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English
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"Letters of a Woman Homesteader" is the fascinating true tale of life on the American frontier by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. First published in 1914, Stewart's work is a collection of 26 letters written by Stewart from 1909 to 1914 which follow her adventures in Wyoming. Born Elinore Pruitt in 1876 in Chickasaw Nation territory in modern day Oklahoma, her birth father died when she was very young and her mother and step-father both died when Stewart...
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Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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In 1987, the newly sustained president of the Riverton Wyoming Stake, R. Scott Lorimer, began asking his stake members to pray about the "Willie Project." He remembers, "I had no idea what I was even aasking them to do." No one, not even President Lorimer, knew what the Willie Project would be, but the stake leaders sensed that it had something to do with Rock Creek and with the sacred feelings they had experienced there. "We sought the Lord in...
Author
Publisher
Larmie Printing Co
Pub. Date
1953
Language
English
Description
Joseph "Joe" S. LeFors was a U.S. Deputy Marshal who pursued several train robbers and other outlaws in the northwest.
Born in Paris, Texas, in 1865, LeFors grew up to be a cowboy, and after driving a herd to Wyoming in 1885, he stayed there. Later he would become an inspector-detective responsible for tracking stolen cattle in Wyoming and Montana. In the process, he was involved in several gunfights. In 1899, he rode with a posse sent to capture...
15) Buck
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
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Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"For many outsiders, the word ranching conjures romantic images of riding on horseback through rolling grasslands while living and working against a backdrop of breathtaking mountain vistas. In this absorbing memoir of life in the Wyoming high country, Mary Budd Flitner offers a more authentic glimpse into the daily realities of ranch life--and what it takes to survive in the ranching world. Some of Flitner's recollections are humorous and lighthearted....
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