drama. He includes information on the equipment, organization, and lifeways of the combatants. The influence of literature, film, and art is examined. This detailed, helpful guide leads students, tourists, and history buffs to over one hundred historic sites, battlefields, monuments, parks, and museums in seventeen western states.
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by Anne Willson Whitehead This book details the history of Manville, a town in central eastern Wyoming, founded in 1886 as a railway shipping point for livestock. The history of its business establishments, from the earliest days through the 1920's, tells the story of an early Wyoming town that faded in the aftermath of a decline in production from the nearby Lance Creek oil field. The book was nominated for a Publication Award from the Wyoming State Historical Society. (1998, paperback, index, footnotes, photos, map, chronology, 174 pages.)
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by Ester Johansson Murray This book, published in 1996 by Lone Eagle Multimedia, Cody, Wyoming, shows the natural, political, economic, recreational, subsistence, social and developmental history of the area from the Buffalo Bill Reservoir to the East Gates of Yellowstone Park. This history, which roughly covers1850 to 1940, includes photos and maps. It is out of print, but is available at Wyoming's system of public libraries. |
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by Bruce Blevins ISBN: 1893771008 From the back cover: The book is a history of the lake in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in maps from 1807 to 1908. A brief review of the early explorers from the United States is included. The early probes into this territory were for beaver fur acquisitions, military surveys and as transits to other lands. The book is not a historical research project, rather it is designed to entertain and interest a person in maps and the early exploration of the Rocky Mountains. 24 pages.
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by Bruce Blevins ISBN: 1893771024 From the back cover: The book is a history of the Teton Mountains, Wyoming in maps from 1807 to 1920. Details are provided on the early explorations around the Teton Mountain Range and the naming of the Three Tetons. A case is made for the transposition of the Teton name from the Three Buttes on the Snake River Plain in Idaho to the present terrain feature. 33 pages.
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by Kenneth L. Diem, Lenore L. Diem, William Lawrence ISBN: 0941570037 On July 15, 1977, the University of Wyoming / National Park Service Research Center was relocated from Moran, Wyoming, to the facilities of the Berol AMK Ranch which the National Park Service had recently acquired in Grand Teton National Park. Kenneth Diem became Director of the Research Center. This publication tells the complex history of the three owners of the property (John D. Sargent, William L. Johnson, Alfred C. Berol) and William C. Lawrence who lived and worked on the ranch. Their lives and times were an important part of the history of northern Jackson Hole from 1890 to 1983. This paperback book of 95 pages contains 295 reference citations and 99 historical photographs.
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by Mabel E. Brown and Elizabeth Thorpe Griffith Published by News Letter Journal P.O. Box 40, Newcastle, Wyoming 82701 From the front cover: In the beginning there were three towns. Cambria flourished for forty years; Field City - alias Tubb Town after a brief hey-day, moved en masse to Newcastle - "and then there was one."
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Facts and Maps Through Time by Bruce Blevins ISBN: 1893771040 From the back cover: This book is a review that draws heavily on maps and official records to look at what would become Big Horn County, Wyoming. Present-day Big Horn County territory is reviewed from 1492 through the creation of the final country boundaries. Forty-four current and former places within Big Horn County are included in the narrative; of which only thirteen are shown on the Wyoming State Official highway map of today. 81 pages.
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by Lori Van Pelt WSHS 2000 Publications Award ISBN: 0931271495 Reviewer: Megan Johnson from Thayne, Wyoming Front row seat to the Wyoming West: In "Dreamers and Schemers", by Lori Van Pelt, the reader is given a front row seat into the personal lives of some of the more colorful men and women that carved out and settled Carbon County, Wyoming. The author has done a phenomenal job of pulling together the history of these people and bringing it to life for the reader. If you've ever wondered what it would have been like to be one of the first white men to walk in the Wind River Range or what the outlaws were really like back in the old west, this is the book for you.
