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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Thad Sowder
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Thad Sowder
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Collection Name:
WPA Collection
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
WPA Bio 890
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WPA Bio 890
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Item Description:
Sowder, Thad - Biographical information for Martin Thadeus "Thad" Sowder; "Thad Sowder, Rider", interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Thad Sowder", News Record, Mar. 19, 1931
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Sowder, Thad - Biographical information for Martin Thadeus "Thad" Sowder; "Thad Sowder, Rider", interviewed by Minnie A. Rietz for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Thad Sowder", News Record, Mar. 19, 1931
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Creator:
Mrs. Minnie A. Rietz
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Mrs. Minnie A. Rietz
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Location:
Wheatland (Wyo.)
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Wheatland (Wyo.)
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Date:
1938 November 12
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1938 November 12
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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:
born: `874 [or 1879], on a farm near Pulaski Co. (Ky.)
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born: `874 [or 1879], on a farm near Pulaski Co. (Ky.)
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cowboy, ranch hand, bronco buster, wild west shows rider
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cowboy, ranch hand, bronco buster, wild west shows rider
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Odd Fellow lodge, member
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Odd Fellow lodge, member
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broke horses for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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broke horses for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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Julesburg (Colo. - 1887)
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Julesburg (Colo. - 1887)
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Lazy D Ranch, breaking horses and riding
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Lazy D Ranch, breaking horses and riding
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Frontier Days, prize winning bucking contestant (Cheyenne, Wyo. - 1896, 1898, 1901)
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Frontier Days, prize winning bucking contestant (Cheyenne, Wyo. - 1896, 1898, 1901)
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Brennan, Harry (Frontier Days winning competitor - 1899)
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Brennan, Harry (Frontier Days winning competitor - 1899)
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Mountain and Plains Festival, world champion belt winner (Denver, Colo. - 1901)
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Mountain and Plains Festival, world champion belt winner (Denver, Colo. - 1901)
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joined Col. William Cody's Wild West Show (New York, N. Y. - 1901, England -1903)
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joined Col. William Cody's Wild West Show (New York, N. Y. - 1901, England -1903)
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only one to successfully ride Steamboat (rode bronc) twice
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only one to successfully ride Steamboat (rode bronc) twice
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Metz, Mrs. Anna Marcella Farrell [or Ferrel] (Sowder's wife, born: 1882 at Cheyenne, Wyo. - "eloped" with Sowder: [date]: ? - "separated": [date]? - died: Dec. 17, 1917 (age: 34-35), in Converse Co., Wyo. - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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Metz, Mrs. Anna Marcella Farrell [or Ferrel] (Sowder's wife, born: 1882 at Cheyenne, Wyo. - "eloped" with Sowder: [date]: ? - "separated": [date]? - died: Dec. 17, 1917 (age: 34-35), in Converse Co., Wyo. - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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riding injuries stopped career (1913)
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riding injuries stopped career (1913)
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Elmore, Mike (ranch employer, near Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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Elmore, Mike (ranch employer, near Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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died: 1934 at Julesburg, Colo.
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died: 1934 at Julesburg, Colo.
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children: Harold
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children: Harold
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Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr. - 1896)
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Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr. - 1896)
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Mrs. Metz shot her husband, Thomas J. Metz, then killed herself
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Mrs. Metz shot her husband, Thomas J. Metz, then killed herself
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died: 1931 [or 1934] (age: 56-57)
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died: 1931 [or 1934] (age: 56-57)
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buried: Ovid Cemetery (Memorial ID: 24185983) at Ovid (Sedgwick Co., Colo.)
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buried: Ovid Cemetery (Memorial ID: 24185983) at Ovid (Sedgwick Co., Colo.)
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false
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Laramie Co.
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Laramie Co.
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ranches (Colo.)
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ranches (Colo.)
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false
Rights:
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstate…
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Text
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Text
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