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Mr. Worland's business enterprises were of a character that met public needs and demands and thus his interests prospered. He was early identified with ir- rigation problems, the Bluff canal and the Bighorn projects. He recognized the fertility of the soil if water could but be added and his efforts in connection with irrigation interests have been of the utmost worth and value to this section of the state. He also secured the establishment of a postoffice at Worland. In June, 1906, the town of Worland was removed to the east side of the river, its present location, and Mr. Worland took up his abode there the following year but still owns the old homestead on the other side of the river and is still actively engaged in business, associated with his son, Charles C., under the style of the W & W Live Stock
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Company, they being among the pioneers in the development of the oil industry in northern Wyoming, particularly in the Grass Creek and Elk Basin fields and later in the Warm Springs field, and are also in the live stock business. Whatever C. H. Worland has undertaken he has carried forward to successful completion. Coming into a new country, he has studied its possibilities for development and has so utilized his chances that splendid results have accrued.
Charles H. Worland was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Brown, a native of California, and their family numbered two children, a daughter and a son. The daughter, Berenice, is the wife of D. R. Finlayson, a mining engineer, now located in Clarksdale, Arizona, and to them have been born two children, a son and a daughter.
Mr. Worland votes with the democratic party but has never been an office seeker, preferring to do his public service in other connections than as an official. Washakie county regards him as one of her foremost citizens and Wyoming has become indebted to him in considerable measure for his efforts in promoting the upbuilding of the northern section of the state. He is ever frank and straight- forward in all his dealings and in unusual measure he enjoys the respect and regard of those with whom he comes in contact.
N. E. CORTHELL.
N. E. Corthell, a distinguished member of the Laramie bar, who has been prominently identified with various public and private interests as well, and ranks with the honored and representative citizens of the southern section of the state, was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, November 14, 1861, a son of Lathrop V. and Phebe ( Morris) Corthell, who were also natives of the Empire state, the father being a well known and highly respected farmer of New York. He remained there up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1909, when he had reached the age of seventy-seven years. His widow survives and is now a resident of Twin Falls county, Idaho. In their family were six children, one of whom has passed away, while those who survive are: N. E., of this review ; Ed- ward; Ernest ; Mrs. Margaret Ringert; and Mrs. Leila Rutherford. The mem- ber of the family that has passed away was Mrs. Belle Robinson.
N. E. Corthell, after attending the public schools of his native county, entered the Ten Broeck Free Academy at Franklinville, New York, from which he was graduated on completing the classical course in 1879. It was in that year, when a youth of eighteen, that he made his way westward to Wyoming, since which time he has lived in Laramie. He entered the law office of Colonel S. W. Downey, ยท who directed his reading, and in 1883, after thorough preparation, he was ad- mitted to the bar. He remained in Colonel Downey's office for four years there- after and then entered upon the private practice of law, having had valuable ex- perience with his preceptor, so that he was splendidly qualified for the onerous duties of the profession when he entered upon active practice. Through the intervening years his clientage has steadily increased in volume and importance and he is today one of the able members of the Laramie bar, his name figuring prominently in connection with much important litigation that has been tried in the courts of the state. He served as prosecuting attorney in Albany county in 1887 and 1888 and aside from his work in the strict path of his profession he has become well known in other connections, being a director of the Albany County National Bank of Laramie and a director in various other business projects and enterprises in which he holds stock. In a word a number of the important business concerns of the city have profited by his cooperation and benefited by his support.
