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No Room at the Inn: Owen Wister Encounters Wyoming, July – August 1885
In July 1885, Owen Wister visited Medicine Bow in Wyoming Territory as part of his tour of the region, only to discover there were no rooms available in town to sleep. Instead of moving on when he arrived on July … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, Authors and literature, Biography and profiles, Book history, Uncategorized, Western fiction, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Frank Wolcott, Frontier Life, Johnson County War, Medicine Bow, Owen Wister, The Virginian, Western Culture, Western fiction, Western Writers, Wyoming Travel
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