Author: Tom Rea
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941052662
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hole in the Wall country of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains is well known to history buffs steeped in Butch Cassidy lore, but for millennia it's been a crossroads for all kinds of people. The name refers to a break or "hole" in a wall of red sandstone, 40 miles long. Where the Middle Fork of Powder River breaches the Red Wall lies the Hole in the Wall Ranch. This is the story of the land, the people, and the ranch itself-a history of Wyoming and the West, centered around one dramatic place.
The Hole in the Wall Ranch, A History
Author: Tom Rea
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941052662
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hole in the Wall country of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains is well known to history buffs steeped in Butch Cassidy lore, but for millennia it's been a crossroads for all kinds of people. The name refers to a break or "hole" in a wall of red sandstone, 40 miles long. Where the Middle Fork of Powder River breaches the Red Wall lies the Hole in the Wall Ranch. This is the story of the land, the people, and the ranch itself-a history of Wyoming and the West, centered around one dramatic place.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941052662
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hole in the Wall country of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains is well known to history buffs steeped in Butch Cassidy lore, but for millennia it's been a crossroads for all kinds of people. The name refers to a break or "hole" in a wall of red sandstone, 40 miles long. Where the Middle Fork of Powder River breaches the Red Wall lies the Hole in the Wall Ranch. This is the story of the land, the people, and the ranch itself-a history of Wyoming and the West, centered around one dramatic place.
Casper
Author: Con Trumbull
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738599638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Spread along the North Platte River in central Wyoming, the city of Casper was established in 1888 near the site of old Fort Caspar. As a stop along the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, Casper quickly became an important hub for the region's wool and beef industries. With the discovery of oil nearby soon after the town was founded, Casper was declared the "Oil Capital of the Rockies" and quickly expanded. Since those early days, Casper has survived many booms and busts to become one of the largest cities in the state of Wyoming. The area is rich in history, from pioneer trails such as the Oregon, California Bozeman, and Mormon Trails to early-day homesteaders, and has remained central to Wyoming's politics and industry. Casper today is a growing city with strong ties to agriculture, oil, gas, and wind energy and has several museums with historical, fossil, and art collections.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738599638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Spread along the North Platte River in central Wyoming, the city of Casper was established in 1888 near the site of old Fort Caspar. As a stop along the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, Casper quickly became an important hub for the region's wool and beef industries. With the discovery of oil nearby soon after the town was founded, Casper was declared the "Oil Capital of the Rockies" and quickly expanded. Since those early days, Casper has survived many booms and busts to become one of the largest cities in the state of Wyoming. The area is rich in history, from pioneer trails such as the Oregon, California Bozeman, and Mormon Trails to early-day homesteaders, and has remained central to Wyoming's politics and industry. Casper today is a growing city with strong ties to agriculture, oil, gas, and wind energy and has several museums with historical, fossil, and art collections.
A History of the Buildings and Structures of Faraway Ranch, Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona
Author: Louis Torres
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chiricahua National Monument (Ariz.)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chiricahua National Monument (Ariz.)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Wyoming, a Guide to Its History, and People,
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760496
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760496
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West
Author: Richard M. Patterson
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9780933472891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A state-by-state review of the history of outlaws and outlaw activity in the Old West.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9780933472891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A state-by-state review of the history of outlaws and outlaw activity in the Old West.
Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways and People
Author:
Publisher: US History Publishers
ISBN: 1603540490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher: US History Publishers
ISBN: 1603540490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Outlaw Trail
Author: Robert Redford
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780448120249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A journey through time.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780448120249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A journey through time.
History of Wyoming
Author: Ichabod Sargent Bartlett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Devil's Gate
Author: Tom Rea
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806182008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Devil’s Gate—the name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. In this eloquent and captivating narrative, Tom Rea traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyoming—a remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trail—to show how ownership of a place can translate into owning its story. Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Devil’s Gate is the center of a landscape that threatens to shrink any inhabitants to insignificance except for one thing: ownership of the land and the stories they choose to tell about it. The static serenity of the once heavily traveled region masks a history of conflict. Tom Sun, an early rancher, played a role here in the lynching of the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming. The lynching was dismissed as swift frontier justice in the wake of cattle theft, but Rea finds more complicated motives that involve land and water rights. The Sun name was linked with the land for generations. In the 1990s, the Mormon Church purchased part of the Sun ranch to memorialize Martin’s Cove as the site of handcart pioneers who froze to death in the valley in 1856. The treeless, arid country around Devil’s Gate seems too immense for ownership. But stories run with the land. People who own the land can own the stories, at least for a time.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806182008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Devil’s Gate—the name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. In this eloquent and captivating narrative, Tom Rea traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyoming—a remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trail—to show how ownership of a place can translate into owning its story. Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Devil’s Gate is the center of a landscape that threatens to shrink any inhabitants to insignificance except for one thing: ownership of the land and the stories they choose to tell about it. The static serenity of the once heavily traveled region masks a history of conflict. Tom Sun, an early rancher, played a role here in the lynching of the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming. The lynching was dismissed as swift frontier justice in the wake of cattle theft, but Rea finds more complicated motives that involve land and water rights. The Sun name was linked with the land for generations. In the 1990s, the Mormon Church purchased part of the Sun ranch to memorialize Martin’s Cove as the site of handcart pioneers who froze to death in the valley in 1856. The treeless, arid country around Devil’s Gate seems too immense for ownership. But stories run with the land. People who own the land can own the stories, at least for a time.
Butch Cassidy
Author: Richard M. Patterson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287563
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Presents an account of the life, times, and crimes of the legendary outlaw
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287563
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Presents an account of the life, times, and crimes of the legendary outlaw