On the 30th of June, 1885, Mr. Corthell was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Quackenbush, of Laramie, who belonged to a prominent Wisconsin family. Seven children have been born of this marriage. Mrs. Evelyn Hill, who Vol. II-7
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was born in Laramie and is a graduate of Wellesley College at Wellesley, Massa- chusetts, became the wife of Professor John A. Hill, now a captain in the United States army, and has three children, Robert, John and Ross, all born in Laramie. Morris, the second of the family, now a lieutenant in the army, is a native of Laramie, a graduate of the city schools and is married and resides in Laramie. Miriam, who was graduated from the university, is the wife of Thayer Burgess and resides in Utica, New York. Gladys completed the university course in Laramie, her native city, and has become the wife of Wilbur A. Hitchcock, by whom she has one child, Wilbur. Robert, born in Laramie, is now a marine in the United States navy. Huron D., a former student in the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was pursuing the civil engineering course, is a member of the Twenty-third Regiment of United States Engineers. Irving was graduated from the university at Laramie in 1917, and is now a lieutenant in the United States infantry.
In his political views Mr. Corthell is a democrat, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Aside from filling the office of prosecuting attorney he was a member of the school board from 1900 until 1903 and in the latter year became a member of the board of county commissioners, in which office he served for a four years' term. His course has ever been marked by genuine and unfaltering devotion to the public good. He is a broadminded man who looks at questions from the standpoint of a progressive and enlightened citizenship and his endorsement of a measure is sure to secure for it a large fol- lowing. His personal career in its business relations has also been marked by steady advancement and he is today one of the prosperous citizens of Laramie, having made judicious investment in ranch property in this section. He is among the most highly respected and valued residents of this part of the state.
In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit he has made a creditable name and place for himself. He has won very favor- able criticism for the careful and systematic methods which he has followed in the preparation and in the presentation of his cases. He throws himself easily and naturally into the argument. There is a self-possession and a deliberation which indicate no straining after effect. On the contrary, there is a precision and clearness in his statements, an acuteness and strength in his arguments which speak a mind trained in the severest school of investigation and to which the closest reasoning is habitual and easy.
LEOPOLD KABIS.
Leopold Kabis, as a young man, arrived in Cheyenne on the 10th day of Sep- tember, 1867, which was then a part of Dakota territory, and he is today one of a very few living who were here at that early date. Mr. Kabis may be called the longest continuous resident of Cheyenne now living. From time to time he was identified with various business enterprises, each change in business indicating a forward step in his career and utilization of wider opportunities.
Of late years he established, owned and operated the Kabis Cafe for more than ten years. At present he is engaged in fire insurance and general brokerage business, and has been since 1900. He is thoroughly familiar with the value of commercial paper and his study of financial interests of the country has led him to make most judicious investments, not only on his own account but on behalf of his many acquaintances.
Mr. Kabis has been quite prominent in connection with public affairs throughout the entire period of his residence in Laramie county. He was the first clerk of Laramie county, elected to that office which he filled from 1870 to 1872. He was city clerk and assessor of Cheyenne during the same period of time. In 1891 he was elected as a member of the state senate entering upon a four years term in that position, being the first and second sessions of the state legislature, during which
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time he was instrumental in framing much constructive legislation that has con- stituted an element in the later progress of the state. In 1892, while still a mem- ber of the state senate, Mr. Kabis was a candidate for governor. The convention was held at Rock Springs, Wyoming, there being three candidates for the office, and at length Mr. Kabis withdrew, as also did the other two candidates, and the nomination went to John E. Osborne, who was elected. Mr. Kabis was adjutant general of Wyoming under Governor John E. Osborne, and was also United States deputy revenue collector from 1894 to 1899. It was while he was in the revenue service that he exposed the Chinese registration frauds in 1896, thus rendering signal service to his commonwealth. He has always voted with the democratic party from the first time he voted to the present time, and has stood loyally and firmly to those interests and measures which he has become convinced are for the best interest of the general public.
Fraternally Mr. Kabis is also widely and prominently known. He is a past grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the only living member of the organization that was present at the time the grand lodge was organized in Wyoming in 1873, and has been a member of Cheyenne Lodge, No. I, of the Order of Odd Fellows since 1868, and is now the oldest living member of that order here. He is also a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias, having been affiliated with that order since 1872. He is a life member of the Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks, having become a member of that order in Denver, Colorado, Lodge. No. 17, in 1896. He is a past exalted ruler of and is a charter member of Cheyenne Lodge, No. 660, B. P. O. E.
