COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Thomas Montgomery
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 678
Item Description:
Montgomery, Thomas - Biographical information for Thomas Leroy [or LeRoy] "Roy" Montgomery; "From Waterboy to Mayor", subject interviewed by Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Dead Shot Spike Writes" by Walter L. Lavering, Gillette News, Nov. 29, 1912
Creator:
Mrs. Georgia Kelley
Location:
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date:
1938 November 9
Notes:
Sundance (Wyo. - 1894)
Notes:
Gillette (Wyo.) Hotel owner-proprietor
Notes:
Montgomery, Anna Warkow (wife - m: 1903)
Notes:
no children
Notes:
born: Sep. 14, 1875, at Bushnell (McDonough Co. [or Schuyler Co.] Ill.)
Notes:
Montgomery, Mrs. Ann Warkow (wife, born: Sep. 15, 1880 - married: 1903 - died: May 27, 1936 - buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery at Gillette, Wyo.)
Notes:
Montgomery, Gertrude Christinck (wife, born: Jul. 26, 1888 - married: ? - died: Aug. 17, 1974 - buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery at Gillette, Wyo.)
Notes:
Gillette (Wyo.)
Notes:
died: Feb. 1, 1949 (age:73) at Gillette (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery (Memorial ID: 325722146) at Gillette
Notes:
Campbell Co.
Notes:
Lions Club
Notes:
cowboy and stockman
Notes:
Mayor, Gillette (Wyo. - 1814-1816)
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Fortification Creek Ranch, cattle and sheep (1898)
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Rock Island Railroad time keeper
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Buffalo Hump saloon proprietor (Gillette, Wyo.)
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railroad gang water boy (1887)
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baseball player (Trenton, Mo., 2 seasons)
Notes:
101 Outfit
Notes:
4 J Ranch, near Gillette (Wyo.)
Type:
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