|
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
|
|
Link to Finding Aid:
|
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
|
|
Notes:
|
born: 1842 [or 1841] at Carbon Co. (Pa.)
|
|
Notes:
|
threatened by U. S. military and Indians, must move from ranch land
|
|
Notes:
|
died:
|
|
Notes:
|
buried:
|
|
Notes:
|
orphaned (12 years old)
|
|
Notes:
|
pantry boy (steam ship route between New York and southern coastal ports - 5 years)
|
|
Notes:
|
coal mining employee (Pa. - o/a 1860-1861)
|
|
Notes:
|
U. S. Gov't teamster and telegraph worker (Washington, D. C. - 3 years)
|
|
Notes:
|
first teamster trip to Fort Laramie (Wyo. Terr. - 1868)
|
|
Notes:
|
cattle and horse raising business (Chugwater Creek, 1868 - 1877)
|
|
Rights:
|
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
|
|
Type:
|
Text
|