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Books are listed below in Alphabetic order by title |
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Days to Zion: The Day-by-Day Trek of the Mormon Pioneers |
Daily
account of the trip of the first company of Mormon pioneers. |
| Hal Knight and Dr. Stanley B. Kimball |
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Adventures Of A Woman Homesteader: The Life And Letters of Elinore Pruit Stewart |
Biography
of author of Letters Of A Woman Homesteader and Letters On An
Elk Hunt. E.P. Stewart homesteaded in southern Sweetwater County in 1909. |
| Susanne K. George |
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Ahead of Their Time | In this book we learn of the hopes, dreams obstacles and victories of the unsung heroes who founded the Wyoming tradition of conserving and cherishing our unique wilderness heritage. These stories straight from the mouths of ranchers, outfitters, Native Americans and others tell how they saved or lost the wildest parts of Wyoming. |
| edited by Broughton Coburn and Leila Bruno |
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Alpine Flowers Stickers | Flower lovers and nature enthusiasts will be delighted with this charming sticker collection. Selected from a rare 19th-centure botanical portfolio, 50 full-color illustrations depict a wide variety of alpine flowers in beautiful accurate detail. |
| Maggie Kate |
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American Wild Flowers Coloring Book | Displaying the beauty and variety of America's most popular wild flowers, naming and locating each of the species, this most unusual book is intended for coloring. Redrawn from the original Smithsonian Rickett plates each of the 46 renderings is ready to be colored. |
| Paul E. Kennedy |
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Amidst
the Gold Dust - Women Who Forged the West |
Amidst
the God Dust is a collection of individual biographies about five women who, at first glance, seem vastly different, yet despite outward differences, have much to teach us about hardships, courage and perseverance. (Cover notes) |
| Julie Danneberg |
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Annie
Oakley:
Young Markswoman |
The
story of Annie Oakley from the time she was a young girl, how she earned her first gun and the places her talent for sharp shooting and riding took her. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans. These lively, inspiring fictionalized biographies are easily read by children of eight years and up. |
| Ellen Wilson |
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Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Green |
 Red Buttes - Green River Wyoming 1913  North Front Street - Rock Springs Wyoming 1918  Street Scene - Green River Wyoming 1927 |
 Covey Little America - Wyoming 1920  Castle Rock - Green River Wyoming 1920  Western Cafe - Rock Springs Wyoming 1937 |
Reproduction Antique Post Cards $2.00
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| Since the turn of the 20th Century Postcards have said "Wish you were her" in a thousand Ways. Now they represent an Historical Journey through Times gone Bye |
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The Arapahoes, Our People |
"[This] history of the
Arapaho represents the standard against which all future accounts will
be gauged...Moreover, the clarity with which the author presents the
events from A.D. 1800 to 1869 makes this book a valuable contribution to
the historical annals of the Plains..." - Plains Anthropologist |
| Virginia Cole Trenholm |
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Architecture of the Ancient Ones | Val
Brinkerhoff takes us on a quiet walk in this area where others once dwelled. It is a visually stunning account of the ruins left behind, through which much has been learned about the Ancient Ones of 800 years ago. |
| Photographs
by Van Brinkerhoff Text by A. Dudley Gardner |
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Arrowheads
& Stone Artifacts |
This
practical, down-to-earth guide for surface collectors of arrowheads and stone artifacts is designed especially for amateur archaeologists and people intersected in learning how to study and collect artifacts safely and responsibly. |
| C. G. Yeager |
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B is for Buckaroo | B
is for the Buckaroo, who's a cowboy through and through. These broncobusters you'll often see riding on horseback, yelling "Whoopee!" Cowpokes and buckaroos of all ages will enjoy this A-Z romp through the facts, feats, and folks of the cowboy way of life. |
| Louise
Doak Whitney & Gleaves Whitney |
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The Banditti of the Plains or The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 |
The war took place in 1892, when Wyoming's cattle kings, faced with the loss of their ranges to homesteaders, decided to eliminate the small farmers and ranchers. Fifty-two cattlemen and hired gunmen from Texas and Idaho proceeded on their infamous invasion of Johnson county. The tables were turned when the homesteaders rallied behind the sheriff and besieged the cattlemen. |
| A. S. Mercer |
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The Bassett Women | "The
Bassett home gave refuge to a veritable who's who of western outlaws,
among them Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and many lesser rustlers....What makes the book so delectable are the lovingly detailed scandals involving Brown's Park pioneers." True West |
| Grace McClure |
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Beautiful
America's
Wyoming |
Mention the name of this vast western state and what image springs to mind? Wyoming is indeed a region ruled by a close relationship to the landscape. Enjoy 50 full color pictures of the Wyoming landscape. |
| Charlotte Dixon |
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Behold the Shining Mountains | Book two of the authors’ Talking History Series. “…combines the true tales of many epic people, weaving them into a grand tapestry of the times without losing sight of the main characters….despite its historical precision, Behold the Shining Mountains is a three hanky book with a dozen belly laughs,” (from Introduction). 1830-1836 era. |
| Gary Wiles & Delores Brown |
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Beyond
the Hundredth Meridian John
Wesley Powell |
The successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West. Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was. |
| Wallace Stegner |
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Big Wonderful Notes from Wyoming |
In this unconventional
memoir, Kevin Holdsworth vividly portrays life in remote, unpredictable country and ruminates on the guts - or foolishness- it takes to put down roots and raise a family in a merciless environment. |
| Kevin Holdsworth |
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Black
Gold
Patterns in the Development of Wyoming's Oil Industry |
A collection of short stories which illustrate some of the major problems and issues faced by those who developed Wyoming's oil industry from 1890 to the 1850's. |
| Mike Mackey |
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Blood
of the Prophets
Brigham
Young |
The
massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single
most violent act to occur on the overland trails, yet it has been all bur forgotten. Will Bagleys' "Blood of the Prophets" is the most extensive investigation of the events surrounding the mass killings since Juanita Brooks published her groundbreaking study. |
| Will Bagley |
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Bold
Spirit
Helga
Estby's |
