COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Jeff Adams
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2636
Item Description:
Adams, Jeff - Biographical information for Jefferson "Jeff" Adams; "Jeff Adams, Park County Pioneer and Scout", no published source, n.d.
Creator:
Mrs. Mildred E. Nelson
Location:
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 January 24
Notes:
born: Apr. [or Mar]. 4, 1859, in Missouri
Notes:
government freighter, rancher and stockman in Park Co. (1909 - 1930)
Notes:
member, Eagle Lodge and Episcopal Church - not married
Notes:
died: Nov. 3, 1940 (age: 81)
Notes:
buried: Riverside Cemetery (Plot: Section 13, Block 161, Lot 9 - Memorial ID: 13929758) at Cody (Park Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
moved to Council Bluffs (Iowa - 1873) - roustabout on government boat on Yellowstone River (Mont.)
Notes:
arrived Wyoming (1873) - lived with Crow Indians in what now is Big Horn Co.
Notes:
guide and dispatch bearer for Gen. Miles during the Indian Wars (1876 - 1884)
Notes:
killed and scalped 6 Indians
Notes:
first permanent resident near Cody (Park Co., Wyo. - 1909)
Type:
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