COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Harry Williams
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1034
Item Description:
Williams, Harry - Biographical information for Harry Williams; "Harry Williams", The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., n.d.; "The Boyhood of Harry Williams", interviewed by I. Harry Williams, Basin, Wyo., n.d.; "My Life at 'Day Island' Woodyard [Life of Harry Williams Con't., presumably by I. Harry Williams], n.d.
Creator:
Stella G. Scanlon
Location:
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date:
1938 December 5
Notes:
born: May 25, 1864, in the Allegheny Mountains (N. Y.)
Notes:
State Patrolman (Vancouveur, Wash.)
Notes:
died:
Notes:
buried:
Notes:
early education (1872 - N. Y.)
Notes:
Gen. Custer's Last Stand battle
Notes:
on the trail experiences near the Devil's Tower
Notes:
becoming a cowhand at the Bosler ranch (Wyo. - Nov. 23, 1878 [or 1876?])
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resuming the trail to Lower Powder River (Apr. 20, 1880)
Notes:
met Alf Defendiver, Joe LaFors, Butch Cassidy and Jew Jake
Type:
Text