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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Ricketts
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 813
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Item Description:
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Ricketts, William - Biographical information for William Peter [W. P.] Ricketts; [William] Peter Ricketts; "A Letter to Wyoming Pioneers Attending the Pioneer Picnic at Devil's Tower, Crook County, Wyoming" by subject for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "W. P. Ricketts", Gillette News, 1905 edition; 3 undated letters from W. P. Ricketts, Gillette, Wyo., to Robert L. Irvine, Douglas, Wyo.; "Looking Backwards - A Tribute to L. H. Reed" by W. P. Ricketts, News-Record, Dec. 15, 1938; "History of Old Fort Laramie", no source, n.d.; "Star Valley Pioneer [re Ephraim Robinson]", from Mr. E. Robinson's scrapbook, n.d.; "Critically Ill" [profile pic] and "Youth is Held After Local Woman Shot", Sheridan Press, Nov. 23, 1941
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Creator:
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Mrs. Georgia Kelley
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Location:
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Gillette (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1938 November 9
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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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Feb. 9, 1859, at Lexington (Fayette Co., Ky.)
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Notes:
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Ricketts, Mrs. Nettie C. Wilson (1st wife, born: Mar. 19, 1869 - married: ? - died: Jan. 3, 1911 - buried: Mount Hope Cemetery at Lander, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Ricketts, Mrs. Johanna Barbara Eggan (2nd wife, born: Nov. 26, 1873, at Centralia, Ill. - married: ? - died: Dec. 27, 1941 - buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery at Sheridan, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Sunnyside Ranch
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Notes:
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died: Mar. 22, 1944 (age: 85), at Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery (Plot: Block 33, Lot 4 - Memorial ID: 55438671) at Sheridan
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Notes:
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Gillette (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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cowpuncher and stockgrower
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Notes:
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County Commissioner (Campbell Co., Wyo. -1912)
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Notes:
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Democratic District Representative, State Legislature (Wyo., 1911)
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Notes:
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flour mill worker (Longmont, Colo.)
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Notes:
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Elks Club member
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Notes:
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Christian
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Notes:
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Rawhide Ranch
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Notes:
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Old Settlers Assoc. (Devil's Tower, Wyo. - Jun., 1937)
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Notes:
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Sundance (Wyo. - Apr., 1886)
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Notes:
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Weir, Charles G. - North American Cattle Co., president (travel companion)
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Notes:
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climbed Devil's Tower with Bill Rogers (Jul. 4, 1893)
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Notes:
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leased Lady Mackenzie's ranch on Belle Fourche River (winter, 1910-1911)
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Notes:
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acquired elementary and high school education (Liberty (Mo. - 1860)
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Notes:
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AL ranch employee (Chugwater, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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worked for G. A. Searight (Cheyenne, Wyo. Terr.; 1876 - 1879)
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Notes:
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employee of W. C. Irvine at his Y Ranch near Douglas (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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helped build the stone house on the Goose Egg Ranch on Poison Spider Creek near Casper (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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manager, Western Union Beef Co., aka Half-Circle L outfit
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Notes:
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Reed, Lora Harold (Western Union Beef Co. male employee)
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Notes:
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Hubert Andy Barber, age 16, shoots-wounds Mrs. W. P. Rickets (Sherian, Wyo. - Nov. 21, 1941)
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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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