Allyn, Mary Julia Moore
187?-19??
Fremont County
Biographical and Professional Information
Mary Julia Moore Allyn and her husband were early homesteaders in the Riverton area. She wrote the book Twentieth century pioneering : our frontier days experiences at Riverton, Wyoming about their experiences there. Her husband, Francis "Frank" Hayford Allyn was the first graduate of the University of Wyoming's College of Engineering. According to the census records of 1910 and 1920, she was born in Illinois. The 1920 census lists four children, Laura, Eadie, Franklin and Edith.
Genres
Autobiography or Biography
History
Nonfiction
Wyoming Subjects
Titles
- Twentieth century pioneering : our frontier days experiences at Riverton, Wyoming (1956). Fort Collins, CO: The author.
More Information
"Review of Twentieth Century Pioneering by Mary Julia Moore Allyn" in Annals of Wyoming 28 (2): 220-221.
"Mr and Mrs. Frank H. Allyn" by Laura Ekstrom. Unpublished manuscript in the Frank H. Allyn biographical file, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
"Papers, 1846-1968" by Frank H. Allyn at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie.