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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Williams
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 1038
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Item Description:
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Williams, William - Biographical information for William Richard Williams; subject's portrait [?]; "William Richard Williams, A Story of Freighting and Ranching in the Early Days of Wyoming", interviewed by Laura Briggs for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Mrs. Margaret Keyes Williams (wife);
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Creator:
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Mrs. Laura Briggs
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Location:
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Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1939 Mar. 8
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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born: 1840 at Mill Village (near Shubenacadre, Nova Scotia)
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Notes:
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died: Jun. 30, 1903, in coal mine disaster near Hanna, Wyo.
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Notes:
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buried: Hanna Cemetery (Memorial ID: 13694735) at Hanna (Carbon Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Sherman (Wyo. Terr. - 1867)
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Notes:
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lumberman
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Notes:
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freighter
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Notes:
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rancher
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Notes:
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Presbyterian
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Notes:
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freighter (St. Joseph, Mo. - early 1866) - en route to Denver (Colo.)
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Notes:
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ranchhand employee, haying season near Denver (Colo. - mid-1866)
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Notes:
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employee for W. H. Holliday's sawmill near Sherman (Wyo., 1866-1868)
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Notes:
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Holliday-Williams partership installed new saw mill at Dale Creek (Wyo. - 1869)
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Notes:
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Williams, Margaret Keyes (wife, born: Jan. 20, 1855, at Gay's River, Nova Scotia - married: o/a 1872 in Nova Scotia - died: ? - buried: ?)
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Notes:
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children: Hattie, Chester, Harry, Earl and Mrs. Ralph Gunnison
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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