COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding T.C. Allen
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 11
Item Description:
Allen, T. A. - Biographical information for T. C. [or A]. Allen; "Life of an Early Pioneer" (autobiographical), no published source, n.d.
Creator:
Allen, TA
Location:
Pine Bluffs, WY
Date:
1940
Notes:
born: Jan. 6, 1878, in Harrion Co. (Iowa)
Notes:
opened store on south side of town (1923 - 1927) - invested in oil business
Notes:
". . . We ran out of money in 1935 . . . never did strike oil"
Notes:
Farmer's Union
Notes:
Allen, Mrs. Luella Emma Abernathy Allen (wife, born: Feb. 22, 1883, at Truro, Iowa - married: ? - died: Jun 10, 1946 (age: 63) - buried: Rawlins Cemetery at Rawlins, Wyo.)
Notes:
children: Opal Marguerite and Roscoe Richard (adopted son)
Notes:
died: Jun. 26, 1947 (age: 69)
Notes:
Post offices--Wyoming
Notes:
buried: Jun. 26, 1947, in Rawlins Cemetery (Plot: 6-I-54-1 - Memorial ID: 132894174) at Rawlins (Carbon Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
The Homesteader's Protective Association
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Cattle
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Deputy Sheriff Charlie Johnson solved the dispute
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Coal rationing
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World War, 1914-1918
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Dixon (Neb.)
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Floods - Blizzards
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Cattlemen and homesteader relations
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Rawlins (Wyo.)
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Oil fields--Wyoming
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Oil wells--Wyoming
Notes:
he & brother-in-law, L. B. Abernathy homesteaded in western Nebraska (1907)
Notes:
headquartered at nearby Pine Bluffs (Laramie Co., Wyo.) - bizzard experience there (1907)
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helped form Homesteaders' Protective Association - served as its secretary
Notes:
experienced first western quarrel - Texas cow puncher & local cow poke
Notes:
Johnson, Charlie
Notes:
his worst ever winter experience (1918-1919)
Notes:
sold ranch (fall, 1918) - moved family to Dixon (Laramie Co.) - homesteaded there
Notes:
rented a room & started cream station (Dixon)
Notes:
moved family to Rawlins (Carbon Co.) - helped form farmers' union
Notes:
located on Cottonwood Creek - moved family into Rawlins - oil boom in area
Type:
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