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Stinkingwater River Part 2
Jun 10, 2018, 6:42 PM
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In Part 1, George Wesley Bloom, better known as "Wes", lost his wife and their baby due to drowning in the Stinkingwater River in Wyoming on June 27, 1893. The story continues.
"On April 19, 1897, at Red Lodge, Montana, Wes married Melissa L. Slack. Melissa and Wes had 4 children - Florence Edna, Jennie Lavina, Otto Henry and Marjorie Ethyl.
At Red Lodge, Montana, Wes was convicted of grand larceny and receiving stolen property (cattle), even though he denied it, and was sent to prison at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, WY, on Aug. 11, 1900. He was discharged on Aug. 22, 1901, by reason of a pardon by Governor DeForrest Richards. (It doesn't say why he was pardoned.
Wes died of a fatal accident on April 11, 1909. It says (sic) "On last Friday afternoon the telephone brought the news to Pinedale that Judge Wesley Bloom had been badly hurt at his ranch below town. It seems that he, in company with his son John, was placing a biding pole on a load of hay - Mr. Bloom being on top of the load. While drawing down the pole the rope broke and Mr. Bloom, losing his balance, pitched head first to the ground, striking his head on a rock and breaking his neck".
It says, "Wesley Bloom was one of the pioneers of Wyoming, and came to this country from the Big Horn Basin several years ago taking up a ranch in Pine Creek five miles below where Pinedale now stands. He was one of the most enterprising and progresive citizens of this section, being one of the original stockholders of the Boulder Mercantile Co". According to Charles Boyer, George Wesley Bloom built the first "beaver slide stacker" in the country.
How and why he became a judge is unknown,
(Read Part 1 for further info)
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