His qualities, characteristics, and ability along various lines have called him to leadership in connection with business, political and fraternal interests, and today he justly ranks with the prominent, honored and representative men of Wyoming.
HARRY H. HIME.
Harry H. Hime, who since the fall of 1906 has been identified with the Basin State Bank at Basin, Wyoming, filling the position of cashier and mana- ger at the present time, was born in Indianola, Iowa, May 24, 1879, a son of Beneville and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Hime, who were pioneers of Iowa, taking up their abode in that state when the work of progress and development was in its initial stage.
Harry H. Hime, spent his youthful days under the parental roof and at the usual age began his education there, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school at Indianola with the class of 1896. He also pursued a short business course. In early life he learned the printer's trade, which he followed at different periods in Iowa, Colorado and Wyoming, and in 1904 he became manager of the Bighorn County Rustler. In 1906, however, he en- tered into active connection with the State Bank of Basin and has been a factor in the conduct and successful management of the bank since that time. In fact, its policy has been largely directed by him and he has made the institution one of the strong financial concerns of this part of the state.
On the 9th of November, 1910. Mr. Hime was married to Miss Florence B. O'Neil, a daughter of James and Rachel O'Neil. She accompanied her parents on their removal westward from Warren, Indiana, in 1908, the father bringing his family to Wyoming at the time of the opening up of the oil and gas fields, in which he was interested. Mr. and Mrs. Hime have become parents of a son, James Beneville, now five years of age.
The religious faith of the parents is that of the Presbyterian church. In political belief Mr. Hime is a republican but not an active party worker, al- though he served as deputy county clerk of Bighorn county in 1905 and 1906, but resigned to accept a position in the Basin State Bank and since that time has never sought or desired political preferment. He does not hesitate to support
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plans and measures for the general good, however, and in that way is a most public spirited citizen, giving his aid and influence to all movements which are calculated to advance the welfare of community, county and commonwealth.
WILLIAM C. CUNNINGTON, D. D. S.
For thirty years Dr. William C. Cunnington has actively engaged in the practice of dentistry and since 1908 has maintained an office at Kemmerer, where a liberal patronage is accorded him. He was born in Callodan, Ontario, Canada, March 16, 1854, a son of John Cunnington, who was also a native of Canada and a representative of one of the old families of that country of English and Irish lineage. The paternal grandfather, William Cunnington, was the founder of the American branch of the family, crossing the Atlantic to Canada during the early part of the nineteenth century and casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Ontario. He hewed his own logs to be used in building a house and in the midst of the wilderness developed a farm, performing the arduous task of cutting down the trees and preparing the land for cultivation. As the years passed on, he won success in his farming operations. His son John after- ward became a pioneer settler of Waterloo, Iowa, where he took up his abode in 1868. Later he again heard and heeded the call of the west, removing to Clay county, Nebraska, establishing his home near Sutton, where he followed farm- ing until 1892. In that year he took up his abode in Evanston, Wyoming, where he carried on stock raising and farming, there passing away July 16, 1916, at the notable old age of eighty-nine years and one month. He retired from active business life about ten years prior to his death but continued in business for a much longer period than many men. Such a record should put to shame many a man of less resolute spirit who grows weary of the struggles and trials of busi- ness life and relegates to others the burdens that he should bear. The well spent years of Mr. Cunnington won him the substantial fruits of labor and in his last days he was thus enabled to enjoy all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. He married Janette McDonald, a native of Canada, who is of Scotch descent and still survives, occupying the old homestead at Evanston. She is re- markably well preserved for a woman of her age, having reached the eighty- second milestone on life's journey.
