University of Wyoming
Margaret Brock Hanson was a rancher near Kaycee, Wyoming who later in life wrote on the history of Wyoming, using for material the collections and papers of her father, J. Elmer Brock. She published "Powder River Country: the Papers of J. Elmer Brock" in 1981 and "Frank Grouard, Army Scout: True Adventures in the Early West" in 1983. She subsequently edited several other books in the 1980s.
The Margaret Brock Hanson collection contains a typewritten story about Edward Burnett, an Englishman who settled in Johnson County, Wyoming, and the genealogical history of the Thom and Brock families. There is also a series of photographs, taken in Wyoming between 1884 and 1887. Content of the photographs includes: the Powder River, ranchers, wagons, and cowboys.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Margaret Brock Hanson at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.