Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
8) Wind River Indian Reservation interpretive plan for the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapaho
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This interpretive planning project was initiated through the desire of many to hear, sometimes for the first time, the history of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho people of the Wind River Indian Reservation. This plan attempts to share an important history in order to gain a broader understanding of the past and present of the state. With this more comprehensive understanding, those who contributed to this project hope that a greater historical...
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"This booklet is ... not intended to be a listing of buildings built, roads engineered and improved, dams constructed, parks created, or sidewalks installed, although some of these are discussed. Instead it focuses on the patterns represented by the different projects and explores their historical significance .... for a more comprehensive treatment and a fuller discussion of the issues ... the reader is encouraged to turn to the larger study, "Building...
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This publication is the result of an effort to develop a historic context study to assist in the evaluation of historic properties associated with the federal government's response to the problems of the Great Depression. That work ultimately resulted in two related products. One was a book, Building up Wyoming : Depression-era federal projects in Wyoming, 1929-1943, which explores and inquires into the significance of the various projects over time...
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Introduction, Methodology, and Accomplishments of the Survey -- Purpose of and Goals for the Survey -- Location, Topography, and Climate -- The Development of Auto Roads in Wyoming 1913-1975 -- The Development of Auto Tourism in Wyoming 1913-1917 -- Roadside Commercial Architecture in Wyoming -- Conclusion -- Major Bibliographic References.
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Because many marginal rural buildings (including those having historic significance) are being destoryed to avoid paying property taxes on them, this paper will examine Wyoming's laws relating to valuation and taxation of property in general and will specifically examine the valuation of rural buildings.