COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding James Simpson
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2050
Item Description:
Simpson, James - Biographical information for James Simpson; "Pioneer Top Hand Dies", Sheridan News, Jun. ?, 1938
Date:
Undated
Notes:
born: ? - Negro
Notes:
". . top-hand . . . learned of this country when he drove cattle here from Texas."
Notes:
1st fiddler to play dances on Prairie Dog Ceek
Notes:
died: May 26 [or Jun. 2], 1938, at home of nephew in San Antonio (Tex.)
Notes:
funeral: Jun. 4, 1938
Notes:
buried: Jun., 1938
Type:
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