Follow Helga Estby not only across the physical landscape of 1896 America -- its mountains, plains deserts, reservations, cities, and towns -- but across the country's social, political, economic, and cultural landscape as well. It's a fascinating journey. |
| Linda Lawrence Hunt |
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Booms And Busts On Bitter Creek: A History Of Rock Springs, Wyoming | This edition adds the subsidence story, when much of Rock Springs seemed destined to sink into the abandoned coalmines under the city, and tells of the rise of the fabulous trona industry. |
| Robert B. Rhode |
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Butch
Cassidy: A Biography |
Separating mythology from actual events in the life of Butch Cassidy has been made extremely difficult by the many stories told about him by family members, acquaintances, and writers after his presumed death in a Bolivian village. In an exhaustive search of reminiscences, newspapers, and books, Richard Patterson has written the definitive biography of the outlaw whose legend is rivaled only by that of Billy the Kid. |
| Richard Patterson |
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C is for Cowboy A Wyoming Alphabet |
Catch a glimpse of all the wonders, history, and landscapes Wyoming has to offer. From Devils Tower and grizzly bears to Father Kelly and Yellowstone National Park, Susan Guy's dramatic, true-to-life artwork provides a stunning backdrop to the printed words. |
| Eugene Gagliano |
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Cherokee
Trail Diaries
Volume
I - 1849 |
This definitive work of the Cherokee Trails includes the trails' location, including campsites and the emigrants that pioneered them. |
| Patricia
K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher, Lee Whiteley |
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Cherokee
Trail Diaries
Volume III - 1851-1900 |
Includes maps, journal entries and corrections to Vol. I and II. Covers emigrants, goldseekers, cattle drives and outlaws who used the trails. |
| Dr.
Jack E. Fletcher, Patricia K.A. Fletcher |
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Chuck
Wagon Cook Book |
No
chuck wagon feed is complete without its basic ingredients of beans,
beef, hot biscuits, apple pie and lots of coffee. Included are
original recipes for boiled apple dumplings, lima beans baked with steak
and general, everyday useful tips, all from the renowned Western cook, Hi Pockets. Also included are recipes showing you how to create actual hand lotion and soaps like those used in the rugged west; wines, tea, punch, even candy and ice cream are included. |
| Beth McElfresh |
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Color the Wild Rockies |
From bobcats and bears to raccoons and rabbits, young locals and visitors alike will enjoy coloring the animals, birds, and butterflies of the Rocky Mountains. Brief descriptions of appearance, habitat and activities will enhance their observations and discoveries of the great outdoors. |
| Pruett Publishing |
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters |
$14.95 |
Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters |
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Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters |
$15.95 |
Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters The California Trail |
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Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
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Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters The Oregon Trail |
$14.95 |
Covered Wagon Women Diaries & Letters |
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Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
Edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes |
Set of volumes 1-6 "Covered Wagon Women" Series $75.00
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Cowboy
Cartoon Cookbook A Chuckwagon Load of Rib-ticklin' roundup Recipes |
Zesty
western recipes, cowboy cartoons and anecdotes. Cowboy artist
Jim Willoughby and his wife, Sue, have combined their talents to produce these tantalizing selections. Saddle up the stove, 'cause you'll be riding the range to night! Yee-hah! |
| Jim & Sue Willoughby |
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Coyotes
and Canaries:
Characters Who Made the West Wild...and Wonderful |
In this enlightening volume, Wyoming historian and storyteller Larry Brown gives us the low-down on numerous residents of the "Equality State," from famed saddle maker, Frank Meanea, to the notorious Tom Horn, to Wyoming's first black legislator, William Jefferson Hardin. An absolute must for any interested in Wyoming history. |
| Larry K. Brown |
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Crazy Woman Creek | Women living west of the Mississippi write of the ways they shape and sustain their communities. Whether these groups are organized, imposed, or spontaneous, this collection shows that where women gather, anything is possible. Women recall harmony found at a drugstore, at a powwow, in a sewing circle. Lively, heartfelt, urgent, enduring, Crazy Woman Creek celebrates community. |
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edited by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, and Nancy Curtis |
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Cretaceous
Dinosaurs
Sticker Picture |
A primeval landscape complete with rocks, vegetation and a river framed by hilly terrain is the perfect backdrop for 33 full-color reusable stickers. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4". |
| Jan Sovak |
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Digging
Up Butch & Sundance |
What a book? Hard-traveling historians on a quest. Romance! Altitude sickness! The driest desert in the World! Potentially deadly disputes over centuries-old bones! And finally, the answer to a ninety-year-old mystery. |
| Anne Meadows |
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Dinosaur ABC Coloring Book |
Llyn Hunter has dramatically rendered -- in alphabetical order -- 28 prehistoric beasts as they might have appeared in their natural habitats millions of years ago. Included extensive notes containing fascinating background information. |
| Llyn Hunter |
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I can read about: Dinosaurs |
Explore
the world of the dinosaur. Learn about their life styles and what they left behind. |
| John Howard |
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Dinosaurs
Big and Small |
Some
dinosaurs were BIG. How big? As long as four school busses in a row, as heavy as sixteen elephants. Some dinosaurs were small. How small? Read and find out! |
| Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld |
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Donner
Party Cookbook A guide to survival on the Hastings Cutoff |
Terry Del Bene combines a riveting narrative with his extensive knowledge of 19th century foods. Like peeling an onion, this account strips the story to the hard truths of overland travel as the layers of social and cultural belief and action that resulted in the 1846 tragedy in the Sierra Nevada are uncovered. There is nothing dry about the tale. |
| Terry Del Bene, Ph.D. |
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Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On! | Another Collection of range witticisms, including the Cowboy Code & other tips for the trail. |
| Texas Bix Bender |
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Down
the Great Unknown
John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand Canyon |
On
May 23, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and
a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in
the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand
Canyon; to adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious
as Atlantis -- and as perilous.
