Willis George Emerson (1856–1918) was an American
novelist
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, Chicago newspaperman, lawyer,
politician
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, and promoter, who formed the North American Copper Company in
Wyoming
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He founded the town of
Encampment, Wyoming
Encampment (also known as Grand Encampment) is a town in southern Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 450 at the 2010 census.
History
Known also as " Grand Encampment", this town along the Colorado-Wyoming border was, a ...
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Biography
Willis George Emerson was born near Blakesburg, Iowa
Blakesburg is a city in Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 274 at the 2020 census.
History
Blakesburg was laid out in 1852. It was named for one of its founders, Theophilus Blake.
Geography
Blakesburg's longitude and latitu ...
on March 28, 1856.Los Angeles
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on December 10, 1918.[
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Works
*''Winning Winds'' (1885)
*''Grey Rocks: A tale of the Middle West'' (1894)
*''Was It a Crime? "Coin at School" dissected'' (1900)
*''Buell Hampton'' (1902)
*''The Builders'' (1906)
*'' The Smoky God or a Voyage to the Inner World'' (1908)
*''The Treasure of Hidden Valley'' (1915)
*''A Vendetta of the Hills'' (1917)
*''The Man who Discovered Himself'' (1919)
References
External links
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Willis George Emerson
at Wyoming Authors
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1856 births
1918 deaths
American male writers