Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 223

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Crookston
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 223
Item Description: 
Crookston, William - Biographical information for William Crookston; "Life of William Crookston", no published source; "Local Man Lived in City When U. P. Came Through", no published source
Creator: 
Mrs. Jennie Parke
Location: 
Rock Springs, Wyo.
Date: 
1939 February 13
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Rock Springs, Wyo.
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Cheyenne Indians
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Sioux Indians
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Mrs. Laura Taylor Crookston
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Quaken Asp range
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Enoch Steers
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Tim Kinney
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Hallville, Wyo.
Notes: 
Mr. Hailey
Notes: 
Tim Kinney
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Charles Gosling
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State Historical Landmarks Commission
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Hatchet Outfit
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C. Wright Brothers
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Goose Egg Outfit
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Matthews family
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Robert Carey
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CY Outfit
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Tea Pot Rock
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Tea Pot Dome
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Point of Rocks, Wyo.
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D. V. Bell
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Mary Hegewald
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Cross Outfit
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John Penman
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Bob Adams
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Meeker Massacre
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Ben Holiday
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Powder River
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Dr. Woodruff
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Dr. Murray
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Fountain Saloon
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R. S. Keenan
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Sweetwater Co.
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miner
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liquor law
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William Wales
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Jack Lee
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Log Cabin Saloon
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Jack Morrow
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Dick Davis
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Sam Harrison
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George Pickering
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John Jarvis
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Archie Blair
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Bridgeport Ranch
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Skegg's Draw
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cowboy
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Charles Davis
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Charles Rador
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Charles Wardell
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Blairtown, Wyo.
Notes: 
Bobby Frew
Notes: 
Charles McDougal
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Metropolitan Saloon
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Mrs. Rose
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Guy Rife
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W. H. Gottsche
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Buffalo Springs
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rancher
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William Strange
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Red Desert
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Duncan Blair
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Neal Wise
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Jeff Jones
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railroad worker
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Esther Morris
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Old Jim Smith
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Chinese
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Horse Thief Canyon
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saloon keeper
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White Front Saloon
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Catholic
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Commercial Hotel
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Aunt Mary
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James Bertram
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homesteader
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Slippery Jim
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Mr. Twitchel
Notes: 
Jim Calhoun
Notes: 
Foggarty Calhoun
Notes: 
Blanch and Bacon
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August Kendall
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Harry Lange
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Brown's Paark
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International Order of Odd Fellows
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Rock Springs Stage Station
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14 Mile Ranch
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Billy the Kid
Notes: 
Jesse Ewing
Notes: 
born: Oct. 16, 1862, at Alton (Madison Co., Ill.)
Notes: 
Crookston, Laura Taylor (wife, born: May 20, 1876 - married: Jul. 1894 at Salt Lake City, Utah - died: Nov. 24, 1964 - buried: Rock Springs Cemetery at Rock Springs, Wyo.)
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children: Leroy, Ethel and Fay
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died: Jun. 2, 1946 (age: 83) at Rock Springs (Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
buried: Rock Springs Cemetery (Plot: ODONNE_117_1_2 - Memorial ID: 71195173)
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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