1939 – Hunting in Wyoming

Lester Dent and Wife Return From Trip – The Dents returned from their trip to Hollywood. One of the places visited was Mesa Verde Park. The Dent’s caped in Yosemite National Park and attended the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The Dents traveled through Wyoming on the return trip with Dent visiting the ranch he lived on as a youth. The article goes on to say that Lester Dent and Onie Story are planning to go to Wyoming in September to hunt antelope. Source: La Plata Home Press (La Plata, Missouri), Thursday, August 10, 1939; Macon Chronicle Herald, Saturday, August 12, 1939

August 28, 1939 – Dent Finances note that Dent bought a hunting permit for antelope hunting in Wyoming. Source: WHMC_f2130

September 8, 1939, Friday – Lester Dent heads off on a hunting trip. To Wyoming – Lester Dent and Onie Story plan to spend two weeks in Wyoming hunting. The two men are leaving tomorrow. Source: La Plata Home Press (La Plata, Missouri), Thursday, September 7, 1939

September 21, 1939 – To Return From West – Lester Dent and Onie Story completed their Wyoming hunting trip. The pair are due in town tonight. Source: La Plata Home Press (La Plata, Missouri), Thursday, September 21, 1939

Returns From Carrollton – Norma Dent returned to La Plata after visiting her mother in Carrollton: La Plata Home Press (La Plata, Missouri), Thursday, September 21, 1939

BIG GAME HUNTERS RETURN TO LA PLATA – Lester Dent and Onie Story are back from their Wyoming trip. The men hunted in the area around Jackson Hole. The men were hunting antelope and elk. Source: Macon Chronicle Herald, Monday, September 25, 1939

Lester Dent and Onie Story Back From Trip – The article repeats much of what has been previously printed. Both men agreed it was cold and they had not brought enough cold weather gear. There was snow at the higher elevations that froze to ice every night. Lester Dent and Onie Story spent some time at a ranch in Gillette, Wyoming. This was likely the home of Dent’s uncle, Bert Norfolk. Source: La Plata Home Press (La Plata, Missouri), Thursday, September 28, 1939