FAQ
1. While every county in the state is listed, links are only provided for titles that no longer fall under U.S. copyright laws. All (almost) links connect to free websites.
2. There are a few instances when a book has been digitized, but is only found on a paid site. In that case, no link is inserted, but a note as to the website where it has been found is given.
3. When a state history has also been found in digital format, it is listed in the STATE section that precedes the county list. I have limited STATE entries to those with county histories/biographical volumes in them.
4. There are a number of counties that DO have histories written, BUT they remain copyrighted material. Therefore, if a county has NONE after its name, it doesn’t mean there is no county history, just that none has been digitized. It’s also possible that the only digitized county history is included in one of the state volumes, so be sure to check those entries.
5. If the book is on FamilySearch, you will need a free account to access it. This list does NOT include town histories.
6. When all fifty states have been completed, I will post a PDF of them all.
7. One last note – it is very possible that a book is digitally available on more than one website. I’ve only included links to one site per book.
WYOMING
STATE – The Black Hills, or, The last hunting ground of the Dakotahs: a complete history of the Black Hills of Dakota, from their first invasion in 1874 to the present time, comprising a comprehensive account of how they lost them: of numerous adventures of the early settlers: their heroic struggles for supremacy against the hostile Dakotah Tribes, and their final victory: the opening of the country to white settlement, and its subsequent development, Annie D. Tallent, Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1899.
STATE – History of the Big Horn Basin: with stories of early days, sketches of pioneers and writings of the author, Charles Arthur Welch, Deseret news Press, Salt lake City, Utah, c1940.
STATE – Reminiscences of John Sublette of Elk Mountain, Wyoming relative to the early history of Wyoming, Grace Raymond Hebard, manuscript, n.d.
ALBANY – NONE
BIG HORN – History of Cheyenne and Northern Wyoming, J.H. Triggs, Herlad Steam Book and Job Printing House, Omaha, Nebraska, 1876.
BIG HORN – Big Horn County, Wyoming: the gem of the Rockies, Asa Shinn Mercer, Hyattsville, Maryland, 1906.
CAMPBELL – NONE
CARBON – NONE
CONVERSE – Pioneer people of Douglas and Converse County, Wyoming, 1886: Douglas diamond jubilee days, July 4-8, 1962,1962.
CROOK – NONE
FREMONT – Crossroads of the West: a pictorial history of Fremont County, 1965.
FREMONT – Fremont County and its communiteies, University of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1952.
GOSHEN – NONE
HOT SPRINGS – NONE
JOHNSON – NONE
LARAMIE – NONE
NATRONA – History of Natrona County, Wyoming, 1888-1922 : true portrayal of the yesterdays of a new county and a typical frontier town of the Middle West, Alfred James Mokler, Lakeside Printing, Chicago, 1923.
NIOBRARA – Pioneer people of Douglas and Converse County, Wyoming, 1886: Douglas diamond jubilee days, July 4-8, 1962,1962.
NIOBRARA – Pioneering on the Cheyenne River: the stories of pioneers and early settlers in northern Niobrara County, Wyoming, southern Weston County, Wyoming, western Fall River County, South Dakota, Sylvie Hogg Marchant, Robber’s Roose Historical Society, Historical Committee, 1947.
PARK – NONE
PLATTE – NONE
SHERIDAN – NONE
SUBLETTE – NONE
SWEETWATER – NONE
TETON – NONE
UINTA – Uinta County, its place in history: a history of the original Uinta County, Wyoming, and its subdivisions, Elizabeth Arnold Stone, Laramie Printing Company, Laramie, Wyoming, 1924.
WASHAKIE – NONE
WESTON – Pioneering on the Cheyenne River: the stories of pioneers and early settlers in northern Niobrara County, Wyoming, southern Weston County, Wyoming, western Fall River County, South Dakota, Sylvie Hogg Marchant, Robber’s Roose Historical Society, Historical Committee, 1947.