COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Mart (Mary?)ha Waln
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 993
Item Description:
Waln, Mart (Mary?) - Biographical information for Mrs. Martha James Bull Waln; "Martha Waln", Basin Republican Rustler, Jul. 28 [?] - Sep. 19, 1935; "The Life of Martha Waln, Pioneer of Tensleep, Wyoming", interviewed by Mrs. Lottie Holmberg for "Stories of Pioneer Life", by Paul Frison, Tensleep, Wyo., Wyoming News, Jul. 6, 1935 - Sep. 13, 1935
Creator:
Mrs. Lottie Holmberg
Location:
Worland (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 February 2
Notes:
born: Mar. 18, 1860, in North Wales (Great Britain)
Notes:
lady's made (North Wales)
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76 Ranch near Rock Creek (Wyo. - 1882)
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retail store, sales woman
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cabin home, junction of Clear Creek and Powder River, near Montana line (May, 1883)
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another cabin home, Buffalo (Johnson Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
first met Chief Washakie (1882)
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". . . long rembered by all", winter (1886-1887)
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peddler's wagon, sales woman
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Watkins Medicine Co., sales woman
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". . . doctor and nurse throughout the Ten Sleep country (Wyo.)
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buried: Ten Sleep Cemetery (Plot: 180D - Memorial ID: 87171681) at Ten Sleep (Wyo.)
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Big Trails (Wyo. Terr. - 1882)
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mid-wife
Notes:
Bull, Frank - 76 Ranch, cowboy (1st husband, born: Dec. 2, 1892 - married: spring, 1883, at Occidental Hotel; Buffalo, Wyo. - died: Aug. 1, 1965 - buried: Ten Sleep Cemetery at Ten Sleep, Wyo.)
Notes:
children: Gwendolyn, Gertrude, James Ed, Williams, and Frank
Notes:
Waln, Robert (2nd husband, born: ? - married: ? - died: ? - buried: ?)
Notes:
died: Dec. 4, 1944 (age: 84)
Notes:
Tensleep (Washakie Co., Wyo.)
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Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr. - Apr. 16, 1882)
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housewife
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store keeper
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Postmaster
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agent
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Church of England
Type:
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