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Fred Lovejoy (1868- 1945)
The Fred Lovejoy Legacy His Adventures and Enterprises in Wyoming and South Dakota

Fred Lovejoy (1868-1945) was best known for bringing the first telephone system into Jackson, Wyoming in 1905. About ten years later he established the Jackson Valley Telephone Company and in 1921 added telegraph services. Fred also set up the town’s first electric light plant and the first moving picture show in 1919. He came to Jackson Valley as a homesteader, but soon divided his time between his ranch and community interests, finding numerous business opportunities. He was a businessman, respected civic leader, mayor three terms, and lobbied for the betterment of the area. He was also a Republican delegate to regional, state, and national conventions.

At age 21, Fred Lovejoy left his native Greene County, Iowa for work at the Shoshone Agency in western Wyoming. About six years later, lured by new gold strikes in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains, he moved to South Pass. In about 1898, he and his brother, Dr. Walter Lovejoy, opened the first drugstore in the new town of Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Fred’s last enterprise was developing an old gold mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Although a child when the author knew him, his colorful stories and tales of adventure remain a treasured memory and led her to write his story.

Includes pictures, map, sidebars, source notes, and bibliography. Extensively researched in newspapers of his era and in many other resources.

The author is donating a copy of The Fred Lovejoy Legacy to the following research libraries and interested buyers could review copies there.