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Casper- Centennial, 1889-1989; Natrona County, Ulyominq, 1890-199C^j_
F-'eaturinq
Also:
Geological
Record,
F'r-ehi stor-i c
tian,
Fir.^
Settl er-s, by
Ir-ying Gar-butt
and Chuck
Mor-r-ison (Dallas, Texas:
Cur-tis Media Cnr-por-ati on, 1990)
Ir-ying Gar-butt and Chuck Morrison haye
and complex
Wyoming.
put together-
a large
account o-f- the history of Casper- and Natrona County,
Their- book,
vaguely reminiscent
1923 History of Natrona County,
of
Alfred
J.
Mokler's
reflects in its content,
Wyoming,
writing styles and format the journalistic backgrounds of Gar-butt
Dividing
and Morrison.
business,
family,
the volume into five sections—topical,
photographic,
and
index—the
editors
have
compiled a collection of 600 hundred episodic articles that range
of Natrona
in content from the geologic formation
the current
mass to
is signed
short article
estate
real
by its
County's land
situation in the county.
Garbutt being the
with
author,
Each
most prolific contributor,
Casper Centennial
account.
It contains informative and often spellbinding articles
by a variety of
Natrona County residents.
of discovering the site of
Betty
Evenson's
Hanway
54).
reminiscence
Garbutt's detailing
(p.
Robert
on
Chuck Morrison's story
Stuart's
Hiland
cabin
(p,
(p.
103—109)
21)
and
are two
the finest and most fascinating writings in the book,
examples of
as is
strengths as an historical
has a number of
76-78),
of newspaper owner,
the careers
and scrap-iron dealer,
Fred Goodstein
(p.
J.E.
53-
There are nearly 500 family and business histories and 800
photographs,
maps and drawings,
and these add considerably to the
book's ability to cover many important
The journalistic
style so
prevelant
events and personalities.
in the majority of the text
�reads easily and
clearly
imparts
and
of
feeling
a
nostalgic
+olklore.
without its
is not
Casper Centennial
a thematic unity.
various topics
give the
problem makes it difficult for the reader to
the
bibliography and
develop a
myriad
tales.
of
citing
way
casual
the book's
limit
cited)
sources are
book's
the
from
relatedness
some instances
satisfy a
such as
to know
the murder
of
Barbara
but tell
very little
incident.
unreal
In other cases,
sense
existence of
the
businesses
(p.
Klan
because
77).
an event
Barbutt and
366).
grizzly photographs,
a story
Casper
in
as
a frail
of
boycott
for the
issues relating to
group in
the
the Rocky
this
give an
a discussion of
This explanation
the racist
of
During
Klan
a
of
Casper ignores a complexity of
eradication of
in
the
portrayed
eliminated
(p.
conclusions drawn in
Klux
dilemma is
outcome or significance of
sentimentality.
Ku
Garbutt
example,
easily
of
(whenever
sources
the particulars
Alexander
about the
The absence of a
Another
with several
Morrison tantalize the reader
sense of
provide too few details to
the episodes
reader's desire
This
usefulness as a verifiably
accurate resource on Natrona County's past.
that in
The
section lack a cohesiveness that
subjects included in the topical
would otherwise
however.
flaws,
1920s,
the
for
organization
Klan
members'
KKK's demise in
the growth and
Mountain West in
that era.
Despite these faults the book should not be
amateur's attempt
to write
local
history.
have been around Casper too long to be
dismissed as an
Garbutt and Morrison
taken lightly.
They are
�highly
both
skilled
and
journalists
have
witnessed
Casper's history for the past -fifty years or more.
to
know
interesting
and
influential
reportorial
abilities and gives their
Above
Casper
all
Centennial
observant people who
sorts
of
successes
cattle wars,
a
first
shelf
and
depressions,
rate
where
have
college.
the
history
seen
is
their
failures
Their ability
people testifies to their
a
very
broad base.
honest
work
created
book
an
much of
communities
weather all
such as blizzrds,
bootlegging rings,
and
by
oil
booms,
the creation of
The book deserves a place on anyone's
of
Wyoming
and
its
counties
communities are found.
Walter Jones
412“12th Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
and
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