COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding C.A. Lewis
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1867
Item Description:
Lewis, C.A. - Biographical information for C. A. Lewis; "C. A. Lewis" from "History of the Big Horn Basin" by C. A. Welch, n.d.
Date:
Undated
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born: Nov. 27, 1886, at Bountiful (Davis Co., Utah)
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worked on the canal also near Garland (1901 - 1902)
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next winter, they worked on Mortensen cut on the Cowley (Big Horn Co.) side of the divide
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nearly all men making irrigation ditches to their farms, plus planting and raising crops (1903 - 1904)
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took a team into Big Horn Mountains - worked on Dome Lake Reservoir (1905)
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also assisted hauling cast iron pipe andf bridge timber for C. B. & F. Railroad from Frannie to Basin
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Mormon
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helped build eight miles of ditch near Cody for Wiley Canal Co.
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farmed for Niels O. Mortensen west of Cowley (1911 - 1913)
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stockman and rancher - bought school land where he grazed cattle and sheep
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Lewis, Mrs. Lottie May (wife, born: ? - married: Apr. 3, 1907, in Salt Lake Temple, Utah - died: ? - buried: ?)
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6 children - 3 boys and 3 girls [names?]
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died:
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buried:
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attended school in Bountiful till 6th grade - moved with father to Big Horn Co. (Wyo. - spring, 1900)
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worked on railroad at Eagle's Nest Stage Station near Garland (Wyo.)
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