The ten men set out down the mighty Colorado River in wooden rowboats. Six survived. |
| Edward Dolnick |
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Dreamers & Schemers | The profiles of thirty-one personalities in this book offer snap shots of men and women whose behavior helped shape Carbon County. Some were good, law abiding citizens; a few were cold, ruthless outlaws. Journey back in time to an earlier century. Meet Jim Baker, Joe Rankin, Big Nose George, Lillian Heath and more. |
| Lori Van Pelt |
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Echoes from the Bluffs:
Volume Two |
Series of historical articles originally published in the Green River Star
from 1998 into 2003 about Green River, Wyoming. Volume 2 also contains information previously published in the commission's brochure covering mayors since 1891 to the present. |
| Green River Historic Preservation Commission |
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Eden Valley Voices
A Centennial Celebration of Stories |
In our quest to listen to stories and collect documents, photographs, and oral histories something amazing happened. We began hearing voices, Eden Valley voices. We heard these voices when we were on field trips around the Valley or when we recorded oral history interviews. You will hear those voices speaking from the pages of this book bring Eden Valley's uniquely western story alive. |
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compiled by Sweetwater County Historical Museum |
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Empire
Express
Building the First Transcontinental Railroad |
Beginning
in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands
of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the
United States effectively doubled in size fought three wars, and began
to discover a new national identity.
Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History |
| David Haward Bain |
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The Exploration Of The Colorado River And Its Canyons | On May 24, 1869, ten men in four boats pushed off at Green River, Wyoming. On August 30, six men in two boats down to their last ten pounds of moldy flour, fifteen pounds of dried and re-dried and re-dried apples and a few pounds of coffee, came out into open country at the mouth of the Virgin River - blackened, bearded, emaciated, in rags - and saw three Mormons and an Indian seining for fish in the shallows. This is a griping tale of the first trip down the Colorado River. |
| John Wesley Powell |
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Following
Lewis and Clark's Track The Story of the Corps of Discovery |
This activity book is focused around the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and the Experiences of the Corps of Discovery. The wide variety of exercises include: time lines, charts and graphs, map reading, word searches, puzzles and other activities that should appeal to young and old alike. |
| William E. Hill |
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Fossils | This "DK Pockets" book is systematically organized for easy access to information and contains diagrams, charts, maps, glossary, and index. |
| Douglas Plamer |
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Fossils Tell of Long Ago' |
What is a fossil? A fossil is anything that has been preserved, one way or another that tells about life on Earth. But you can make a fossil, too -- something to be discovered a million years from now-- and this book will tell you how. |
| Aliki |
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Gemstones and Other Unique Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming - Bulletin 71 | |
| W.
Dan Hausel & Wayne M. Sutherland |
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Ghost Towns of Wyoming | Through the pages of this book, the streets of these deserted towns come back to life, while exploring these towns, you will find adventure, great outdoor vistas, wildlife, and, occasionally, the story of lost treasure of the alleged spirit. |
| Bruce A. Raisch |
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Great Trains to cut out & put together |
From 1 horse-power trains to the UP Big Boy read about the trains and then make paper models to show what they looked like. |
| Nick Taylor |
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Heading West An Activity Book for Children |
As you read through this book you will get a chance to complete many different types of exercises. All of them will help you learn about the pioneers and their trip west. You will see some of the scenes, animals, forts, clothing, and equipment that the pioneers saw and used one hundred and fifty years ago. |
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William E. Hill and Jan C. Hill |
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Hidden
Wyoming
Where
Vacations |
Selective recommendations and opinionated reviews lead you to hiking trails through the Tetons, ghost towns in the Big Horn and mineral springs in Yellowstone. |
| John Gottberg |
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Historic Image Magnets | Choose from eight different old time Green River images. Each measures 3 1/2"x2". |
| $3.00 each |
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Historical
Images of Sweetwater County |
Sweetwater County sits in the heart of the "Old West." The diversity of the nationalities living in the area reflects a past rich in tradition and change. The pictures presented were chosen to show people living in a place "where the old west stayed young." |
| A.
