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Correspondence to and from or concerning Senator Francis E. Warren on topics such as the state militia, reclamation, the Shoshone Indian Reservation, endorsement of appointments, a portrait of Warren, and other matters.

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Correspondence between Congressman Mondell and the Governor's office. Subjects include Indians, postal matters, legislation on homesteading and grazing, dry farming, public lands, irrigation, Shoshone Bird Reservation, and Bull Lake Reservoir.

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning the State Board of Horticulture. Topics include licensing, laws, regulations, control of diseases and insects, salaries, inspection, finances, reports, the Lander Experiment Farm, shipment of plants, and State Horticultural Society meetings.

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Records, primarily correspondence, dealing with the opening to settlement of the ceded portion of the Shoshone (or Wind River) Indian Reservation. Sub-jects include surveys, the establishment of a saloon at Eagle Nest, the opening of the reservation, publicity, irrigation, and the Cody Yellowstone Park Highway.

Scope and Contents Records, primarily correspondence, concerning the Wyoming Central Irrigation Co., a land development company incorporated to build the Wyoming Canal and sell water rights for the land lying under it. Also included are a notice of a surety bond and agreement between the company and the State of Wyoming; and a table of water rights holders under the company which shows number of rights and acres, and payment information for each holder; specifications for the construction of irrigation works;...

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning two explosions in Hanna Mine No. 1 on March 28, 1908 which killed more than 50 men. Subjects include relief and support of the victims' families, Inspector David M. Elias' family, expressions of sentiments, recovery of the victims' bodies, the coroner's inquest, and reports. Also included is a tribute to Inspector Elias, and a news clipping covering the first attempt to recover bodies.

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Records, primarily correspondence, concerning raids on sheep camps in Wyoming. The Ten Sleep (or Spring Creek) raid and murders are the main subjects of the series with sub topics including rewards, protection against raids, opinions, descriptions of the raids, and the incarceration of suspects.