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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 Subject File, Big Horn Hot Springs "Big Horn Hot Springs"
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Wyoming WPA Subject File, Big Horn Hot Springs "Big Horn Hot Springs"
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Collection Name:
WPA Collection
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
WPA Subject 11a
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WPA Subject 11a
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Item Description:
Big Horn Hot Springs - "Big Horn Hot Springs", no published source or date
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Big Horn Hot Springs - "Big Horn Hot Springs", no published source or date
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Creator:
Walker, Tacetta
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Walker, Tacetta
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Date:
Undated
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Undated
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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:
Big Horn Hot Springs - flow rate: 18 or 600,000 gals. per day at 135 degrees Fahrenheit
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Big Horn Hot Springs - flow rate: 18 or 600,000 gals. per day at 135 degrees Fahrenheit
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Notes:
surface water flows through rock strata - turned to steam by volcanic lava
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surface water flows through rock strata - turned to steam by volcanic lava
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then pushed though Paleozoic rocks out of the red beds of Chugwater, a Triassic formation of the Mezoic era
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then pushed though Paleozoic rocks out of the red beds of Chugwater, a Triassic formation of the Mezoic era
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Notes:
these springs included in Shoshone reservation treaty (Jul. 3, 1868) - signed by Chief Washakie
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these springs included in Shoshone reservation treaty (Jul. 3, 1868) - signed by Chief Washakie
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Arapahoe tribe moved to same reservation (1878)
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Arapahoe tribe moved to same reservation (1878)
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Notes:
"Smoky Row": rooms dug into bank of Big Horn River - tend to fill with smoke
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"Smoky Row": rooms dug into bank of Big Horn River - tend to fill with smoke
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Notes:
federal government bought 10-mile "townsite" that included Big Horn Hot Springs (Apr. 21, 1896)
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federal government bought 10-mile "townsite" that included Big Horn Hot Springs (Apr. 21, 1896)
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Notes:
McLaughlin, Major - Indian Department inspector negotiated "townsite" agreement
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McLaughlin, Major - Indian Department inspector negotiated "townsite" agreement
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Notes:
Big Horn Hot Springs State Reserve: land tract a mile square, including hot springs
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Big Horn Hot Springs State Reserve: land tract a mile square, including hot springs
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Filename:
WPA Sub 11A BIG HORN HOT SPRINGS.pdf
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WPA Sub 11A BIG HORN HOT SPRINGS.pdf
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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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