William Bradford Dodge Gray was superintendent of Congregational Missions in Wyoming from 1900 to 1918. He was born in Milbourne, Illinois, in 1846. In 1902, W.B.D Gray married Annette Becher. She was ordained in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in December of 1900, and became pastor of the South Side Congregational Church in Cheyenne. The couple traveled extensively through Wyoming as missionaries. They raised money for their missionary work by slide lectures given to audiences in the East on conditions in Wyoming. For this purpose they took many photographs of small communities and rural areas of the state, which were exhibited during winter visits to Boston and other eastern cities.
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Coal mine No. 1, Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Mine No. 1 was the oldest and largest of the Union Pacific Coal Company mines in Rocks Springs. It opened in 1868 and employed about 500 miners.
Coal mine No. 1, Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Coal mine No. 1, Rock Springs, ca. 1890
This mine was capable of producing 1,800 tons a day.
Coal mine No. 9, Rock Springs, ca. 1900
The No. 9 mine opened in 1890, just five years after the events of the Rock Springs Massacre.
Coal miner's cabins along Bitter Creek in Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Coal miner's cabins along Bitter Creek in Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Coal miner's cabins along Bitter Creek in Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Chinese dragon in Rock Spring celebration, ca. 1890
Photo caption: "The Chinese Great Dragon God." Parade celebrating the Chinese New Year in Rock Springs.
View of Rock Springs, ca. 1890
View of Rock Springs showing coal mining structures, ca. 1890
Main Street in Rock Springs, ca. 1890
Storefront of Lee Me Him's Chinese drugstore in Rock Springs, ca. 1900
Lee Me Him, the Chinese druggist, created his own drugs. He dried the inside parts and skin of animals and sold them for medicinal cures.