Meldrum, John W., 1843-1936

found: [Photograph of Yellowstone commissioner, Judge John W. Meldrum, taken in 1933], 1933:Verso of photograph (native of Caledonia, New York, where he was born in 1843, Judge John W. Meldrum, United States commissioner representing the Department of Justice in Yellowstone National Park; Judge Meldrum began his active life at age 15 a farm laborer in New York state; solder in the Civil War in the Army of the Potomac, Ninth Corps; employed in the quartermaster's department of the United States Army at Little Rock, Ark. after the Civil War until July, 1867; moved to Cheyene, Wyo. in 1866 and two years laters was cattle ranching in La Porte, Colo.; appointed secretary of Wyoming in 1889; first adjutant general of Wyoming territory and acting governor at the time of the admission of Wyoming to statehood)

found: Wikipedia, website viewed July 21, 2015(John W. Meldrum; Judge John W. Meldrum; John Meldrum; born September 17, 1843, Caledonia, New York; died February 27, 1936, Denver, Colorado; nicknames: Grand Old Man of Yellowsone; carpenter; Wyoming politician; first U.S. Commissioner in Yellowstone National Park (1894-1935); served with the 14th New York Heavy Artillery during the Civil War; worked in Arkansas as a wagonmaker shortly after the Civil War; moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory and then to Fort Collins, Colorado; moved to Laramie, Wyoming in 1870; appointed clerk of the district court, county commissioner, and on the territorial council; member of Republican party in Wyoming)