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Edited by Mabel Brown Published by the Wyoming Commission for Women (Wyoming Council on Women's Issues) in cooperation with the Wyoming Arts Council From the back cover: "Mabel Brown's tireless, nationwide search has rescued from oblivion many interesting women who became wives of Wyoming Governors. Her admirable book incidentally casts light on their husbands as well. The book is a fascinating contribution to Wyoming history." - T.A. Larson, author and historian, says of "First Ladies". "...when she was ten years old, she gained special admission to a class in mental philosophy taught by William H. McGuffery, president of the Ohio State University. (McGuffey is best known for his series Eclectic Readers.)" - Nancy Peternal, Kemmerer, Wyoming, writes of Elisabeth Orpha Hoyt, wife of the third Territorial Governor of Wyoming. "I always told those who asked me that I had never yet had to stand in a street car in Wyoming." Louisa Carey would then laughingly continue, "Of course that was in the early 1890s and we didn't have a single street car in the whole state!" Her statement was in response to questions regarding treatment of women by men in Wyoming where the former had been granted suffrage. - Jamie Childs Ring, Casper College librarian, relates in the biography of Louisa David Carey. "In 1884, William took up a homestead and desert entry in the Big Horn Basin - he worked there three years preparing a home for his family. Harriet and her two daughters arrived in late autumn of 1886. When they arrived, they found that their new home was one large room with a dirt floor - and a sloping one at that! It was not up to Harriet's expectations..." - Evanston author Denice Wheeler writes of Harriet Alice Hunt Richards. |
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and the Lander Trail by Jermy Benton Wight Jermy Wight has written and compiled the history of Frederick W. Lander, a true patriot and "a man of John Wayne's proportions." This non-fiction history details the Lander Trail, a branch of the Oregon Trail from South Pass to Fort Hall in Idaho. Wight details the early history of western emigration across the United States and deftly explains the history of how and why Frederick Lander became involved and completed the trail. This book has 210 pages, 23 pictures, 4 charts and 3 foldout maps. It is an excellent story of western history and the opening of the western United States.
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by Dr. Taft Alfred Larson, Jack Brodie (Illustrator) ISBN: 0803279361 The History of Wyoming explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This 2nd edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included in the previous edition. From the Back Cover: "This remains the book of Wyoming history for anyone seeking a one-volume overview of frontier events in this western state." -Western American Literature "[This] may be the finest state history ever written. . . . Required reading for anyone with pretensions to knowledge about the West - past, present, future." -San Francisco Chronicle "An unequalled historical work for the use of serious students or interested laymen alike. . . . Absorbing and readable." -In Wyoming "A fine history of Wyoming. It is candid, well-balanced. . . . Wyoming should be proud it possesses a historian of Dr. Larson's ability." -Denver Post Roundup "Stands as high as the Tetons that tower over Wyoming's millions of tourists every summer." -Boston Globe
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by Ruth M. Lamb, Mary Back (Illustrator) WSHS 2000 Publications Award ISBN: 096717340X Reviewer: Judy Bannon, Glens Falls, N.Y. Post Star, August 21, 1999 - AUTHOR RECOUNTS AUNT'S AMAZING LIFE JOURNEY Unafraid to try her hand at anything, Mary Cooper Back was a woman of many talents and trades. She excelled at all of them. In June 1930, at the age of 23, Back made a six-day solo hike along the Long Trail in Vermont's Green Mountains... Her journal on the trip reflects the philosophy she carried throughout her life: "I've a great flock of fly bites on the back of my neck and behind my ear. My collarbones are sore from the pack - but that's all I have to complain of. On the credit side, my tent is tight and firm and cozy. My bed was warm and my fire lasted all night. I've firewood enough for breakfast. The smoke is rising merrily and so is the sun. It is a beautiful day and the birds are singing."
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Facts and Maps Through Time by Bruce Blevins ISBN: 1893771032 From the back cover: This book is a review that draws heavily on maps and official records to look at what would become Park County, Wyoming. Present-day Park County territory is reviewed from 1492 through the creation of the county. Fifty-nine current and former places within Park County are included in the narrative; of which only twelve are shown on the Wyoming State Official highway map of today. 81 pages.
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by Anne Willson Whitehead Written for the 105th anniversary of the establishment of postal service in Manville, this book details the history of an early Wyoming town's post office. Manville, a town in central eastern Wyoming, was platted in 1886 when the railroad came into that area of Wyoming Territory. This book received a Publication Award from the Wyoming State Historical Society. (1992, bibliography, photos, fold-out map, 32 pages.)
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by Ester Johansson Murray rewritten by Meg Nicholson The Red Lodge-Meeteetse Trail, 1985, was desk-top published by the author in Billings, Montana. The book featured a history and overview of the trail from 1882 to 1901. The trail covered the land from Billings, Montana, to Lander, Wyoming. The book with maps and photos studied the impact on the surrounding areas. It is available through the Wyoming system of public libraries. The book is out of print. The Red Lodge-Meeteetse Trail, 1995, was updated and rewritten by Meg Nicholson. Nicholson worked from the original manuscript, and this book was republished by the Meeteetse Centennial Committee. This covers the same subject matter as the 1985 version and includes maps and photos. It is available through the Wyoming system of public libraries. |
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People & Places On the Road West by Robert L. Munkres Except by historians, mateur and professional, the members of the Bidwell-Bartleson party have been generally forgotten. This group was the first true emigrant train to cross South Pass. While the memory of these men has dimmed considerably, the road west which they followed has not, for the route they followed is one of the most famous in the history of human migration—the Oregon Trail. Saleratus & Sagebrush chronicles the journeys of these and many other emigrants on the trails west. Stories about the famous and indispensable Fort Bridger and Fort Laramie, the fork in the road at Soda Springs, women’s lives on the trail, the family dog, and tales of Indians, friendly and not-so-friendly are richly enhanced by photographs and several reproductions of works by William Henry Jackson.
