University of Wyoming
L. Clark Bishop served as Wyoming’s state engineer until 1957 and became a consulting engineer for Columbia-Geneva Steel Co. thereafter. During his professional career, Bishop became involved in various political controversaries, of which his advocacy for the protection of Wyoming’s water resources stands out. As a result, Bishop was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Wyoming. After retiring from the steel industry, Bishop devoted his time to uncovering Wyoming history and historical sites. As one of the founders of the Wyoming Pioneer Association and its first Secretary-Treasurer, Bishop was deeply connected to the preservation of the Oregon Trail. In 1955, he finished mapping its 500-mile route. He also produced maps of pieces of other emigrant and freight trails as well as a detailed map of the Pony Express stations between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
Collection contains pamphlets, personal scrapbooks, photo albums and loose photographs, maps of various sites including emigrant and freight trails and military posts, bullet shells from T. A. Ranch, speeches, correspondence, a land survey of Salt Lake City, Utah, comic books, and the personal diaries and notebooks of L. Clark Bishop.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from L. Clark Bishop and the Bishop family between January 1951 and April 2009.
There are no known other archival collections created by L. Clark Bishop at the date of processing.
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list for 12 boxes.