COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Richard Whalon
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1015
Item Description:
Whalon, Richard - Biographical information for Richard Whalon; "Richard Whalon", Progressive Men of Wyoming, 1903, pp. 955-957
Date:
Undated
Notes:
born: 1842 [or 1841] at Carbon Co. (Pa.)
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threatened by U. S. military and Indians, must move from ranch land
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died:
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buried:
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orphaned (12 years old)
Notes:
pantry boy (steam ship route between New York and southern coastal ports - 5 years)
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coal mining employee (Pa. - o/a 1860-1861)
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U. S. Gov't teamster and telegraph worker (Washington, D. C. - 3 years)
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first teamster trip to Fort Laramie (Wyo. Terr. - 1868)
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cattle and horse raising business (Chugwater Creek, 1868 - 1877)
Type:
Text