, 1922-08-17
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MARSHALL s. REYNOLDS

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place IN this mythical aggregation Of
football stars Is the utmost that
car be hoped for by any ambitious
college amateur and marks the very
pinnacle OF non-professional achieve
ment, and in addition he was accorded
the distinction Of being the worlds
greatest punter by Walter Camp.
Reynolds was placed as left half on
the All-Americans and pronounced
by competent judges one of the best
all-around football players in the
country. The State OF Wyoming has
among its residents but one other ALL
American player. this honor having
been conferred by Harvard upon
Coach Corbett, OF the University Of
Wyoming. Notwithstanding the fact
that Wyoming has always taken a
front-rank position in all lines Of
physical fitness as was shcvn by
the high rank taken by this state in
the physical examination Of recruits
at the time this country entered the
World War.
When the season of 1904 closed,
as n fitting recognition of his con
tribution to the honors accorded the
University OF Pennsylvania football
team. Reynolds was the enthusiastic
choice of his teammates for the posi-
ton OF Captain for the coming year,
and he was elected without opposition
to serve as such for the season of
1905. For several years the "call
of the west" had been heard in the
DoHvDnJJ, bnus,l,niI ouI ir 100G
Marshall and his father, N. w. Rey-
nolds, the latter a practicing attor-
ney. made a trip to wyoming to look
the ground over and possibly decide
upon a location for their future
home. Among other places that
claimed their interest was Coke
Vile. in what was hen Uinta county,
but now in the now county of Lincoln.
a thriving little city. located in a rich
and fertile valley, which had been
settled for years, but where some UNI
claimed government land still re-
maincd open for homesteaders.
Located ut COkcvillc
The question was soon decided,
Mr.. Reynolds, senior. made up his
mind to give up his law business in
Pennsylvania and to come to Coke
vile and devote his declining years
to ranching and stock raising and to
building up a permanent home in the
west. After the arrival of the fam
lily in Cokeville, both Reynolds and
his father took up homestead claims
neal Cokeville and on these lands the
two years were spent in hard
ou~t-of-door work in the day time and
In long hours of profitable study at
night. Probably Marshall Reynolds.
II he were asked. would say that
two years we're among the most
in his life and had much
to do with his steady advancement.
which has been onward and upward
aver since.
Called to Washington
After this period of work and
study IN opportunity for seeing the
side of the great world came
this was in marked contrast
the quiet and seclusion of the
for 1t involved a removal to
sea Of government at Washing
on. D.. c., where the entire machinery ,
Il our federal government. legisla-
i've. executive and judicial, could be
at close range. Reynolds !
lbility and eagerness to advance had
:ome under the observation of SEN
tor c. d. Clark. a resident of
in the same county and
the senator he received a n I
as law clerk to the pow
and important judiciary COM I
Of the United States Senate.
FOR nearly W years Reynolds re-
at Washington. looking, list
ming and learning. While there he
an intimate and accurate
of the ways and means Of
.nacting legislation in Congress
which should prove OF incalculable
as a member of the House OF
representatives. The period Of time
'pent in the national capital had
marked another stepping stone in the
,aEeer of Reynolds and he decided to
wall himself Of the training he had
received as a law clerk associated
some of the brightest minds in
he Senate and to come back to
and take up the practice OF
in earnest.
Elected County Attorney
During his absence in the ast a
lew county had been formed. called
Lincoln. and after an exciting contest
his home town Of Cokeville had been
defeated for the coveted county seat.
had been won by another con-
40 miles to the southeast.
nd placed at Kemmerer by the voters
Of the new county. Here Marshall
decided to cast his lot and hang up
his shtngle." Hardly had he gotten
we'll under way and commenced the
Of a lucrative law prac-
tice when he was called upon by the
voters in the fall OF 1914 to make the