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Carbon County's history contains many fascinating people, some who are well-known for reasons good and bad, and some who never laid a claim to fame.This book features historical biographies of thirty-one people who left a mark on Carbon Country, including mountain man Jim Baker, pioneer Margaret Savage, Dr. Lillian Heath who used outlaw Big Nose George's skull for a doorstop, Bill Carlisle, the gentleman bandit, and John Osborne, the governor ...

Early Cheyenne, Wyoming, was jam-packed with fascinating people, both famous and infamous. Lori Van Pelt has written 24 biographies ranging from water law pioneer Elwood Mead, whose name graces one of the nation's most spectacular reservoirs, to champion rodeo cowgirl Prairie Rose Henderson, who died alone on her namesake prairie. Barney Ford, the son of a slave, owned the city's finest hotel. Persimmon Bill was a quick-change artist, a master...

Early Cheyenne, Wyoming, was jam-packed with fascinating people, both famous and infamous. Lori Van Pelt has written 24 biographies ranging from water law pioneer Elwood Mead, whose name graces one of the nation's most spectacular reservoirs, to champion rodeo cowgirl Prairie Rose Henderson, who died alone on her namesake prairie. Barney Ford, the son of a slave, owned the city's finest hotel. Persimmon Bill was a quick-change artist, a master...

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) earned her pilot's wings in her early twenties and became the best-known female aviator of her time--probably of all time. During her two-decade career as a pilot, she set altitude records, speed records, and transcontinental flight records. She was the first person to solo the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to California, and to fly an autogiro (the predecessor to today's helicopter) across the country. Earhart champione...