Dudley Gardner & Val Brinkerhoff |
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History of the Union Pacific Coal Mines 1869 to 1940 |
Much of the history of the coal fields of southern Wyoming took place out of sight--beneath the grey soil of this high, desert land. Daily its people would pour into the dark voids of the coal mines to extract the fuel to run railroads, heat houses and power factories of America. This reprint of a 1940 history of the Union Pacific Coal Company tells the story of these workers and their families who made homes and hometowns in this forbidding land. |
| Sweetwater County Historical Society |
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Hog Ranches Of Wyoming: Liquor, Lust And Lies Under Sagebrush Skies |
A
history of the settlements, which sprang up near western army posts. “Hog ranches” offered the amusements of alcohol, prostitutes and games of chance to soldiers. |
| Larry K. Brown |
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Horseshoe
Nail |
Standing
figure $9.95 Hanging figure $5.95 Hanger $3.95 |
These clever whimsical figures are sure to please and delight the collector young or not so young. | |
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I Didn't Know That About Wyoming | More than 200 questions with answers on subjects such as Indian legends, movies filmed in Wyoming, why some places have such interesting names, and famous Wyomingites. |
| Lavinia Dobler |
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See by Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains |
No Hollywood flim-flam or arty Photographic re-creation here. Historic photographs show what actual working cowboys of the Northern Plains wore and what equipment they used. |
| Tom
Lindmier & Steve Mount |
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I, Tom Horn | The fictional autobiography of Tom Horn that answers decisively the question - did Tom Horn kill fourteen-year-old Willie Nickell, or was he framed?. |
| Will Henry |
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Images of America The Images of America series celebrates
the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using
archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the
past that shape the character of the community today. |
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Evanston |
 $19.99 Paperbound 128 pages |
Green River | |
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Barbara Allen Bogart and the Uinta County Museum |
Terry Del
Bene, Ruth Lauritzen, Cyndi McCullers, and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum |
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Pinedale |
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Sweetwater County |
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| Ann Chambers Noble | Cyndi
McCullers and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum |
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In Tar and Paint and Stone The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil's Gate |
The
definitive history and index of inscriptions found on Independence Rock
-- The Oregon Trail's "Great Register of the Desert."
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| Levida Hileman |
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Jim
Bridger: Mountain Man |
A
biography of Jim Bridger. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West. (cover notes) |
| Stanley Vestal |
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Joe
Meek: The Merry Mountain Man |
Born
in Virginia, Joe Meek became a trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace
officer, and lover of practical jokes. He was a boon companion to Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and just as important in frontier history. |
| Stanley Vestal |
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John Wesley Powell Soldier Explorer Scientist |
Leader of the first expedition down the
Colorado River through the Grand Canyon: "We are three-quarters of a mile in the depths of the earth...We have an unknown distance yet to run; an unknown river yet to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls rise over the river, we know not." August 13, 1869 |
| Jean Thor Cook |
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Journals
of Lewis and Clark |
Together Lewis and Clark kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, mapping rivers, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington and Oregon.. |
| Edited
by Bernard Devoto |
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Lady's
Choice: Ethel Waxham's Journals & Letters, 1905-1910 |
"These letters are among the treasures of American History, bringing to life an adventurous, quick-witted woman and the laconic but determined man who wooed and won her." |
| Compiled and Edited by Barbara Love
& Frances Love Froidevaux |
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The
Lincoln Highway Wyoming |
Presents a narrative history of the highway in the state, including a driving guide, followed by a dossier of maps. The U.S. Geological Survey's 7.5 minutes quadrangles are used a a base, with the routes of the several variations of the Lincoln Highway overlaid as dark gray bands. Chapters take you county by county through Wyoming with pictures to illustrate many land marks. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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Little
Western Girl Paper Doll |
Cute little "western girl" Annie has eight different outfits, all in beautiful color and very authentic. Each outfit has a short test as if Annie is talking to the child who is dressing her. Three of her outfits also feature one of her pets. This little paper doll is sure to bring lots of fun to any child interested in the west. |
| Tom Tierney |
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Log
Cabin Sticker Activity Book |
On the inside covers, you'll find a full-color scent of a cozy one-room log cabin. Simply add any or all of the 30 reusable stickers to furnish it. |
| Marty Noble |
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Maps
of the California Trail |
250 Maps of the California Trail. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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Meals on
Mules Chuck Wagon Cookin' |
This cookbook will bring you the Ranch, the Chuck Wagon and
the Dutch Oven through reenactments of when the cowboy cook was king of the trail. |
| George R. Stephen III |
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Meriwether
Lewis
Boy Explorer |
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans. These lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies are easily read by children of eight and up. |
| Charlotta M. Bebenroth |
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More than Meets the Eye: Wyoming Along Interstate 80 | Interstate
80 through Wyoming is brimming with sights, history and fascinating folks. You'll find them all in these pages. |
| Mary Ann Trevathan |
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre | This book remains the definitive study of that dark day in the history of Utah when an emigrant wagon train crossing southern Utah was attacked by Indians and Mormons, and all the emigrants, with the exception of a few children, were slaughtered. Brooks, a scholarly researcher, discusses the facts as she found them, neither smearing nor clearing the participants as individuals. |
