Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 119

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Burnet
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 119
Item Description: 
Burnet, John - Biographical information for John Cooper Burnet; "A Short Sketch of the Life of John Cooper Burnet" by Walter T. Schmehl, Wyoming State Journal, Lander, Wyo., Nov. 21, 1921; "The Early History of John C. Burnet's Ancestors" by Julia Burnet, Newark, N. J., Jan. 8, 1894, no published source; "Pioneer Merchant Friend of Indian Passes to Beyond", no published source; "John C. Burnet Passed Away This Afternoon", no published source, Nov. 21, 1937
Creator: 
Mrs. Edith K. Alger
Location: 
Lander, Wyo.
Date: 
1938 December 13
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Wind River, Wyo.
Notes: 
Bishop Randall hospital
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Sacajawea
Notes: 
Lander, Wyo
Notes: 
Riverton Masonic Lodge
Notes: 
Rev. John Roberts
Notes: 
trader
Notes: 
Mose Spooner
Notes: 
Greybull, Wyo.
Notes: 
born: Jun. 6, 1865, at Newark (N. J.)
Notes: 
arrived near Lander (Wyo. Terr., now Fremont Co., Wyo. - 1886)
Notes: 
Casper, Wyo.
Notes: 
died: Nov. 21, 1931 (age: 66), at Lander
Notes: 
buried: Mount Hope Cemetery (Memorial ID: 51602673) at Lander
Notes: 
Merritts Crossing
Notes: 
Fremont Co.
Notes: 
Big Wind River
Notes: 
Edmo LeClair
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Notes: 
J. K. Moore
Notes: 
Fort Washakie, Wyo.
Notes: 
Arapahoe Mercantile Co.
Notes: 
Indian Irrigation Service
Notes: 
J. C. Burnet
Notes: 
merchant
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Arapahoe, Wyo.
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Arapaho Indians
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Shoshone Indians
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England
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Wind River, Wyo.
Notes: 
irrigation
Notes: 
clerk
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Episcopalian
Notes: 
Mason
Rights: 
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Type: 
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