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Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4 with this bonus episode! In this episode, we dive into the life of Josh Deane and touch on each of his marriages. Please excuse any audio quality problems, we had problems with the audio during this recording.
To learn more about Josh Deane:
Check out the “Mayor of Meeteetse” book available at the Meeteetse Museums gift store
Read this blog post on Josh Deane: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/6263-2/
If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/
The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we look into the life and myths surrounding Victor Arland and the infamous town of Arland.
To learn more about Victor Arland, read this blog post on the Meeteetse Museums’ website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/wine-honey-and-saloons-victor-arland-in-the-bighorn-basin/
To learn more about Arland’s business partner, John Franklin Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/john-franklin-corbett/
To learn more about John Corbett’s wife, Mary Corbett, read this blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/women-proprietors-of-early-meeteetse-part-ii-mary-j-corbett/
To learn more about the Dadant family, check out their website here: https://www.dadant.com/history/
For more on the history of honey in the United States:
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60500500/PDFFiles/1-100/011-Oertel--Honey%20Prices.pdf
https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/candles2.html#:~:text=Beeswax%20candles%20burn%20brighter%20and,in%20Europe%20during%20this%20time.
https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/honey-bees-in-early-america-white-mans-flies-fact-and-fiction/
For more information on prostitution in the American West:
William Sanger, The History of Prostitution; its Extent, Causes, and Effects Throughout the World (New York: Harper and Bros., 1858).
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=ugrad_theses,
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2348&context=etd
https://curioushistorian.com/saloon-girls-the-soiled-doves-of-the-old-west
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2011/a-brothel-reveals-its-secrets/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543241
https://academic.oup.com/florida-scholarship-online/book/31079/chapter-abstract/264076263?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/online-exhibits/history-of-birth-control/contraception-in-america-1800-1900/19th-century-artifacts/
https://time.com/3662361/women-american-west/
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The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0. Also included in this episode was, “Slow Western Intro” by Brian Holtz Music which can be found here: https://filmmusic.io/song/8782-slow-western-intro and is licensed under CC by 4.0.
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Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we dive into the mysterious past of former Meeteetse resident Peter Perrin and his connection to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
For more on Peter Perrin, listen to Season 1 of “Meeteetse Stories” or check out this blog post on the Meeteetse Museums website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/meeteetses-civil-war-veterans/
To learn more about the USS Montauk, the assassination of President Lincoln, and spies in the Civil War, explore these sources:
https://patch.com/new-york/southampton/bp--the-story-of-the-ironclad-uss-montauk-in-the-civil-war
https://www.southamptonhistory.org/post/the-union-iron-clad-monitor-montauk
https://www.history.nd.gov/publications/lincolns-bodyguard.pdf
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-wilkes-booth
https://www.visitmaryland.org/article/who-was-john-wilkes-booth
https://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/neff/pdfs/guttridge_identification.pdf
https://americanhistory.si.edu/lincoln/booth-and-lincoln
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The music in this episode is:
“Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Mysterious” by Tom Aldrich is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
“Mysterious Footprints” by Nutmeg is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! In this episode, we are joined by Brain Beauvais with the Park County Archives to learn more about Meeteetse’s connection to early conservation in the United States. The episode focuses on the lives of A.A. Anderson and William Pickett.
