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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Edgar Nye
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 723
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Item Description:
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Nye, Edgar - Biographical information for Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, aka Edgar Wilson; "Bill Nye Humorist", W. E. Chaplin's biograpahy, Annals of Wyoming, 1921-1923; "Bill Nye of Laramie" by Beulah Foster, Aug. 25, 1936; "Bill Nye, Paper's Founder, Born 86 Years Ago Today", no source, n.d.; "Bill Nye . . . Unfortunately He Will Be Unable to Attend Barnum's Circus", Cheyenne Sun, Jul. 21, 1880; "Bill Nye . . . The Wyoming Philosopher Moralizes on the Fourth", Cheyenne Sun, Jul. 10, 1880; "The Last Chance . . . Laramie's Leap Year Ball Dished up By Bill Nye for the 'Sentinel'", Cheyenne Sun, Jan. 2, 1880; "John Richards (Reshaw)", Annals of Wyoming, Jul. 1930, p. 345; Coutant History, p. 365; "A Journal of the Birmingham Emigrating Company by Leander V. Loomis - 1850"
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Date:
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Undated
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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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Cheyenne (Laramie Co., Wyo. - May, 1876)
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lawyer--Wisconsin
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teacher--Wisconsin
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Boomerang newspaper (Laramie, Wyo.)
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Jenkins, John J. (acquaintance, U. S. Attorney, Wyo. Terr.)
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Hayford, J. H. (Laramie Sentinel editor, employer)
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Denver Tribune correspondent
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Detroit Free Press and Texas Shiftings correspondent
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Daily Times newspaper (Laramie, Wyo. - 1879)
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author, published (Sep. 1883)
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reporters--Wyoming
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editor--Wyoming
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born: Aug. 22 [or 25 or 24], 1850, at Shirley Mills (Piscataquis Co., Me.)
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Ney, Mrs. Clara Frances "Fannie" Smith (wife, born: Jlul. 29, 1850, at Chicago, Ill. - married: Mar. 7, 1877 - died: Nov. 4, 1906, in Louisiana - buried: Nov. 5, 1906 in Rose Hill Cemetery at New Iberia, La.)
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4 childrenl: Frank Wilson, Bessy , Winfred [or Winifred]
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died: Feb. 22, 1896 (age: 45) in Henderson Co, N. C.)
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buried: Cavalry Episcopal Church Cemetery (Memorial ID: 16482670) at Fletcher (Henderson Co., N. C.l)
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humorist--Wyoming
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farmer--Wisconsin
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Post Master (Laramie, Wyo., 1882-Oct. 1, 1883)
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Justice of the Peace (Laramie, Wyo. - 1878)
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U. S. Commissioner
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Episcopalian
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Nye, Clara Smith (wife)
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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