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Home on the Range by Nancy Weidel WSHS 2002 Publications Award Nominated by the Albany & Platte County Chapters ISBN: 0931271649 Reviews: "Hardly anything has been written about sheep and nothing at all about sheepwagons. This photo-intensive book gives the fascinating history of the sheepwagon in words and pictures in a large format book. Learn of the early days of the Western sheep business; the origins and manufacturing of sheepwagons; learn of sheep herders: their superstitions, customs and pastimes; women who designed and lived in sheepwagons, the Basque influence, and modern day herders and sheepwagons. Many, many never-before published photographs. This history of the rolling architecture of the sheepwagon is both important and great fun!" - High Plains Press
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Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective by Chip Carlson WSHS 2002 Publications Award Nominated by the Platte County Chapter ISBN: 0931271592 Reviews: "Chip Carlson has spent decades researching the life and times of Tom Horn, and it has been a labor of love. As a result of this work he has assembled what is likely to be the definitive book on the famous gunman in a readable page-turner that is sure to both inform and entertain." - Dr. Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming "Who was Tom Horn: a Wild West man-hunter of a Wild West man-killer? Child-killer or framed for the murder of Willie Nickell? The evidence seems to point both ways, but researcher and biographer Chip Carlson has finally found answers to satisfy everyone." - Leon C. Metz, author of "John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas" and past president of Western Writers of America "Tom Horn was a famous frontier detective with a dark side that led to a controversial conviction and his being hanged for the shooting of a homesteader’s young son. Carlson examines Horn’s checkered past and raises strong questions about his guilt." - Elmer Kelton, voted All-Time Best Western Author by the Western Writers of America
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Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective by Chip Carlson WSHS 2002 Publications Award Nominated by the Platte County Chapter ISBN: 0931271592 Reviews: "Chip Carlson has spent decades researching the life and times of Tom Horn, and it has been a labor of love. As a result of this work he has assembled what is likely to be the definitive book on the famous gunman in a readable page-turner that is sure to both inform and entertain." - Dr. Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming "Who was Tom Horn: a Wild West man-hunter of a Wild West man-killer? Child-killer or framed for the murder of Willie Nickell? The evidence seems to point both ways, but researcher and biographer Chip Carlson has finally found answers to satisfy everyone." - Leon C. Metz, author of "John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas" and past president of Western Writers of America "Tom Horn was a famous frontier detective with a dark side that led to a controversial conviction and his being hanged for the shooting of a homesteader’s young son. Carlson examines Horn’s checkered past and raises strong questions about his guilt." - Elmer Kelton, voted All-Time Best Western Author by the Western Writers of America
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Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective by Chip Carlson WSHS 2002 Publications Award Nominated by the Platte County Chapter ISBN: 0931271592 Reviews: "Chip Carlson has spent decades researching the life and times of Tom Horn, and it has been a labor of love. As a result of this work he has assembled what is likely to be the definitive book on the famous gunman in a readable page-turner that is sure to both inform and entertain." - Dr. Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming "Who was Tom Horn: a Wild West man-hunter of a Wild West man-killer? Child-killer or framed for the murder of Willie Nickell? The evidence seems to point both ways, but researcher and biographer Chip Carlson has finally found answers to satisfy everyone." - Leon C. Metz, author of "John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas" and past president of Western Writers of America "Tom Horn was a famous frontier detective with a dark side that led to a controversial conviction and his being hanged for the shooting of a homesteader’s young son. Carlson examines Horn’s checkered past and raises strong questions about his guilt." - Elmer Kelton, voted All-Time Best Western Author by the Western Writers of America
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by T. J. Hanson ISBN: 0970584709 From the Author: The Oregon Trail had its beginnings in 1843 beneath the wagon wheels of the Oregon Emigrating Company, a group of disparate Americans with a common goal: to seek a new land and make it their own. The trail met its end in 1869 with the completion of the transcontinental railway. Western Passage is a detailed account of the Oregon Migration of 1843 in a "historical fiction" setting. In this context, the reader can enjoy the adventure as a participant, rather than as a student or scholar. During its twenty-five year history, the Oregon Trail essentially changed every year. From its rough beginnings grew an organized route. By 1846 ferries serviced most of the major river crossings, and fully-stocked supply depots awaited hungry travelers. Due to all the livestock driven west, the trail became a mile-wide swath of trampled ground, providing an easy road with no need for a guide. During the summers of 1849 and 1850, over 100,000 miners also followed the Oregon Trail, enroute to the California gold fields. By the 1850s, Mormons were using the trail as a source of income, supplying emigrants with food and equipment. As the railroad extended further west, many people took the train as far as they