To learn more about William Pickett’s life, watch this presentation by Brain Beauvais given to the Meeteetse Museums: https://youtu.be/G_A2jjQEu6s
To learn more about the firearms used by William Pickett in his bear hunting, watch this presentation given by Danny Michael, Curator of the firearms museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West: https://youtu.be/JXAUgWcujAQ
To learn more about the North American Model of conservation, listen to Season 2 Episode 2 of “Meeteetse Stories”
For more on the forest reserves, we suggest these sources:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/learn/our-history
https://www.neh.gov/article/frenemies-john-muir-and-gifford-pinchot
Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands by John Clayton
https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/conservation-versus-preservation
If you’re interested in becoming a member of the Meeteetse Museums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/
The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by David Dellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. or CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Thanks for listening to “Meeteetse Stories” Season 4! Inthis episode, we learn about the lives of George and Carrie Hurlbut who livedon the Wood River. George was Park County’s first county surveyor and Carrietaught at numerous area schools including Otto, Fenton, and Sunshine. For moreinformation on Carrie Hurlbut and her goats, watch this oral history on ourYouTube channel: https://youtu.be/75OvaSGIVvc
To learn more about surveying, check out these sources:
https://rsc.byu.edu/far-away-west/cartographic-representations-american-west-eve-mormon-exodus
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/maps-and-mapmaking/
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/surveying-colonial/
To learn more about the history of teaching, check out thesesources:
https://web.stanford.edu/~dlabaree/publications/An_Uneasy_Relationship_Proofs.pdf
https://suny.buffalostate.edu/news/1871-2021-short-history-education-united-states
https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html
If you’re interested in becoming a member of the MeeteetseMuseums, check out our website: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/
The music in this episode is “Blue Digression” by DavidDellacroce from Free Music Archives, licensed under CC BY 4.0. orCC BY-SA 4.0.
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In this episode, we'll explore the myth that women were not in business before the mid- to late-20th century. Meeteetse's own Sylvia Mikkelson and Mary Corbett help us tell this story locally while we contextualize it through interviews with Drs. Susan Ingalls Lewis and Susan Yohn. Dr. Susan Ingalls Lewis is a Professor Emerita in History at State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz and author of Unexceptional Womenand Girls to the Rescue. Dr. Susan Yohn studies women and gender in modern America and author of A Contest of Faiths: Missionary Women and Pluralism in the American Southwest.
For more information on Mary Corbett and Sylvia Mikkelson, mentioned in this episode, read our blog posts! Please note, in the episode, we mistakenly state that Mary Corbett did not have children. While she did not have children with John Corbett, she did have children. We will update the episode to reflect this as soon as we are able.
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In this episode, we explore the industry of transportation and its role in the success of Meeteetse. Tom Davis of Cody was generous to provide much of the research about the early mail and stage routes in the area (visit our blog for these). We also speak to Michael R. Grauer, McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art and Cheryl Mullenbach, author of Stagecoach Women.
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Explore the mystery of Meeteetse's Iron Creek Foundry which is said to have manufactured bricks for the First National Bank (now the Bank Museum) and likely other buildings in town including the Weller or Overland Hotel. We learn from Rachel Whitlow and James Mauch about brick making and the geological processes that made Iron Creek a good spot to make brick and explore historical newspapers in the search for Meeteetse's brickmaker. Rachel is the Executive Director at the Haverstraw Brick Museum in New York (www.haverstrawbrickmuseum.org) and James is a geologist at the Wyoming State Geological Survey.
For more information on the mystery of the Iron Creek brickworks, read our blog post: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/the-mystery-of-the-iron-creek-brickworks/
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This season of "Meeteetse Stories" explores a sampling of the trades and industries of early Meeteetse. The blacksmith shop was the first building in Meeteetse so it seems fitting to kick this season off with learning about blacksmithing! We'll speak to Alex Pole and Ken Schwarz to learn about blacksmithing and Kelsey Kehoe to learn about the geology of coal in the area. Alex Pole is the owner of The Forge and author of "Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master" and "The Forge Kitchen." You can find him at www.alexpoleironwork.com. Ken is the master blacksmith at the blacksmith shop in Colonial Williamsburg (www.colonialwilliamsburg.org). Kelsey is a geologist at the Wyoming State Geological Survey (www.wsgs.wyo.gov).
For more information on Meeteetse's early blacksmiths read our blog post here: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/early-history-of-the-meeteetse-blacksmith-shop/
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Thank you for listening to this season of "Meeteetse Stories"! If you would like to see more podcast content or help fund the Bison of the Bighorn Basin project, please consider donating to the Meeteetse Museums through our website.
