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Kemmerer - Couverture souple

Julian, Judy; Hamsfork Museum

 
9780738569000: Kemmerer
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0738569003 ISBN 13 : 9780738569000
Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2009

Synopsis

Established in 1897, incorporated in January of 1899, and located in southwest Wyoming, Kemmerer has been a coal-mining community for over 100 years. Kemmerer became the county seat for Lincoln County in 1911 when Uinta County, one of Wyoming's original five counties, was divided. James Cash Penney opened the first J. C. Penney store in Kemmerer on April 12, 1902. During the 1920s, the Kemmerer area became a large center for moonshining and a large supplier of liquor for Chicago and the Midwest. This ended when Prohibition was repealed in 1933. The rich deposits of fossils in the area have long been a point of interest for paleontologists and geologists, amateur and professional, giving Kemmerer the title Fossil Fish Capital of the World.

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À propos de l'auteur

Judy Julian has chosen images from the Fossil Country Museum archives, where she is the museum director. The building was purchased in 1988 from the Latter-day Saints Church with a farm loan grant. On June 1, 1989, the Fossil Country Museum was dedicated by state officials. The museum archives and gallery exhibits have grown over the last 20 years and include a replica underground coal mine, mining equipment, a bootlegging display, and a J. C. Penney exhibit. All photographs were donated to the museum from area families.

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Éditeur
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0738569003
ISBN 13 
9780738569000
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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Personne responsable
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