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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Rooney
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 835
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Item Description:
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Rooney, William - Biographical information for W. [William] D. Rooney; Mrs. Effie Brown Rooney (wife); "A Family of First Settlers", interviewed by Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Effie Brown Rooney
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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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Oct. 29, 1870, at Maxwell (Buffalo Co., Neb.)
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Notes:
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owned and managed Rooney Hospital (1931)
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Notes:
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Rooney, Mrs. Effie Brown (wife, born: 1878 at Fort Smith, Ark. - married: Feb. 14, 1901, at Gillette, Wyo. - died: ? - buried: ?)
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Notes:
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Lions Club (Gillette, Wyo.)
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2 children: Grace and Wilford
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died: Dec. 3, 1943 (age: 73)
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buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery (Memorial ID: 158994645) at Gillette (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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bull whacking freighter or Indian goods (1880)
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Odd Fellows lodge
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Baptist
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Notes:
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Gillette (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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J. P. horse outfit, employee
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Notes:
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Hard Winter Davis's Spectacle Ranch, employee (Wyo. - 1889)
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Western Union Beef Co. employee on Half Circle L Ranch (near Gillette, Wyo. - 1892)
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Notes:
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Wildcat (Wyo.)
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first attended school (Sidney (Neb. - 1876)
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Notes:
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graduated from high school (Crawford, Neb. - 1894)
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Notes:
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cowboy (on Snake Creek ranches for Johnnie Smith and Col. Mabry)
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Notes:
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rancher and stockman
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Notes:
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riding for horse outfit, owned by Self and Gregory, near Lusk, Wyo.
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Notes:
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V. T. Van Tassell outfit on Running water, cowboy
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Notes:
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Bell, Tom (ranch owner - employee)
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Burlington Railroad bridge gane, worker
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Lusk (Wyo. Terr. - 1887)
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wolf hunter on Cheyenne River (1893)
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Pugsley outfit worker
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homesteaded on Half Circle Meadow (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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government scout - Ute Indians left Utah reservation to enter Wyoming
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Notes:
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owned-operated livery and feed barn (Gillette, 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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