Dr. Cunnington of this review was the eldest of a family of ten children, nine of whom are still living. He was educated in Waterloo, Iowa, attending the public schools, and afterward he pursued a course in the Chicago Dental College, but long before he entered upon preparation for the profession he had begun to earn his living in other ways. His early life was spent upon the home farm and at the age of seventeen he started out independently, working as a farm hand for neighbors in Nebraska. He also rode the range as a Nebraska cowboy for six years. At length, however, he determined to devote his life to professional activity and began preparation for the practice of dentistry in Chicago. Following his graduation he opened an office in Sutton, Nebraska, where he remained for seven months, and in the spring of 1887 he removed to Evanston, Wyoming, where he continuously and successfully practiced for twenty-one years. On the expiration of that period he established an office in Kemmerer, where he located July 5, 1908. Through the intervening period, covering more than nine years, he has remained in active and continuous practice in Kemmerer and is the dean of the dental profession in this section of the state. He is splendidly qualified for high professional achievements. He possesses marked mechanical skill and ingenuity in the operative work and underlying all of his labors is a broad knowledge of the scientific phases of dentistry brought to light by the latest investigation and research work.
Dr. Cunnington was married February 14. 1889. to Miss Annie Faulkner, a
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native of Evanston, and they have two children : Pearl, the wife of B. J. Barnes, of Evanston ; and Mrs. J. C. Colvin, also of Evanston.
Dr. Cunnington votes with the republican party and for two years he served as county coroner of Uinta county. He has also been a member of the city council of Kemmerer and is much interested in political and civic matters, doing everything in his power to advance high standards of citizenship. For six years he occupied the position of state dental examiner, his appointment to that office indicating clearly his high professional standing. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Rock Springs and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Evanston. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He belongs to the Kemmerer Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in all of its well defined plans and measures for the up- building of the city and the advancement of its interests along material, intellec- tual, social, political and moral lines.
WILLIAM DALEY.
There is probably no better known of the real pioneers of Wyoming living today than William Daley,of Rawlins. Not of the pioneers who followed the railroad into the country, but one of those who cast their fortune with that por- tion of the western frontier now the state of Wyoming before the Union Pacific was anywhere near the present borders of the state. During the more than fifty- two years of his identification with the growth and development of this country he has not only been an eye witness but a participant in the stirring events of the various periods of its history, with an experience and distinction that few living today can claim.
William Daley was born June 13, 1844, at St. Johns, New Brunswick, being one of a family of nine children, whose parents were Richard and Eliza (Daley ) Daley, both natives of Ireland, but who in early life emigrated to Canada and became residents of New Brunswick, where the father engaged in farming and stock raising throughout his active life. William Daley attended the public schools of his native country, later taking up the trade of shipbuilding. a business that was extensively carried on in that locality, and which he followed at Black River and other shipbuilding points. In the spring of 1866 he was one of a party that left New Brunswick for the Rocky mountain country in the States. They reached St. Joseph, Missouri, by rail, then went up the Missouri to Nebraska City, where young Daley entered the employ. of a freighting outfit owned by Coe & Carter-that was carrying freight to Fort Mitchell. Shortly after reach- ing the latter place he hired out to another freighting concern-A. C. Beckwith, Joe Sanders and Judge Kinney, who were taking sutler's supplies and other material to Fort Phil Kearney, then building on the Bozeman trail. This meant a journey of nearly three hundred miles across country, along which there was not a white resident save at the forts, and much of the distance was through a country infested by hostile Indians. Fort Phil Kearney was reached in midsum- mer of 1866, and there Mr. Daley entered the employ of the government, working at his trade. It is an important chapter in the history of this section of the west : these events surrounding Fort Phil Kearney during its erection and the first vear of its existence. These events are not only a matter of government record, but have been faithfully described by able writers who, like Mr. Daley, were living at the fort during this time. "Army Life on the Plains." bv Frances C. Carrington ( 1910), is largely given to a description of the events during a part of the time that Mr. Daley was there.
