Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Subject 71b Fort Fetterman

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Fort Fetterman "Mrs. Malcolm Campbell"
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Subject 71b Fort Fetterman
Item Description: 
Fort Fetterman - "Mrs. Malcolm Campbell", no published source, n.d.
Date: 
Undated
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
born: Jul. 7, 1859, in Pennsylvania (Pa.)
Notes: 
engaged in freighting (1880)
Notes: 
fort deserted (1882) - bought building there & used as home till Douglas (Converse Co.) developed
Notes: 
settled in Douglas
Notes: 
Campbell, Malcolm - first Converse Co. Sheriff
Notes: 
Campbell, Donald - subject's first baby born (Jan. 7, 1883)
Notes: 
O'Brien, Mother (midwife)
Notes: 
Metcalf & Williams store
Notes: 
Daniel, "Abe' - dance fiddler
Notes: 
Fetterman Hotel
Notes: 
Moore, J. B. - O. U. cattle outfit foreman
Notes: 
moved to farm in Indiana
Notes: 
emigrated to Nebraska - near Fairbury (Jefferson Co.)
Notes: 
Campbell, Mr. (husband, born: ? - married: Dec. 22, 1879 - died: ? - buried: ?)
Notes: 
moved to Fort Fetterman (Wyo. Terr., 1880 - now Converse Co., Wyo.)
Filename: 
WPA Sub 71B FORTS - Fort Fettermen.pdf
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
Text