Mentioned in this Episode
Directory to bison bone terms, courtesy of GRSLE Archaeology
Ken Burns Documentary: https://kenburns.com/films/the-american-buffalo/
Special Guests
Dr. Kenneth Cannon
Website: https://cannonheritage.com/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Cannon
Email: ken@cannonheritage.com
Dr. Jeff Martin
Website: https://bisonjeff.weebly.com/
Center of Excellence for Bison Studies: https://www.sdstate.edu/directory/jeff-martin
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Martin5
Email: Jeff.Martin@sdstate.edu
Jason Baldes
Articles written for the National Wildlife Federation: https://blog.nwf.org/authors/jason-baldes/
Articles for more information:
https://wyomingwildlife.org/baldes-bison-what-the-return-of-buffalo-means-to-native-peoples/
https://woc.aises.org/content/jason-baldes-eastern-shoshone-wind-river-native-advocacy-center-executive-director
https://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/19345/the-descendants
Email: baldesj@nwf.org
Dr. Lawrence Todd
Website: http://grslearchaeology.org/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lawrence_Todd
Dr. Chris Widga
Website: https://www.etmnh.org/about/directory/chris-widga
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Widga
Email: widgac@etsu.edu
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Bison Bone terminology can be found here thanks to GRSLE Archaeology
Mass Kill Sites
Vore Site:
Vore Buffalo Jump websiteWyoHistory entry on the Vore Buffalo Jump
UWYO Extension Office tour of Vore Buffalo Jump
Visit Vore Buffalo Jump through this 3D model
Horner Site:
"The Horner Site: Taphonomy of an Early Holocene Bison Bonebed" PhD Thesis by Dr. Lawrence Todd
"The Ecology of Early Holocene Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Wyoming: Preliminary Results from the Horner Site" by Kenneth P. Cannon, S.H. Hughes, and C. Simpson
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office entry on the Horner Site
"The Horner Site: The Type Site of the Cody Cultural Complex" edited by George C Frison and Lawrence C Todd can be found through the Wyoming Public Libraries
More information on Mass Kill/Jump Sites:
"Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains" by Jack W. Brink can be found through Legends Bookstore here
Bison at the End of the 19th Century:
Fish and Wildlife Service timeline of the American Bison"'Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead is an Indian Gone' The American bison is the New U.S. National Mammal, But its Slaughter Was Once Seen as a Way to Starve Native Americans into Submission" by J. Weston Phippen"Where the Buffalo No Longer Roamed: The Transcontinental Railroad Connected East and West- and Accelerated the Destruction of What Had Been in the Center of North America" by Gilbert King, the Smithsonian Magazine
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Note: Strontium analysis is another stable isotope system which looks at the geographic distribution of 87Sr/86Sr ratios in surface sediments to reconstruct mobility
across a Sr "isoscape". Stable isotope analysis refers to oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, but for ease of speech in this episode we've grouped them all together under "stable isotope analysis".
Wyoming's Archaeology Awareness Month website
Meeteetse Museums' Bison of the Bighorn Basin Project Update (February 2021)Skinner and Kaisen measurements used in the study can be found here starting on page 144
Donate to the Meeteetse Museums Bison of the Bighorn Basin
Project: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/donate-to-meeteetse-museums/
Archaeology and Wildlife Management:
"What the Past Can Provide: Contribution of Prehistoric Bison Studies to Modern Bison Management" by Kenneth P. Cannon"The Use of Natural History Collections to Inform Baseline Ecological Conditions: Case Studies from Paleontology, Archaeology, and Historical Zoology" by Chris Widga et al
Fish and Wildlife Service 2011 poster on archaeology and wildlife management
Gilbert Peak Bison:
"'They Went as High as They Choose': What an Isolated Skull Can Tell Us About the Biogeography of High-Altitude Bison" by Kenneth P. Cannon
Stable Isotope Analysis:
“Middle Holocene Bison Diet and Mobility in the Eastern Great Plains (USA) Based on ?13C, ?18O, and 87Sr/86Sr analyses of tooth enamel carbonate” by Chris Widga, J. Douglas Walker, and Lisa Stockli can be found here
For more information on bison locally:
Dr. Ken Cannon's 2020 presentation on Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
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Links to papers and topics mentioned in the podcast:
La Brea Tar Pits website
Dr. Martin’s 2018 paper “Bison Body Size and Climate Change” can be found here.
Dr. Jeff Martin presentation on thermoregulation can be watched here.
