COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Dodge
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1135
Item Description:
Dodge, John - Biographical information for John Tyler Dodge; "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Dodge", no source, n.d., for "Stories for Pioneer Life"
Date:
Undated
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born: May 27, 1850, at Saginaw (Mich.)
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Wheatland (Albany Co., Wyo.)
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freighter
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Mormon
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miner
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rancher
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". . . drove a bull team from Omaha (Neb.) to Denver (Colo. - 1863)
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returned to Fort Calhoon, near Omaha, ". . . until he was married"
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Longmont (Colo., 1881-1882), then North Park and mining camp near Teller (Colo.)
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La Porte (Colo., 1883-1885)
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Laramie (Wyo. - 1885)
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Dodge, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bellville [or Belleville] (wife, born: Jun. 1853, at Marietta, Ohio - married: 1872, at Fort Calhoon, near Omaha, Neb. - died: Oct. 2, 1939, at Wheatland, Wyo. - buried: Wheatland Cemetery at Wheatland, Wyo.)
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residence, near Laramie on Duck Creek (Albany Co.)
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subject and family stayed with Mr. & Mrs. John Mertz (winter, 1892-1893)
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children: William A., Thomas Bailey, and Nora Rose
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Laramie (Wyo. Terr. - 1884)
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died: Jun. 23, 1936 (age: 86), at Wheatland (Platte Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Wheatland Cemetery (Memorial ID: 116393323) at Wheatland
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Albany Co.
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ranch on Laramie River (Wyo.)
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ranch near Halleck Canyon (Wyo.)
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