| Juanita Brooks |
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North American Indian Girl and Boy Paper Dolls | This contains a boy and a girl doll, and 31 different full-color outfits accurately recreating the native dress of 19 tribes that span a vast area of the North American Continent. Ages 8-14. |
| Kathy Allert |
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Nothing
Like It In the World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 |
The story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad - the investors who risked their businesses and money: the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and lost, their lives; immigrants, soldiers and other laborers who did backbreaking and dangerous work on the |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
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Oregon-California Trails | This activity book is focused around the experiences of the early emigrants. The wide variety of exercises include: map reading, identification, word searches, making charts and graphs, classifications, and crossword puzzles that should appeal to young and old alike. |
| William E. Hill |
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The Oregon Trail | Exuberantly documents Francis Parkman's 1846 expedition into the American wilderness. Observed with a reporter's eye and recorded in detail, the whole panorama of life on the Great Plains comes forth against the cruel indifference and majesty of the vast land itself -- the emigrants with their "broad-brimmed hats, thin visages, and staring eyes: whose days were filled with hardship, and the Indians and buffalo whose demise Parkman foresaw. |
| Francis Parkman, Jr. |
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The Oregon Trail Revisited | The emigrants who pioneered the Oregon Trail and settled the West Coast have become American heroes and a source of inspiration today. Included in this book are detailed instructions to precise locations along the trail, which may be reached in a family car. |
| Gregory M. Franzwa |
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The
Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy & His Wild Bunch |
The Wild Bunch found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. this trail offered desert and mountain hideouts to bandits and cowboys. The almost inaccessible Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming was a station on the Outlaw Trail, to the south, in Utah, was the inhospitable Robbers' Roost. |
| Charles Kelly |
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Outskirt Episodes | In rousing period style, Civil War veteran and frontiersman William G. Tittsworth tells the tales of the raw land of southwestern Wyoming in the late nineteenth century in his memoirs. The frontier characters, thought by many to be based on actual historical characters act out their dramas on the stage of early Sweetwater County history. |
| William G. Tittsworth |
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People of the Wind River The Eastern Shoshones 1825-1900 |
The first book length history of the Eastern Shoshones, tells the tribe's story through eight tumultuous decades -- from 1825, when they reached mutual accommodations with the first permanent white settlers in Wind River county, to 1900, when the death of Chief Washakie marked the final break with their traditional lives as nineteenth century Plains Indians. |
| Henry E. Stamm, IV |
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Petticoat
Prisoners of old Wyoming |
This completes Brown's trilogy about the wicked days of early Wyoming with stories of twenty-three women who became guests at the Gray Bar Hotel. |
| Larry K. Brown |
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Ponder The Path |
Book One of the authors’ Talking History Series, this book “…is a stirring narrative of the westward expansion of the United States between 1808 and 1830, “ (from Foreword). |
| Gary Wiles and Delores Brown |
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Postcards | Assorted souvenir picture postcards to keep or mail. |
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Powell's
Colorado River Expedition Coloring Book |
Nearly 40 dramatic illustration recall John Wesley Powell's epic 19th century expedition in the valley of the Colorado. Ages 6-10. |
| Peter F. Copeland |
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Prehistoric
Mammals Coloring Book |
41 accurately rendered illustrations depict giraffe-like ancestor of the rhinoceros, large saber-toothed tiger, "woolly mammoth," other prehistoric creatures. Captions. Age 6-10. |
| Jan Sovak |
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Pushed
Off the Mountain Sold Down the River Wyoming's Search for It's Soul |
Pushed Off the Mountain asks the question few want to discuss: How long with Wyoming champion a mythology that leads to chronic rootlessness and an inability to influence its future: Samuel Western, a longtime correspondent for The Economist of London, feels that a solution to Wyoming's economic woes has little to do with money but instead rethinking the rendition of its "way-of-life" myths. |
| Samuel Western |
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Riding the Edge of an Era Growing Up Cowboy on the Outlaw Trail |
Diana Allen Kouris is a masterful storyteller
with a wonderful story to tell. This book should be required reading
for all new arrivals in the West, so they might know something about the
folds this land has shaped, about the folks who have long called this land
their home. D.L. Birchfield |
| Diana Allen Kouris |
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Rising from the Plains | This is the story of an isolated ranch in the center of Wyoming, soon after the turn of the century, and of the geologist who grew up there, at home with the composition of the high country in the way that someone growing up in a coastal harbor would be at home with the vagaries of the sea. |
| John McPhee |
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A
River Running West
The
Life of |
John
Wesley Powell embodied the energy, optimism, and westward impulse of America in his time. This important new biography captures this spirit, providing a magisterial life of this great American explorer and an unforgettable chapter in the sage of the American West. |
| Donald Worster |
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Roadside
Geology of Wyoming |
Here
are Wyoming's rocks and landscapes in all their richness and variety. Here is the story of how it came to be. |
| David R. Lageson and Darwin R. Spearing |
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Roadside History of Wyoming | To know Wyoming is to experience its physical presence, and there's no better way to to that than by driving its roads and learning its history. Well-researched, well-told stories are set against the dramatic backdrop of the land itself to reveal how Wyoming's natural environment affected human activity through time. |
| Candy Moulton |
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Rock Springs:
Growing Up in a Wyoming Coal Town |
