Author: Robert Homer BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Wyoming's Pioneer Ranches
Author: Robert Homer BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Wyoming's Pioneer Ranches
Author: Robert Homer. [from old catalog] BurnsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780758130785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Empire
Author: Jefferson GlassPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493048376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A collage of characters shaped the west of the nineteenth century. Large and powerful cattlemen, backed by eastern and European investors, flooded the prairie with herds often numbering 50-80 thousand head. They had visions of doubling or tripling their money quickly while their cattle grazed on the free grass of the open range. Others, like Martin Gothberg wisely invested in the future of the young frontier. Starting with a humble 160-acre homestead in 1885, he continued to expand and develop a modest ranch that eventually included tens of thousands of acres of deeded land. Gothberg’s story parallels the history of open range cattle ranches, cowboys, roundups, homesteaders, rustlers, sheep men and range wars. It does not end there. As the Second Industrial Revolution escalated in the late 1800s, so did the demand for petroleum products. What began with a demand for beef to feed the hungry cities of the eastern United States fostered the demand for wool to clothe them and graduated into a demand for oil to warm them in winter and fuel the mechanized age of the twentieth century. All were a critical part of shaping American history. Through the lens of this family saga—a part of the history of the West comes to life in the hands of this storyteller and historian.
Dude Ranching in Wyoming
Author: Russell True and Christine HoldenPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467103330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Dude ranches were the West's first destination vacation. In the early 20th century, they lured East Coast elites and their families out to the unspoiled wilderness and ranching country of the Rocky Mountains. In order to get to the dude ranches, tourists, who were often looking for an escape from their city lives, had to travel long journeys via trains, stages, wagons, and horseback. Wyoming was home to two dude ranch firsts. Howard, Willis, and Alden Eaton were pioneers in the business, and their Eatons' Ranch continues today. Larry Larom, another dude ranch trailblazer, became the first president of the Dude Ranchers' Association. His tireless work, vision, and leadership secured the future of dude ranching in the West. Working successfully with the railroad and the government, Larom set the stage for important cooperation between ranchers and diverse agencies, ensuring the preservation of the natural environment. Echoes of his wisdom are still felt today.
The Wyoming Pioneer Home
Author: Wyoming Pioneer HomePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age homes
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Wyoming's Historic Ranches
Author: Nancy WeidelPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439647933
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Wyoming is so closely identified with ranching that it is often known as the Cowboy State. The prosperity associated with the cattle industry drew wealthy investors to Wyoming Territory in the 1870s and early 1880s. They stocked the range with thousands of cows and made considerable fortunes until the harsh winter of 18861887, when the cattle market collapsed. Many of those early ranchers left Wyoming, which opened the door for the establishment of what would become a huge sheep business. During the 1890s and the early decades of the 20th century, the various Homestead Acts drew others to Wyoming in search of a brighter future. As most of Wyomings land was suited for grazing, not farming, smaller ranches began to play a more important role in the states growth. Wyomings Historic Ranches provides a rare glimpse of the cattle baron ranches as well as the more modest operations that are tucked away along remote valleys and streams, not visible to the average visitor or resident of the state.
The Pioneer Women of Wyoming
Author: Frederick C. JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Medicine Bow Valley Pioneers
Author: Frances Elizabeth Strayer-HansonPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440156220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
MEDICINE BOW, WYOMING home of Owen Wister s Virginian. When you call me that, smile. Learn the real history of Medicine Bow and its pioneers. Robbers Roost Ranch home of one of the world s great fossil beds. Discovered in the 1880s and 1890s, archeologists from all over the country came to dig for fossils at Como Bluff near Medicine Bow, Wyo. Fort Halleck, Overland Trail; First Home of John Sublet Jr. Was Wyoming s John Sublet (1840-1928) denied his rightful inheritance to his famous relative s estate, because of his African-American ancestry? Did the hearings on the famous Sublet Will end because a mixed-race man in the wilds of Wyoming was about to prove his relationship to this branch of the Sublet family? Elk Mountain, Wyoming---Home of the renowned GARDEN SPOT PAVILLION with the famous swing and sway dance floor. If you can t dance, hop on and ride! Learn the secret to the famous floor! Dancers from everywhere danced to the music of Harry James, Lawrence Welk, Tommy Dorsey, T. Texas Tyler, and many more famous bands. SADIE S GROVE---Talk of the old days always comes around to Sadie and Sadie s Grove. Learn who she was and why she has become a legend. One of the valley s ghost towns, Carbon, Wyoming was the first coal mine opened in Wyoming by the Union Pacific Railroad. Read about these courageous pioneers and their struggle to make a better life in the prairies and along the river in the Medicine Bow Valley. THE OVERLAND TRAIL; Historians say over 20,000 people a year crossed the Medicine Bow Valley on the Overland Trail. This book has over 1,000 names of people who crossed through or lived in the Medicine Bow Valley. From Hanna, Wyoming come exciting biographies, genealogies, myths, legends, and tales from when Hanna was an infant.
The Pioneer Women of Wyoming
Author: Frederick C. JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332178377
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Excerpt from The Pioneer Women of Wyoming: An Address Before the Wyoming Valley Chapter, D. A. R The part woman plays in the establishing of a new settlement is not much dwelt upon by the historian. This fact does not imply that her work is unappreciated, but being domestic in character it does not often furnish material for the chronicler. There is no field where woman's share of labor and suffering has been greater than in the pioneer community, and this has been pre-eminently true of Wyoming. She has borne the burden and heat of the day as bravely and uncomplainingly as ever her husband did, and there have even been times when she has shouldered the musket and wielded the woodman's ax. She has gone into an almost pathless wilderness infested with cruel savages, she has helped establish a home there, children have come to gladden her life and she has seen happy days there even in the forest. Of her devotion to her family, of her self-sacrifice, of her undaunted courage, yes, of her heroism, we cannot say too much. Women have seen husbands and sons murdered before their very eyes, have had their little children torn from their arms and carried away, their homes and possessions given to the flames and some of these pioneer mothers of Wyoming have themselves been tortured and killed or carried into a captivity worse than death. Not only have they suffered every hardship at the hands of blood-thirsty barbarians, but they and their little ones have been driven from their homes again and again by foes of their own race and blood, almost as cruel as the savages themselves. Yet the pioneer mother of Wyoming was willing to undergo all these privations and many more that she might lend her help in building up a home for those dependent on her, who were dearer to her than her own life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Author: Kris McGuirePublisher:
ISBN: 9780578587424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Starting with the rehabilitation of the Old Oxford Horse Ranch south of Laramie, Wyoming, McGuire blends practical knowledge of architectural restoration, ranching methods, and livestock husbandry with the history surrounding a sandstone arch bearing the names and initials of early trappers, pioneers, ranchers, and railroad people. Her narrative reads like a detective story as she ferrets out the histories of these early visitors to the area.