Memories of Kendall Valley

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The author, Richard Hecox, was born in Mountain View, Wyoming in 1912 and moved to Kendall Valley with his family when he was an infant. His parents filed on a piece of land east of the Green River and built a cabin. Richard lived a pioneer existence, full of stories and adventures of the early settlers in the Kendall Valley. The book is a recollection of Mr. Hecox’s life, family and neighbors, which he originally had published in 1982. Richard’s hope was that the book will be enjoyed by generations of family and those who live or have lived in Kendall Valley.

Copyright 1982. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the authors.

First Edition 1982, Second Edition 2005, Paperback 2019
Published by the Sublette County Historical Society in cooperation with Disney Krause Brunette.

ISBN: 09768113-2-4

Paper back, 440  pages, black and white illustrations, 6×9 inches

Description

The author, Richard Hecox, was born in Mountain View, Wyoming in 1912 and moved to Kendall Valley with his family when he was an infant.  His parents filed on a piece of land east of the Green River and built a cabin. Richard lived a pioneer existence, full of stories and adventures of the early settlers in the Kendall Valley. The book is a recollection of Mr. Hecox’s life, family and neighbors which he originally had published in 1982.

Richard’s hope was that the book will be enjoyed by generations of family and those who live or have lived in Kendall Valley.

Kendall Valley – In 1885, Rock Springs, Wyoming banker August Kendall founded the Green River Lumber and Tie Company primarily to manufacture railroad ties.  The Company established its headquarters, named after its founder, in a remote and isolated area on the upper Green River, close to where the Kendall Guard Station is now located.

The company employed up to 100 people in an area with only a handful of settlers up to that point. Cutting activities extended from Twin Creeks and Green River Lakes on both sides of the river.  By 1904, the company closed and most of the workers moved on, but a few stayed to make the valley home and others followed.  To the locals, the area of the Green River north of Twin Creeks became known as Kendall Valley.