A small, wind-blown coal town in southwestern Wyoming is the setting for this fond memoir of the years between the World Wars. Author Tom Cullen gives a glimpse of the "tough, dirty and mean" little town of Rock Springs and the joys and sorrows of his childhood there. |
| Thomas P. Cullen |
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Rockhounding in Wyoming | The
75 sites described in this guide will take you across the red desert to the high mountain majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders of Yellowstone National Park. |
| Kenneth Lee Graham |
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Rocks,
Fossils and Arrowheads
Take-Along Guide |
Takes
you into the fun world of geology, introducing 15 common rocks and
minerals, 5 kinds of fossils and 7 different arrowheads and artifacts. |
| Laura Evert |
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Rocky Mountain Rendezvous
A History of the Fur Trade Rendezvous |
Carefully crafted and compiled from primary sources, this book includes fascinating text by Fred R. Gowans accompanied by first hand accounts of the rendezvous from scientists, artists, military personnel, government explorers, and missionaries. The descriptions are illustrated with maps, photographs, and drawings. |
| Fred R. Gowans |
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Rodeo Sticker Picture | The rodeo comes to life in this exciting activity book. A laminated backdrop, created by artist Steven Petruccio depicts a canyonland setting with an empty corral in the foreground lined with spectators and a judges' stand. This scene is just waiting to be brought to life with the 33 full-color stickers of the many events of rodeo. Ages 6-9. |
| Steven James Petruccio |
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The Romantic and Notorious History of Brown's Park | Brown's Park, on the Green River, lies partly in Utah and Colorado. It is astride the old Outlaw Trail, which ran from old Mexico and Arizona, through Wyoming, Montana, and into Alberta. Many outlaws passed through Brown's Park, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. |
| Diana Allen Kouris |
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Sacajawea | Few personalities in American history have been more idealized -- or more controversial -- than Sacajawea, the young Shoshoni Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their epic journey across the continent. Sacajawea's path is retraced from the Mandan Indian village to the Pacific Ocean and back. |
| Harold P. Howard |
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Sacagawea: American Pathfinder |
Easy to read novel for children eight and up of one of America's famous children. The story begins when Sacagawea is only a child and continues on as she leads Lewis and Clark on their Discovery expedition. |
| Flora Warren Seymour |
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Sacajawea's
Son: The Life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau |
The exciting, surprising, and sometimes poignant story of a boy born to adventure. At the age of two months, Baptiste experienced the first of his many exploits when his parents took time along on Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery expedition. Educated in St. Louis he went on to live in a royal palace in Europe before he returned to the United States to become a mountain man, scout and gold prospector. |
| Marion Tinling |
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Saddles
& Spurs: The Pony Express Saga |
The story of the Pony Express is one of the most invigorating and satisfying episodes in American History. Projected against an account of the historical background is the narrative of the Pony Express's organization and the laying out of its route. |
| Raymond W. Settle and Mary Lund Settle |
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Sagebrush
Country
A Wildflower Sanctuary |
Through color photographs and non-technical descriptions this field guide explores the elegance of the sagebrush steppe as expressed in the colorful spring and fall flowers and, more subtly, in the wondrous adaptations that enable plants to withstand the extremes so typical of this harsh environment. |
| Ronald J. Taylor |
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Sheepwagon: Home on the Range |
In this book we learn not only the background of the sheepwagon, but also of sheep, sheepmen and women, and herders. Over 100 photographs enrich the text. |
| Nancy Weidel |
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Smoky the Cowhorse |
Smoky grows up wild, strong, and wise to the ways of the range, fighting wolves and braving stiff winds. Clint, a bronco-busting cowboy on the Rocking R Ranch, spots the spirited four-year-old and thinks it is the finest little horse he ever saw. After many adventurous years with Clint on the Rocking R Ranch, Smoky mysteriously disappears, only to turn up later as an outlaw bucking horse on the rodeo circuit. |
| Will James |
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Stagecoach
Wells Fargo and the American West |
The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore. From the Great Plains to the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, the company's operations embraced almost all social, cultural, and economic activities west of the Mississippi. For a time, Wells Fargo was the most powerful and widespread institution in the American West, even surpassing the presence of the federal government. |
| Philip L. Fradkin |
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The Streamliner: Green River in the 1950's
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The Official Publication of the Union Pacific Historical Society -- Green River in the 1950's |
| UP Historical Society |
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Stuffed Moose | Cuddly stuffed moose is 11" tall. He wears a Wyoming hoodie. |
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Stuffed
Beanies: Moose, Big Horn Sheep or Black Bear |
Cute Beanie Animals are 8" long and are sold separately. |
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$12.00 |
Stuffed Buffalo |
Stuffed buffalo is 12" long and wears a Wyoming Scarf |
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Stuffed Elk | Elk is 16" long and 14" tall. Made by Wild Republic. |
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Stuffed
Elk, Moose or Buffalo |
Soft and cuddly animals are 6" tall. Each sold separately. |
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Sunrise Over The Rim | This historical novel will take you back to the beginnings of Central Wyoming as you walk in the shoes of legendary rancher/farmer Ed Young. ed was Wyoming's version of Johnny Appleseed and Butch portrays Young in a convincing and entertaining way. |
| E. "Butch" Hudson |
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This is the Place The Story of the Mormon Trail |
As
you read through this book you will learn many things about the Mormon Trail and the people associated with it. There are some fun activities and puzzles to do. There is also a game to play as well as a project to complete. We hop you will enjoy activities.. |
| William E. & Jan C. Hill |
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Beautiful
Thomas Moran print of the cliffs of Green River. Prints measure
20"x36".
