COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Evlyn Armstrong
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 17
Item Description:
Armstrong, Evlyn B. - Biographical information for Evelyn [or Evlyn] Belzar "E. B.". Armstrong; "E. B. Armstrong, Pioneer", interviewed by Georgia B. Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life', no published source, n.d.; "E.B. Armstrong Dies in California", Gillette News Record, Ap. 20, 1937
Creator:
Kelley, Georgia B.
Location:
Gillette (Crook County, Wyo.)
Date:
1936 November 9
Notes:
Cattle
Notes:
Cowboys
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101 Ranch
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Bison
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85 Ranch
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Law enforcement
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Minor, Bob
Notes:
Von Rippen
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Hanby, Buck
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Armstrong AAA Ranch
Notes:
Currie, George
Notes:
cattle puncher for the 101 Ranch on the Belle Fourche River (Wyo. Terr.)
Notes:
Gillette (Wyo.)
Notes:
born: Oct., 1861, in North Carolina - farm boy - stemmed tobacco leaves for Miller & Woods Tobacco Factory (1870)
Notes:
Supervisor, Tuylare County, 5th District (Calif.)
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Armstrong, Ellen B. Howes (wife, born: 1866 - married: 1891 - died: 1937)
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3 children: James Evlyn "Jim", Lee Rogers and infant boy Armstrong
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Crook Co. Deputy Sheriff (Jan., 1889 - ?) and Sheriff (3 terms) - Mayor of Gillette (Campell Co. - 1906)
Notes:
Cattle trail herds
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owned American Livestock Co. Ranch ". . . at one time.{
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died: Apr. 17 [or 16], 1937 (age:75), at Porterville [or Earlimart] (Tulare Co., Calif.)
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". . . During the past few years, he has been connected with supervison of welfare projects in California."
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funeral: Apr. 19, 1937, at Parterville (Calif.)
Notes:
buried: Mountain View Cemetery (Memorial ID: 7934713) at Altadena (Los Angeles Co., Calif.)
Type:
Text