Dr. Martin’s research on 19 bison herds from Saskatchewan to Texas is detailed in the paper "Thermal Biology and Growth of Bison (Bison bison) Along the Great Plains: Examining Four Theories of Endotherm Body Size" by Jeff M. Martin and Perry Barboza
Horner Site
"The Horner Site: Taphonomy of an Early Holocene Bison Bonebed" Ph.D. Thesis of Dr. Lawrence Todd
"The Ecology of Early Holocene Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Wyoming: Preliminary Results from the Horner Site" by Kenneth P. Cannon, S.H. Hughes, and C. Simpson
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office listing on the Horner Site
"The Horner Site: The Type Site of the Cody Cultural Complex" edited by George C. Frison and Lawrence C. Todd can be found through the Wyoming Library here
Additional Resources
More reading on bison body size:
"Some Like it Hot: Bison (Bison bison) Don't" by Jeff M. Martin and Perry Barboza
"Late Quaternary Bison Diminution on the Great Plains of North America: Evaluating the Role of Human Hunting Versus Climate Change" by Matthew E. Hill, Matthew G. Hill, and Chris Widga
For more on bison arrival in North America:
"DNA Research
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Restoration of bison to tribal lands:
“Restoring Bison to Tribal Lands” The National Wildlife Federation article can be found here
“Boy-zshan Bi-den (Buffalo Return)” short film on YouTube
Cattle Genetics:
American Beefalo Association Website
Beefalo writeup by Oklahoma State University
Ecological Integrity:
Video on ecological integrity and public lands, mostly as pertaining to waterways
"Measuring Ecological Integrity: History, Practical Applications, and Research Opportunities" by Zachary Wurtzebach and Courtney Schultz
Bison as a Keystone Species:
Bison as a Keystone Species webpage by the Ohio Wesleyan University
American Prairie blog entry on "Moving Bison" and their role in the ecosystem
"The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie" by Knapp et al
"Wildlife that Depend on Bison" by Abby Barber, National Wildlife Federation“Theodore Roosevelt & Bison Restoration on the Great Plains” By Keith Aune & Glenn Plumb, not available through the Park County Library System, but available through Legends Bookstore https://anchor.fm/meeteetse-museums/support
Dr. Jeff Martin’s work with Grand Canyon/Colorado Plateau bison
"Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison of the Colorado Plateau" by Jeff M. Martin, Rachel A. Short, and Jim I. Mead
"Reevaluation of Bison Remains from the Greater Grand Canyon Region and the Colorado Plateau: Native or Non-Native?" by Jeff M. Martin and Jim I. Mead
"Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison of Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau: Implications from the Use of Paleobiology for Natural Resource Management Policy" Master's Thesis by Jeff M. Martin
Conservation in the Late 19th Century
"The Extermination of the American Bison" by William T. Hornaday
Buffalo Bill’s work to save bison
"How William F. Cody Helped Save the Buffalo Without Really Trying" by David Nesheim
"Buffalo Bill and the Fight to Save Yellowstone's Wildlife" by Jeremy Johnston, Buffalo Bill Center of the West
"How Buffalo Bill Got His Name" by the Park County Travel Council
Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones
National Buffalo Foundation's Hall of Fame honorees, Charles Jess "Buffalo" Jones
US Army Guarding Bison in Yellowstone National Park
YouTube video on the US Army's presence in Yellowstone National Park
North American Model
Fish and Wildlife Service: North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
For more information on John Muir:
Exhibit by the Sierra Club on John Muir
"John Muir's Yosemite" by Terry Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine
PBS Biography of Joh
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Earlier in the first season of this podcast, we learned about Meeteetse's veterans who fought during the "Indian Wars". When those veterans retired to Meeteetse, they lived side-by-side with the people they had been fighting against. In this episode, we take a deep-dive into a history not often spoken about: Native American military service in the United States. We speak with Dr. William Meadows, a cultural anthropologist who has spent much of his career learning about Native American military veterans through field work, and Dr. Jeff Means, an enrolled Member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and veteran of the US Marine Corps. Meeteetse’s Native American veterans include Louis E Allard, Fredrick Bernard, John Frost, Delbert Garthwaite, and Marion Barnhart.