These tower like landmarks became one of the artist's favorite subjects. This view depicts Toll Gate Rock with the Palisades beyond, just west of the present-day town of Green River, Wyoming. |
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| Thomas
Moran:
Cliffs of Green River |
Print on paper $19.95 |
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Thomas
Moran:
Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory, 1882 |
Notecards 5"x7" |
| Notecards $1.00 ea |
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Thomas
Moran:
The Mirage |
Thomas Moran print.
Measures 34"x18". |
Print on paper $19.95 |
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Thomas Moran Prints 5" x 6 1/2" Note cards $2.00 11" x 14" Paper Print $22.00 11" x 14" Canvas Print $50.00
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Tom
Horn: Blood on the Moon |
Tom Horn, the most notorious of Wyoming's range detectives, operated unchecked until he was arrested for the 1901 murder of the fourteen-year-old son of a sheep-raising settler. The murder and questionable nature of Horn's conviction still ignite firestorms of controversy among historians and Wyomingites in general. |
| Chip Carlson |
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Trail
Boss' Cowboy Cookbook |
Includes 458 recipes from 24 states and 8 countries. Not just a meat-and-potatoes cookbook, this collection of authentic rangeland dishes and the historical notes behind them will surprise and satisfy everyone from seasoned gourmets to casual cooks. |
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Trails
of the White Savages |
Branded "White Savages" by Ben Franklin, the Scotch-Irish outcasts became America's warriors and trailblazers of the early 1800s. Andrew Jackson, Ewing Young and others fought duels, wars and Indians. Together, they rose from obscurity to become America's most powerful men. |
| Gary
Wiles & Delores Brown |
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The Ultimate Wyoming Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia | The essential reference guide to the Cowboy State. 129 detailed maps and mile-by-mile information on all Wyoming State and Federal highways. Includes information on dining, lodging, campgrounds, hopping, scenic drives, ghost towns, resorts, National Historic Trails informtion and more.. |
| Ultimate Press |
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Undaunted Courage | In this sweeping adventure story is presented one of the most momentous journeys in American History. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis saw it -- wild, awesome, and pristinely beautiful. |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
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Union Pacific Caps | Engineer's Cap looks like the ones proudly donned by UP engineers, this timeless canvas cap is crowned with red, white and blue UP shield on the distinctive blue and white ticking. Adjusts to fit all sizes. |
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Union Pacific Post Cards | Set of postcards depicting notable events from the history of the Union Pacific Railroad |
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Union Pacific: Saving a Big Boy and Other Railroad Stories |
This book is an effort to preserve some of the oral history of former Union Pacific Railroad employees in Wyoming who experienced the era of both World War II and steam-powered locomotives. These stories, illustrated with historic photographs, provide an enthralling look at arduous times on the railroad in Wyoming and the Union Pacific employees who were up to the challenge. |
| Bess Arnold |
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Union
Pacific Steam:
Challenger Portraits |
Photographs of all 105 Union Pacific Challengers are represented in this volume. Several photographs have never been published. |
| edited
by Matthew E. Kreitzer |
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view
of
Green
River, |
Print of early Green River. |
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Wagon
Wheels: A Contemporary Journey on the Oregon Trail |
Climb aboard Ben Kern's lead wagon and retrace the Oregon Trail with the 150th Anniversary Wagon Train. Experience the trail first-hand through the diaries of modern-day travelers Ben Kern, Candy Moulton, and Earl Leggett, plus gain insight from the historic diaries of pioneer emigrants. |
| Candy
Moulton & Ben Kern |
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WASHAKIE
Chief of the Shoshones |
Washakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. a strong leader of his own people, he was the wisdom of befriending the whites. Washakie is seen signing historic treaties, aiding overland emigrants in the 1850s, and finally assisting whites in fighting the Sioux. |
| Grace Raymond Hebard |
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West with
Lewis and Clark The Story of the Corps of Discovery |
A blend of history and educational actives on 40 fun-filled pages: coloring, dot to dots, map, recipes, music, mazes, figure-ground, word games, classification, an art project and more. |
| William E. & Jan C. Hill |
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What You See In Clear Water Indians, Whites, and a Battle Over Water in the American West |
For nearly a century, the
Indians on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming have been battling their white farmer neighbors over the rights to the Wind River. This book tells the story of this epic struggle, shedding light on the ongoing conflict over water rights in the American West, one of the most divisive and essential issues in America today. |
| Geoffrey O'Gara |
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The Wild Bunch at Robber's Roost | In the 1890's the Wild Bunch spread over Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona rustling cattle, stealing horses, robbing banks and trains, and often taking cover at Robbers Roost. |
| Pearl Baker |
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Wild Bunch Women | Feisty Females of the Wild West: Explore the lives of the pistol-packing, hell-raising, high-spirited gals who traveled with Butch Cassidy's notorious Wild Bunch Gang. These women not only made the Wild Bunch's feats of derring-do possible, but also forged their own legends in the tumultuous American West. |
| Michael Rutter |
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Wildflowers of
Wyoming |
Even with its craggy peaks and dusty plains, scorching sun and subzero temperatures, Wyoming's terrain and climate are not nearly as diverse as its wildflowers. From the rosy purple moss campion that blankets the state's treeless tundra to the lavender-flowered beardtongue found in roadside ditches across the plains, Wyoming's wildflowers brighten the Cowboy State's rugged and forbidding landscape. |
| Diantha
States and Jack States |
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Each
envelope of seeds is packaged in a mailable postcard envelope.
