, 1904-06-29
VOLUME
OF WYOMING HISTORY FROM PEN
OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY
Advance Copy of Or. Grace Raymond
Richards 1.-THE Government Of Wy
omins" Received from the Pub
iishers-A Text Book That is AS
Well a Literary Gem.

from the publishers, Messrs. Whitaker
& Ray of San Francisco, a copy of DR..
Grace R. Hebard's book, THE Govern
ment of Wyoming a handsome vol
ume of $50 pages. bound in red cloth
and lettered in black n gold. The
book contains a history OF the state,
its constitution and the administration
of affairs. The dedication is simply,
In Memory OF an Ideal Citizen"
The volume is divided into three
~parts-'The History of Wyoming"
The Constitution of Wyoming" and
1.-THE Administration of Affairs in Wy
oming." In her preface. dated at the
University of Wyoming, Laramie. May
10, 1904, DR.. Hehard says: THE con
tents of Part II in this textbook are
particularly recommended to h teach
ers and pupils who are preparing for
an examination on the subject OF the
Government of Wyoming. The differ
three separate textbooks. While
| closely related, they are not dependent
one op the other. The interest taken
at this time in the Louisiana Purchase
and the Lewis IL Clark expedition
warrants at least a passing notice, on
account of their relation to the early
history of Wyoming. The convention
which formulated cur constitution is
as important as the legislatures that
enact our laws, hence, it should have
its place.
These facts and a brief mention of
the explorers and the territorial days
from Part l.. The application of the
laws and the operation of the govern
ing boards should be familiar to all
those who desire to know what the gov
erning principles are which regulate
the states machinery: these constitute
Part ILL.,"
Accompanying the book are a num-
Der of half-tone pictures and interest
ing maps, among the former being a
cut of the capitol at Cheyenne, the
| IA ItSlt llplalN puiiuiHS a. NV ShAS,
the different buildings of the university
and types of the Indians who inhabit,
the state and who form the remainder
of the aborigines found here in vast
numbers in the first explorations made
by white men nto the territory now
embraced within the state lines. The
maps are interesting as showing the
lands from which was taken the state.
The opening paragraph of chapter
Is as follows:
Wyoming occupies an unique po-
sition on the map of the United States
1t is the only state that contains lands
obained from all four of our principal
~annexations which form the territory
west of the Mississippi river. The land
covered by the original thirteen states
included all of the states east of the
Mississippi river except Florida, which
was ceded to us by Spain in 1873.
Alaska was purchased from Russia in
1857. All of the states and territories
between the Mississippi and the Pa
|ciic ocean were asquired under one
minor and -four principal titles:
Louisiana Purchase, 1903.
THE Oregon country, 1892, 1905,
1911. 1919 and 1S47.
Mexican c~ession, 184S.
'Gadsden purchase, 1853.
THE first four of these contained
lands that now make up the state OF
| Wyoming and deserve special mention
because they are a part of h early
history of the state"
From here on DIR. Hebard continues
the history of the lands comprised
within the state, pointing out the boun-
daries of each of the different sections.
a map showing the boundaries of the
four cessions mentioned in the opening
paragraph. 1t is seen that the line
Of the Louisiana purchase passes west
ward through this county, a few miles
west Of Laramie.
An interesting part of the third chap
ter is a table showing the different
governments of Wyoming, from 1919
Ito 1904 Of the Louisiana purchase. In
that time Spain had thirteen rulers,
France Ave and seven in the Bourbon
line. ending with the republic In 1882
| '99 and the consulate from 1899 to 1904.
The author has gathered within the
1.-TWO covers a vast amount of valuable
| matter for the student of the history
of the state, and while the book may
| well be considered a text book for the
/ schools Of the state and the Univer-
sity Of Wyoming, 1t can find a profit
able place on the library table of ev-
cry citizen of the state. Its matter
is written in the clear. concise style
for which DIR. Hehard is noted. and
every page shows the great care and
admirable diction employed by that
gifted lady. Appendix A contains the
constitution of the state and the 9th
er appendices contain much that Is
Of special local interest. A complete
index accompanies the volume.
Save the Children.
Statistics will prove that = large per
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