COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Ghost towns of Wyoming "History of ghost town recorded for posterity"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 84g Ghost towns of Wyoming
Item Description:
Ghost towns of Wyoming - "History of Ghost Town Recorded for Posterity" by Edgar Stuart, no published source, n.d.
Date:
Undated
Notes:
Battle Mining Camp - ". . . atop the continental divide", vicinity of Encampment (Carbon Co.)
Notes:
U. S. Forest Service marked Stuart's cabin foundation with Information Booth
Notes:
Battle site: - mountain massacre of U. S. soldiers by Piutes
Notes:
Wellman, Harry & Hollingshead, Frank - located mineral site on top of hill to obtain water rights & townsite
Notes:
Battle (Carbon Co., 1898-1907)
Notes:
Ledbetter, Jack - "continuous resident" - operated Portland copper mine
Notes:
"Battle Miner" - newspaper
Notes:
Battle Cemetery
Notes:
Nichols, Mrs. Lora (photographer - Encampment, Wyo.)
Notes:
Haggerty, Ed. - prospector & miner discovered Ferris-Haggerty copper mine
Notes:
Stuart, Edgar - cabin had ". . . the only automatic water system in the world"
Filename:
WPA Sub 84G GHOST TOWNS - Wyoming.pdf
Type:
Text