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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Mike Murphy
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 703
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Item Description:
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Murphy, Mike - Biographical information for Michael "Mike" Murphy; "The Honorable Mike Murphy", interviewed by Mrs. Edith K. Alger; "Lander Has First Oiled Road in Wyoming"
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Creator:
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Mrs. Edith K. Alger
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Location:
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Lander (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1938 December 13
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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South Pass (Wyo. - 1868)
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Notes:
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died: Apr. 8, 1905, at ". . . Casper, Wyoming, while on the way home to Lander."
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Notes:
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buried: Mount Hope Cemetery (Memorial ID: 113131263) at Lander (Fremont Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Idaho (appointed by Gov. Wallace as 1st County Clerk and Recorder, Boise Co. - 1862)
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Notes:
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Lander (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Surveyor, U. S. Deputy--Nebraska (under John Calhoun, 1854)
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Notes:
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mercantile business--Wyoming
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Notes:
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miner--Wyoming
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Notes:
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Senator, Douglas Co. (Neb. Terr.)
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Notes:
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Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska (prior to Wyoming)
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Notes:
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Colorado (1859)
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Notes:
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Senator (Wyo. - 1890)
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Notes:
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prospector--Montana
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Notes:
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White Pine (Nev.), "excitement"
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Notes:
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Carbon Co. Legislature (Wyo., 1875)
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Oil Springs and Mining Transporttion Co., owner and manager (Wyo., 1883)
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Notes:
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Nickerson, Capt. H. G. (oil field prospector)
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Notes:
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Grauf, John (oil field prospector)
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Notes:
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Oil Mountain, patented (Aug. 28, 1882)
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Notes:
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Little Popo Agie home (Wyo. - d: Apr. 15, 1905
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Notes:
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Rawlins (Wyo. - 1871)
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Notes:
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Mt. Hope Cemetery burial (Lander, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Dallas Oil Field driller and owner (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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first oiled road (Lander, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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inventor of oiled roads
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Notes:
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born: Jan. 6, 1835, in West Virginia [or Pennsylvania]
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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