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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Otto Plaga
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 772
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Item Description:
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Plaga, Otto - Biographical information for Otto William Plaga; postcard pics of subject; "Otto W. Plaga, Westerner", interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life";
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Creator:
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Mrs. Minnie A. Rietz
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Location:
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Wheatland (Wyo.)L
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Date:
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1938 December 1
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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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Laramie (Wyo. Terr. - 1879)
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Notes:
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Saratoga (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Casper (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Lutheran
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Notes:
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cowboy, federal service
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Notes:
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Deputy Sheriff (Sep. 1926)
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Notes:
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Mason
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Odd Fellows Lodge
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attempted to ride famed "Old Steamboat" bucking bronc (o/a 1898)
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Secret Service employee (Mexico - 1910-1914), U. S. Government
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Southern Pacific Railway Co. special agent (May, 1914-Oct., 1918)
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alcohol still explosion, badly injured on prohibition enforcement assignment
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City Marshal (Wheatland, Wyo. - Jun. 1919-Jun., 1922)
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Colorado and Southern Railway Co. special agent (Jun., 1922 - Mar. 1923)
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Federal Prohibition and Revenue officer (Mar., 1923 - Sep., 1926)
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suffered loss of hand while in service as peace officer (Saratoga, Wyo._
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Notes:
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born: Dec. 3, 1877 [or 1878] at New York City (N. Y.)
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Notes:
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subject's family ranch on Sybille /Creek ranch (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Plaga, Mrs. Carol Jean [or Jeanne] Knudson (wife, born: Jun. 19, 1900 - married: Mar. 31, 1928 - died: Jun. 13, 1975 - buried: Wheatland Cemetery at Wheatland, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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no children
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died: Mar. 18, 1949 (age: 71)
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buried: Wheatland Cemetery (Plot: Row 41, Block 4W, Lot 9 - Memorial ID: 94031299) at Wheatland (Platte Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Rawlins (Wyo.)
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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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