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Platte County

By: Starley Talbott

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The North Platte River that flows through a portion of Platte County, Wyoming, lent its name to the new county carved from Laramie County in 1911. Prior to the late 1800s, with the exception of Native Americans, trappers, and some ranchers, few people chose to remain in the territory. Travelers who crossed the windswept prairies followed trails headed for the lush farmlands of Oregon or the goldfields of California and the Black Hills. In 1883, the Wyoming Development Company began an irrigation project that brought an influx of farmers to the promising new acreages around Wheatland, the town that became the county seat. The arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s brought more farmers, ranchers, and miners to the area that would become Platte County. New residents established dozens of communities with schools, churches, and businesses. The remaining viable towns are Wheatland, Glendo, Hartville, Guernsey, and Chugwater. This book covers the history of these towns, and the vanished ones, along with the rural areas of Platte County.

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1439638179

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9781439638170

Cheyenne Frontier Days

By: Starley Talbott,Linda Graves Fabian

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Cheyenne Frontier Days

By: Starley Talbott,Linda Graves Fabian

Cheyenne Frontier Days? originated in 1897 after a few individuals conceived a signature event as a way to revive the thrilling incidents and pictures of life in the Old West. Their vision included a celebration that would bring visitors from all over the world to the capital city of Wyoming. From its beginnings, Cheyenne residents valued a rural lifestyle that inspired them to create a frontier festival. For more than a century, Cheyenne Frontier Days? has been the spirit, heart, and soul of the community and the cowboy way of life. Today, it has evolved into the world's largest outdoor rodeo and celebration of its kind.

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073859640X

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9780738596402

Fort Laramie

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Fort Laramie

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Fort Laramie was one of the most important frontier outposts of the American West. Founded as the trading post Fort William in 1834, the fort became a U.S. military post in 1849. Beginning in 1841, emigrants stopped at Fort Laramie while traveling the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. Fort Laramie served as a gathering place for thousands of Native Americans and hosted the 1851 and 1868 treaty councils. When the treaties failed, the post became the staging area for campaigns that eventually led to the tribess confinement on reservations. Fort Laramie was abandoned by the military in 1890; the buildings were auctioned and served private interests during the homestead period from 1890 to 1937. Fort Laramie was acquired by the state of Wyoming in 1937, and the fort became a unit of the National Park System in 1938. Fort Laramie National Historic Site is open daily except New Years Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The restoration of many structures to their historical appearance provides visitors with a glimpse of the past.

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1439625026

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9781439625026

Historic Lakeview Cemetery of Cheyenne

By: Starley Talbott Thompson

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Historic Lakeview Cemetery of Cheyenne

By: Starley Talbott Thompson

Wyoming History Enshrined Created in 1871, Lakeview Cemetery serves as a repository of local and state history. Resting in the historic grounds are eleven of Wyoming's governors, including the first woman governor in the nation. Other hallowed, eternal residents include a wild west showman, the namesake of a military base, and a famed photographer of the west. Suffragists, Japanese railroad workers, and a young range war victim are buried here too. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore the rich past of the famous and not-so famous citizens of Lakeview Cemetery.

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1467153621

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9781467153621

History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, A

By: Starley Talbott and Michael E. Kassel

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History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, A

By: Starley Talbott and Michael E. Kassel

Celebrating at their encampment near Crow Creek on July 4, 1867, railroad surveyors named the settlement after the local Cheyenne tribe. By the time the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in November, the town had grown from a tent city to a "Hell on Wheels" town of ten thousand souls. Cattle barons brought herds to graze the open range, while they reposed in mansions on Millionaires Row. By 1890, the gleaming dome of the new capitol building was visible all the way down Capitol Avenue to the majestic Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore a rich past, including the origins of the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the foundation of the world's largest outdoor rodeo and the unheralded history of early aviation that eclipsed Denver.

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1467149527

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9781467149525

Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Training America's First Stewardesses

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel

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Training America's First Stewardesses

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel

Boeing Air Transport, a precursor of United Air Lines, began carrying passengers in 1927 on small, uncomfortable airplanes with few amenities. Steve Stimpson, manager of Boeing's San Francisco office, considered hiring stewards to alleviate passengers' concerns. Ellen Church convinced him that employing women, especially nurses, as stewardesses would be a visionary solution. Eight brave young women entered Boeing's brief training program in Cheyenne in May 1930, making them the first airline stewardesses in the world. In 1947, United Air Lines established its Stewardess Training Center in Cheyenne, operating for nearly two decades. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel celebrate the world's first stewardesses, as well as the thousands who followed in their footsteps.

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143967082X

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Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassell

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Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassell

The story of the United States Transcontinental Air Mail Service, the first of its kind in the world, is one of romanticism and danger. Through calm or storm, in light or dark, a contingent of courageous couriers relayed the public mail across three thousand miles in less than a day and a half--faster than ever before. Though the U.S. Air Mail Service began on the East Coast, some of the frontier tales of the route through the Rocky Mountains were lost. The western leg of the airmail service from Chicago to San Francisco included the Mountain Division, headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The route through Wyoming, considered the most treacherous, provided harrowing tales of the pilots who risked their lives. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel lionize these folk heroes, aviation legends and icons of western history.

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1439661677

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Wyoming's Friendly Skies: Training America's First Stewardesses

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Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Training America's First Stewardesses

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel

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Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

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A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

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Cheyenne Frontier Days

By: Starley Talbott,Linda Graves Fabian

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History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

By: Starley Talbott,Michael E. Kassel

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Celebrating at their encampment near Crow Creek on July 4, 1867, railroad surveyors named the settlement after the local Cheyenne tribe. By the time the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in November, the town had grown from a tent city to a Hell on Wheels town of ten thousand souls. Cattle barons brought herds to graze the open range, while they reposed in mansions on Millionaires Row. By 1890, the gleaming dome of the new capitol building was visible all the way down Capitol Avenue to the majestic Union Pacific Railroad Depot. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel explore a rich past, including the origins of the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the foundation of the world's largest outdoor rodeo and the unheralded history of early aviation that eclipsed Denver.

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History Press

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1540250091

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Fort Laramie

By: Starley Talbott

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Platte County

Platte County

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie

Historic Lakeview Cemetery of Cheyenne

Historic Lakeview Cemetery of Cheyenne

History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, A

History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne, A

Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

Wyoming's Friendly Skies: Training America's First Stewardesses

Wyoming's Friendly Skies: Training America's First Stewardesses

Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Wyoming's Friendly Skies

Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

Wyoming Airmail Pioneers

A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

A History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Cheyenne Frontier Days

History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

History Lover's Guide to Cheyenne

Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie

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