University of Wyoming
Sam Albert Thompson and his son Thomas Albert Thompson were involved in tie cutting and the lumber industry in southeastern Wyoming between 1900 and 1937.
The Sam Albert Thompson papers contain photographs, two 8 mm film reels, and a 16 mm film reel. The photographs identify activities of the Carbon Timber Company, Keystone Mine and Stamp Mill, various members of the Thompson family and other individuals engaged in tie cutting and other activities in southeastern Wyoming between 1900 and 1937. The film reels are identified as 1) Tie Drive 2) Snowy Range 3) Depicting the actual tie drive in Medicine Bow National Forest, early 1900s, presumably on the North Fork Creek, West of Laramie.
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