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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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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Henry Flavin
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Henry Flavin
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Collection Name:
WPA Collection
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1908
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WPA Bio 1908
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Item Description:
Flavin, Henry - Biographical information for Henry Elton "Flav" Flavin; "70 Year Old Dispatcher to Close Key of Instrument Monday After Fifty Years of Service", interviewed by Mrs. Beulah M. Foster, for "Stories of Pioneer Life, authored by Joseph A. M'Meel, Denver Post, Mar. 30, 1924 for
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Flavin, Henry - Biographical information for Henry Elton "Flav" Flavin; "70 Year Old Dispatcher to Close Key of Instrument Monday After Fifty Years of Service", interviewed by Mrs. Beulah M. Foster, for "Stories of Pioneer Life, authored by Joseph A. M'Meel, Denver Post, Mar. 30, 1924 for
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Creator:
Mrs. Beulah M. Foster
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Mrs. Beulah M. Foster
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Location:
Laramie (Wyo.)
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Laramie (Wyo.)
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Date:
1939 January 10
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1939 January 10
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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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born: Feb. 19, 1854
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born: Feb. 19, 1854
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Flavin, Mrs. Mary E. (wife, born: Sep. 19, 1854 - married: ? - died: Oct. 24, 1927 - buried: Fairmount Cemetery at Denver, Colo.)
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Flavin, Mrs. Mary E. (wife, born: Sep. 19, 1854 - married: ? - died: Oct. 24, 1927 - buried: Fairmount Cemetery at Denver, Colo.)
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children?
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children?
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died: Jul. 16, 1931 (age: 77)
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died: Jul. 16, 1931 (age: 77)
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burial: in Fairmount Cemetery (Plot: Block 88 - Memorial ID: 95824196) at Denver
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burial: in Fairmount Cemetery (Plot: Block 88 - Memorial ID: 95824196) at Denver
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work in Wyoming was completed (1880) - transferred to Golden (Colo.) as dispatcher on Colorado Central (now part of Colorado & Southern System)
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work in Wyoming was completed (1880) - transferred to Golden (Colo.) as dispatcher on Colorado Central (now part of Colorado & Southern System)
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transferred again; dispatcher in Denver (Colo., 1881)
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transferred again; dispatcher in Denver (Colo., 1881)
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad employee (1 yr. - now New York Central)
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad employee (1 yr. - now New York Central)
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Indiana, Peru & Chicago Railroad employee (1 yr.)
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Indiana, Peru & Chicago Railroad employee (1 yr.)
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brakeman and operator on Union Pacific Railroad work train at Green River (Wyo. - 1878)
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brakeman and operator on Union Pacific Railroad work train at Green River (Wyo. - 1878)
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moved to Rawlins (Carbon Co., Wyo.) - railroad dispatcher (2 yrs.) - White River massacre at Meeker (Colo.) took place
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moved to Rawlins (Carbon Co., Wyo.) - railroad dispatcher (2 yrs.) - White River massacre at Meeker (Colo.) took place
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total eclipse - Thomas A. Edison communicated event via Western Union Telegraph from Rawlins to Menlo Park (N. J. - 1878)
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total eclipse - Thomas A. Edison communicated event via Western Union Telegraph from Rawlins to Menlo Park (N. J. - 1878)
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"Dutch Charley" and "Big Nose George" tried to wreck Union Pacific pay train & steal payroll
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"Dutch Charley" and "Big Nose George" tried to wreck Union Pacific pay train & steal payroll
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Union Pacific Railroad dispatcher, chief dispatcher, train master and assistant superinendent in Denver 9Oct. 1900 - May 1902)
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Union Pacific Railroad dispatcher, chief dispatcher, train master and assistant superinendent in Denver 9Oct. 1900 - May 1902)
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retired as Union Pacific Railroad dispatcher at Denver (Denver Co., Colo. - Mar. 31, 1924 - 50 yrs.- age: 70)
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retired as Union Pacific Railroad dispatcher at Denver (Denver Co., Colo. - Mar. 31, 1924 - 50 yrs.- age: 70)
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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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