Fort Phil Kearney was one of the posts erected tong a new wagon road through the Powder River country around the Big Horn mountains, with the object of shortening the route to Montana. This project was bitterly opposed by Red Cloud, a leader of the young warriors of the northern Sioux and the
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other principal chiefs. In June, 1866, a conference had been held at Fort Lara- mie, where an effort was made to have these chiefs yield the privilege of peace- ably establishing the new road with military posts along the route. These negotiations came to an abrupt end when the government decided to go ahead with the plan regardless of its opposition by the tribes whose best hunting grounds were to be invaded and who were quick to perceive that it meant prac- tically the permanent advent of the white man. The leading chiefs left the council with their adherents, returned to their own country and with a strong force of warriors began a vigorous and relentless war against all whites, citizens as well as soldiers, who attempted to occupy the route in question. Fort Phil Kearney seemed to be the post that more than any other was the object of attack by these savages. All during the summer and fall of 1866 while the work of building the fort was being pushed as rapidly as possible, scarcely a day passed but what some one of the fort attaches or members of the garrison was wounded or killed by the Indians from ambush. The wood train, the sawmill crew or those at work in the hay field, were constantly in danger of their lives since their work was not within the confines of the fort. The hay field ( four miles dis- tant ) was picketed the entire distance. It is doubtful if ever a post on the western frontier was continually harassed during the period of construction as was that of Fort Phil Kearney. With the completion of the structure, flag raising day came on October 31st. The flagpole (pronounced by Gen. Carring- ton, the commander, as being the handsomest in America) stood one hundred and twenty-four feet high and was largely the product of William Daley's mechanical skill. The flag at its top that day was the first full "Garrison Flag" that ever floated between the Platte and Montana, and Mr. Daley had the honor of hoisting it for the first time. In his address on that occasion, General Car- rington referred to the "beautiful pole, perfect in detail as if wrought and finished in the navy yards of New York, Philadelphia or Boston." The subsequent events connected with the life at Fort Phil Kearney during the remaining period of Mr. Daley's stay there are fully mentioned elsewhere in this work and include the fight of December 6, when Lieutenant Bingham and Sergeant Bowers were among the slain, also the Fetterman Massacre on December 21, which ranks as one of the most tragic events in the Indian warfare of the west.
In January, 1867, Mr. Daley was included among a number that were trans- ferred from Fort Phil Kearney to other posts and on the 23d of that month the party, with an escort of forty infantry and twenty cavalry, together with many empty wagons that were to return from Fort Reno with supplies for Fort Phil Kearney, all under the command of Lieutenant Alpheus H. Bowman, started from Fort Phil Kearney. This was probably one of the most strenuous journeys ever undertaken by a military party in the state. Deep snow, immense drifts, bitter cold during which the mercury congealed in the bulb, and at every halt precaution-necessary to prevent a surprise attack by the Indians! Very few, if any member, of the party there was but who suffered more or less exposure. At Mud Springs Mr. Daley was severely attacked by snow blindness, which com- pletely deprived him of his sight, and was accompanied by excruciating pain for several days. The entire journey to Fort McPherson, which was Mr. Daley's destination, was one ever to be remembered. The thousands and thousands of buffalo seen on the journey caused even the veteran plainsmen to admit they had never before seen these animals so numerous.
Mr. Daley was employed at his trade in the rebuilding of Fort McPherson until he went into business for himself in delivering wood to the Union Pacific road, employing his own team in the work. Later going to Cheyenne, he entered the employ of the Union Pacific, working at his trade of carpenter, and before long was given charge of a gang. Mr. Daley was present at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1860, when the completion of the Union Pacific Railway was celebrated. From 1871 to 1877 he was assistant superintendent of buildings and waterworks for the company between Cheyenne and Ogden. In the latter year he left the employ of the railroad and located in Rawlins, where he engaged in the contract-
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