Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 72

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Lou Blakesly
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 72
Item Description: 
Blakesly, Lou - Biographical information for Lewis William "Lou" Blakesly; "Wyoming Pioneer and County Officer Dead", published in fall, 1926; Mrs. Louella Blakesly
Creator: 
Venda L. Burnam
Location: 
Basin (Wyo.)
Date: 
1941 May 7
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Lander (Wyo.)
Notes: 
school teacher
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Yellowstone Timber Reservation supervisor
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Big Horn Canyon
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Superintendent of Water
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County Clerk
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Basin Republican
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Clipper
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Terry Ranch
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Horse Creek
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School Principal
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County Commissioner
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International Order of Odd Fellows
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Modern Woodmen
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Chamber of Commerce secretary
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Goose Berry Ranch
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Big Horn Basin Pioneer Association
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Methodist
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Blakesly, Mrs. Louella Knott
Notes: 
born: Apr. 8, 1868, in Mason Co. (Ill.)
Notes: 
newspaper printer
Notes: 
Schendel, Louella "Billie" Knott Blakesly (wife, born: 1873 – married: 1892 – died: 1959 - age: 85-86)
Notes: 
Hyattville (Wyo.)
Notes: 
children: Edna V., Frances Olivell, Hazel and Lou (Jr.)
Notes: 
died: Sep. 6, 1926 (age: 58) of " . . . extended illness" at Basin (Big Horn Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
buried: Mount View Cemetery (Plot: Lot 3, Block 38 - Memorial ID: 51830087) at Basin
Notes: 
Knott, Miss Louella
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Angus McDonald
Notes: 
Big Horn Basin
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Owl Mountains
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Greybull Valley
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Tatman Mountain
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Brown Ranch
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Wind River Mountaineer
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Webster Ranch
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Otto (Wyo.)
Notes: 
Big Horn County
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Otto Courier newspaper
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Bonanza (Wyo.)
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Republican Party County Chairman
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Postmaster
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farmer
Notes: 
rancher
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
Text