COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Robert Perrie Allan
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 7
Item Description:
Allan, Robert Perrie - Biographical information for Robert Perrie "Bob" Allan; "Incidents in the Lives of Robert and Annie Allan", information provided by Emma Edick, niece of Annie Allan for "Stories of Pioneer Life" rel Robert and Annie Allen from Annals of Wyoming by Mrs. Cyrus Beard, Vol. II, pp. 135- 137 and re Robert Allen from Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming, A. W. Bowen & Co., 1903, pp. 578-579, photos of family members and properties
Creator:
Dunn, N. Gattis
Location:
Iron Mountain, WY
Date:
1937
Notes:
Cheyenne, WY
Notes:
died: Sep. 23, 1909 (age: 55), in Laramie Co. (Wyo.)
Notes:
buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Plot: Lot 1221, Sec. F - Memorial ID: 29162831) at Cheyenne
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Underwood (Wyo.)
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Cattle
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Ranching
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Scotland
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BA Ranch
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Rattlesnakes
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Cheyenne Northern Railroad
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Colorado & Southern Railroad
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arrived Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr., now Laramie Co., Wyo. - 1881)
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Mitchell, Harry W.
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Jones, A. Y.
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Furniture
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Roundups
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Blizzards
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born: Mar. 5, 1854, at Glasgow (Glasgow City, Scotland) - 1 of 7 children
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emigrated to America (1869) - settled in Pennsylvania
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worked for Andrew Gilchrist on ranch 16 miles west of Cheyenne
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Gilchrist, Andrew, 1842-1894
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member of Masonic Lodge, Order of Odd Fellows and Presbyterian Church
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Allan, Annie Weir Brown (wife, born: Nov. 26, 1857 - married: Jun. 6, 1886 - died: Dec. 17, 1936)
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children: Alexander Brown
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homesteaded on Bear Creek 45 miles northwest of Cheyenne in Iron Mountains
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sold homestead to A. Y Jones - moved to Underwood (Laramie Co.)
Type:
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