Choose from: |
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Wild
Flowers of Wyoming |
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Wild
Horses: A Spirit Unbroken |
Wild Horses exist in as diverse and hostile locations as the arid deserts of India and the remote sandbanks of Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. This book traces their origins and explains how geographic history and crossbreeding have influenced their development and provided the variety of breeds that now exist worldwide. Excellent photography catches many of the breeds and their habitats in vivid color. |
| Elwyn Hartley Edwards |
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Wind River Adventures: My Life in Frontier Wyoming | In
this never-before-published historic memoir Ed Farlow recalls a life like no other - starting with his arrival as a teenager in Wyoming in the 1870's and continuing until 1931 when he was adopted into the Arapaho Nation. He recounts versions of famous events - the Custer Battle, a buffalo hunt with Indians, the Wilcox train robbery, the Battle of Crowheart Butte. And he recalls famous people - Sacajawea, the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, Chief Washakie, Joan Crawford, Cattle Kate and more. |
| Edward J. Farlow |
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With
the Black Devils
A soldier's World War II account with the First Special Service Force and the 82nd Airborne |
Offers readers a rare first-hand account of life with an elite group of American and Canadian World War II soldiers know as the First Special Service force of "Black Devils". Based on the letters and diary entries of Sam Byrne, the book shares the thoughts and emotions of a front line soldier. |
| Mark J. Nelson |
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Women's
Voices from the Western Frontier |
Butruille has done much more than gather the words of different western women who confronted an awesome landscape when it was called a frontier. She engages those voices with her own, she matches their lives with our. This book is radiant with songs and words and lives. White women, Indian women, black women, Asian women, all roads come together. |
| Susan G. Butruille |
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Wonderful World of Horses Color & Story Album |
Learn all about the most beautiful and exotic horses in the world. The Thoroughbred, the Mustang, the Palomino, and many more are here, complete with detailed illustrations to color. |
| Rita Warner |
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The Wonderful Wyoming Coloring Book | Includes
Wyoming characters, places, facts, and fun! Color your way around the state of Wyoming. |
| Carole Marsh |
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Wyoming 12 Collectible Scenic Views |
12 Full-Color prints in post card size illustrate the great beauty of Wyoming. |
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Wyoming Almanac Sixth Edition |
This is the first place many Wyomingites turn for answers to out-of-the-ordinary questions about any aspect of Wyoming. While entries provide a snapshot of Wyoming's complex history, culture, media, sports, people and society, the authors always seek more information to include in future issues. |
|
Phil Roberts David L. Roberts Steven L. Roberts |
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Wyoming Atlas & Gazetteer |
Detailed Topographic Maps in an 11x15" book. Includes Back roads, BLM, State Lands and GPS Grids. Great for Hunters, Campers or every day use. |
| DeLorme |
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Wyoming
Brew T-Shirt $19.95 |
100% cotton T-Shirt with Sweetwater Brewing Co. Logo on front and back. |
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Wyoming
Cookbook
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Bring
the best of Wyoming to your table! More than 130 lip smackin', palate pleasin', savory Wyoming recipes. |
| compiled by Karin Wade |
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Wyoming Impressions | Photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Wyoming |
| Fred Pflughoft |
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The
Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate 1889 |
The
most blatant crime in the history of the West. They lynched Cattle
Kate & Jim Averell. This story is so controversial that for
over 100 years it was a mistake to even ask what happened that hot July
afternoon in 1889 when a gracious young woman and an innocent homesteader were hanged from a pine tree in the Sweetwater Valley. |
| George W. Hufsmith |
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Wyoming Place Names | An alphabetical listing of significant places in Wyoming with a description of how they got their names. |
| Mae Urbanek |
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Wyoming Playing Cards | Playing cards featuring the living symbols of the historic and pioneer sprit of the West ... Beautiful Wild horses. |
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Wyoming's Territorial Sherriffs | Most of the fifty-five men who pinned on stars were simply good citizens who carried out the routine duties of office. Some rose to the occasion when faced with adversity. Others arranged to be out of town. |
| Ann Gorzalka |
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Wyoming Trivia |
In Wyoming Trivia you'll find the
state's most famous and infamous artists, writers, actors, cowboys,
Indians, politicians, and outlaws - and it's biggest, smallest, tallest,
shortest, most, least , first, last, and more!
You'll be Amazed and Amused! |
| Brian Day |
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You Are Respectfully Invited to Attend My Execution | Badmen thrived in Wyoming Territory, but law and legal processes also existed. The frontier was so "civilized" that those men sentenced to hang were allowed to issue formal invitations to their executions. |
| Larry K. Brown |