could before switching to the trail. Only the 1843 migration held the true adventure of entering an unknown land. Guides were needed to show the way; dangerous river crossings taxed the courage of everyone; the existing fur trading posts were unable to supply necessary food and other equipment; and the first emigrants had to build their own road because the Oregon Trail did not yet exist. Wagons had never been taken all the way to Oregon, and it was entirely possible that this great experiment might end in tragedy. It is this migration, 1843, to which we often attribute the adventure and romanticism of the Oregon Trail. While researching this book, I found information to be both scarce and scattered, requiring many months to form an outline of the complexity of this event. The popular myth of western migration, championed by film and television, depicts a wagon train of smiling emigrants, traveling down a well-worn road and fighting Indians at every turn. The truth is considerably different. Research sources included the Oregon Historical Society, several Oregon historical libraries, the Oregon State Archives, numerous probate records, military discharge papers, newspaper clippings, trail diaries, and cemetery headstones. I suspect that other sources of information are hidden away in the attics of various descendents, information that is essentially not available to the public. Appendix A provides a listing of the known emigrants that were part of the 1843 Oregon Emigrating Company, along with some brief biographical data. This appendix is nonfiction, providing new knowledge to the scholarly community and, it is hoped, inspiring other researchers to help fill in the gaps. The Oregon Migration of 1843 was a watershed moment in American history. It marked the end of the trapping era and the beginnings of civilization on the Western frontier. You are about to become part of that experience. Enjoy the journey! --T. J. Hanson July, 2001
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by Jon Billman WSHS 2000 Publications Award ISBN: 0375502580 From the Back Cover: "Jon Billman is a brilliant young writer with an astonishing range. These fresh and vivid stories are gritty, full of energy and humor, a sharp pleasure to read. Billman's feeling for rural backcountry, his knowledge of wildfire, baseball, bad weather and treacherous human hearts, mark him as an important emerging writer." -Annie Proulx "I think it's the best collection of stories to come out of the American West in recent times. Jon Billman is very gifted--I look forward eagerly to what he does next." -Larry McMurtry "An auspicious debut collection . . .this dream-breaking Wyoming proves remarkably rich ground for Billman, who possesses an eye for the irony and humor that sometimes flourish precisely because little else can." -The New York Times Book Review "The natural heir to flinty-eyed writers like McMurtry, Billman is lethally witty and wonderfully perverse." -OUTSIDE magazine "An excellent debut collection . . . strikingly vivid. There are no sepia tones here. The stories pulse with color, immediacy, and humor . . . even when love fails, the characters enjoy a kind of exquisite loneliness, as they extend the boundaries of an inner landscape." -The Wall Street Journal
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by Anne Willson Whitehead Written on the occasion of a Willson family reunion, this book tells the story of the establishment in 1880 of an historic Wyoming Centennial ranch located in the Running Water Valley of central eastern Wyoming. Now operated by a Willson family, the book also details the building of the Willson Brothers homestead cabin, which includes features typical of many such cabins built in Wyoming Territorial Days, but also features unique to the area. The book received a publications Award from the Wyoming State Historical Society. (1999, paperback, photos, 36 pages)
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by Dr.T.A. Larson Wyoming Historical Foundation "Wyoming's War Years, 1941-1945" by Wyoming's pre-eminent historian, Dr. T.A. Larson, was first published in 1954 by Stanford University Press. By the 1980s it was long out-of-print and hard to find on the rare book market. In 1993, with the arrival of the 50th anniversary of World War II, a decision was made by the Wyoming Historical Foundation to republish the book in a soft-cover format that would make it available once again to readers of Wyoming history. The reprint edition includes a new foreward by Dr. David Kathka. The text of the book provides detailed information about how the world war affected people in Wyoming. The book also provides a number of appendices, most notably a county-by-county listing of the 1095 Wyoming citizens who lost their lives in World War II.
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by Robert V. Goss From the back cover: "From the earliest days of the park's history, a visit to Yellowstone has usually included a visit to one of the many general stores. For the last 50 years that visit has been to Hamilton Stores, Inc., who held a monopoly on the general store business from 1953-2002. However, it hasn't always been like that. Although Charles Hamilton started his business at Old Faithful in 1915 and soon expanded his holdings to Lake and West Thumb, the stores at Mammoth and Canyon were run by several different operators until 1953. These included Jennie Ash, Lyall & Henderson, George Whittaker, Anna Pryor, and Elizabeth Trischman. Although their businesses have been touched on briefly in the history books, their lives and operations have mostly been forgotten. This is the story of one of those early pioneers - his life as a soldier and scout at Ft. Yellowstone before the days of the Park Service; his transition to civilian life as a storekeeper at Mammoth and Canyon; and his eventual move to West Yellowstone where he operated the Hayward Cabins and general store."
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