COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Jim Baker "Long separated brothers brought together through remarkable coincidence"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 7 Jim Baker
Item Description:
Jim Baker "Long separated brothers brought together through remarkable coincidence", no source or date
Creator:
"Pinedale Roundup"
Date:
Undated
Notes:
born: May 22, 1873 at Yates Center (Kan.)
Notes:
learned of "heap sick" white man at Indian camp on river: Baker's lost brother, James
Notes:
future companions in hunting, trapping and prospecting
Notes:
brothers located on Snake River - became stockmen ranchers
Notes:
Winn, Mrs. Lillian (wife) - ". . . married several times, to Native American women"
Notes:
children: "numerous", including Lester, Faren, Ethel, Etha, Donald, Harold and Morris
Notes:
subject, Indian wife & daughters - lived in Snake River Valley near Dixon (Laramie Co.)
Notes:
neighbors: Faler family (6 years in 1880s) - Arthur & Vint (early teens), fans of Bakers' tales
Notes:
freighter - dude rancher
Notes:
Evanston Councilman & school board member
Notes:
member of Odd Fellows lodge
Notes:
left home in Illinois (1838) - joined American Fur Co. - rendezvous on Wind River (Wyo.)
Notes:
joined emigrant train on Overland Trail en route to Green River (now Sweetwater Co.)
Notes:
first arrived at Fort McKinney (now Johnson Co. - Sep. 10, 1882)
Notes:
later Wyoming residences: Baggs, Fall River Basin and Pinedale - also California
Filename:
WPA Sub 7 JIM BAKER.pdf
Type:
Text