Obituary for Jacob Frank Draper:
12 December 1950
PIONEER COWBOY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Jacob Draper, 77 one of the last of the state's picturesque pioneer cowboys, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
Draper was the owner of the "444" ranch near Albin, which he purchased in 1923, and had been a Wyoming range rider for the past 66 years.
He came to Wyoming as a boy in his early teens (in the 1880s), from Story, Iowa. His parents settled at the head of Pumpkin Creek, just east of La Grange. For some time he was employed as a cowhand by the old JQ ranch owned by Colin Hunter and sons, Tom and Jim.
He knew such famous westerners as Charlie and Bill Irwin of Wild West show fame; Waggoner the horse thief, Tom Horn and John McShane.
In the early 1900s he met and married Mary Repp Robison and left the spread he had homesteaded to take over the management of her ranch. Later he purchased the "444" ranch where he lived until stricken ill, with the exception of a couple of years when he foremanedthe Iron Mountain ranch at the request of Mrs. Annie Allen, whose husband had died.
Mr. Draper was urged by his physician to quit ranching three years ago, but replied, "As long as I can sit in my saddle that's where I aim to be."
The magazine section of the Sunday Denver Post featured a full page article concerning Mr. Draper's career in September of 1949. A full-page painting on the cover pictured the famous cowhand on his favorite horse, "Brownie," given to him by Tom Hunter.
Besides his wife, Mr. Draper is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Wiles of Denver, and a brother, Joe, of Cheyenne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. The Rev. John M. Pattison will officiate and burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jake Romsa, Clarence Schliske, Fred Lush, Jess Hedges, Clarence Olsen, Fred Thomas,Charlie Fyffe and Severt Romsa.
Honarary pallbearers will be George Chappell, Zel Pence, Bump Miskimmons, Willis Traver, Clint Donahue, Afton Green, John Ecklund, and John Lush.
Arrangements are in charge of the Schrader funeral home.
12 December 1950
PIONEER COWBOY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Jacob Draper, 77 one of the last of the state's picturesque pioneer cowboys, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
Draper was the owner of the "444" ranch near Albin, which he purchased in 1923, and had been a Wyoming range rider for the past 66 years.
He came to Wyoming as a boy in his early teens (in the 1880s), from Story, Iowa. His parents settled at the head of Pumpkin Creek, just east of La Grange. For some time he was employed as a cowhand by the old JQ ranch owned by Colin Hunter and sons, Tom and Jim.
He knew such famous westerners as Charlie and Bill Irwin of Wild West show fame; Waggoner the horse thief, Tom Horn and John McShane.
In the early 1900s he met and married Mary Repp Robison and left the spread he had homesteaded to take over the management of her ranch. Later he purchased the "444" ranch where he lived until stricken ill, with the exception of a couple of years when he foremanedthe Iron Mountain ranch at the request of Mrs. Annie Allen, whose husband had died.
Mr. Draper was urged by his physician to quit ranching three years ago, but replied, "As long as I can sit in my saddle that's where I aim to be."
The magazine section of the Sunday Denver Post featured a full page article concerning Mr. Draper's career in September of 1949. A full-page painting on the cover pictured the famous cowhand on his favorite horse, "Brownie," given to him by Tom Hunter.
Besides his wife, Mr. Draper is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Wiles of Denver, and a brother, Joe, of Cheyenne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. The Rev. John M. Pattison will officiate and burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jake Romsa, Clarence Schliske, Fred Lush, Jess Hedges, Clarence Olsen, Fred Thomas,Charlie Fyffe and Severt Romsa.
Honarary pallbearers will be George Chappell, Zel Pence, Bump Miskimmons, Willis Traver, Clint Donahue, Afton Green, John Ecklund, and John Lush.
Arrangements are in charge of the Schrader funeral home.
Obituary for Jacob Frank Draper:
12 December 1950
PIONEER COWBOY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Jacob Draper, 77 one of the last of the state's picturesque pioneer cowboys, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
Draper was the owner of the "444" ranch near Albin, which he purchased in 1923, and had been a Wyoming range rider for the past 66 years.
He came to Wyoming as a boy in his early teens (in the 1880s), from Story, Iowa. His parents settled at the head of Pumpkin Creek, just east of La Grange. For some time he was employed as a cowhand by the old JQ ranch owned by Colin Hunter and sons, Tom and Jim.
He knew such famous westerners as Charlie and Bill Irwin of Wild West show fame; Waggoner the horse thief, Tom Horn and John McShane.
In the early 1900s he met and married Mary Repp Robison and left the spread he had homesteaded to take over the management of her ranch. Later he purchased the "444" ranch where he lived until stricken ill, with the exception of a couple of years when he foremanedthe Iron Mountain ranch at the request of Mrs. Annie Allen, whose husband had died.
Mr. Draper was urged by his physician to quit ranching three years ago, but replied, "As long as I can sit in my saddle that's where I aim to be."
The magazine section of the Sunday Denver Post featured a full page article concerning Mr. Draper's career in September of 1949. A full-page painting on the cover pictured the famous cowhand on his favorite horse, "Brownie," given to him by Tom Hunter.
Besides his wife, Mr. Draper is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Wiles of Denver, and a brother, Joe, of Cheyenne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. The Rev. John M. Pattison will officiate and burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jake Romsa, Clarence Schliske, Fred Lush, Jess Hedges, Clarence Olsen, Fred Thomas,Charlie Fyffe and Severt Romsa.
Honarary pallbearers will be George Chappell, Zel Pence, Bump Miskimmons, Willis Traver, Clint Donahue, Afton Green, John Ecklund, and John Lush.
Arrangements are in charge of the Schrader funeral home.
12 December 1950
PIONEER COWBOY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Jacob Draper, 77 one of the last of the state's picturesque pioneer cowboys, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
Draper was the owner of the "444" ranch near Albin, which he purchased in 1923, and had been a Wyoming range rider for the past 66 years.
He came to Wyoming as a boy in his early teens (in the 1880s), from Story, Iowa. His parents settled at the head of Pumpkin Creek, just east of La Grange. For some time he was employed as a cowhand by the old JQ ranch owned by Colin Hunter and sons, Tom and Jim.
He knew such famous westerners as Charlie and Bill Irwin of Wild West show fame; Waggoner the horse thief, Tom Horn and John McShane.
In the early 1900s he met and married Mary Repp Robison and left the spread he had homesteaded to take over the management of her ranch. Later he purchased the "444" ranch where he lived until stricken ill, with the exception of a couple of years when he foremanedthe Iron Mountain ranch at the request of Mrs. Annie Allen, whose husband had died.
Mr. Draper was urged by his physician to quit ranching three years ago, but replied, "As long as I can sit in my saddle that's where I aim to be."
The magazine section of the Sunday Denver Post featured a full page article concerning Mr. Draper's career in September of 1949. A full-page painting on the cover pictured the famous cowhand on his favorite horse, "Brownie," given to him by Tom Hunter.
Besides his wife, Mr. Draper is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Wiles of Denver, and a brother, Joe, of Cheyenne.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. The Rev. John M. Pattison will officiate and burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jake Romsa, Clarence Schliske, Fred Lush, Jess Hedges, Clarence Olsen, Fred Thomas,Charlie Fyffe and Severt Romsa.
Honarary pallbearers will be George Chappell, Zel Pence, Bump Miskimmons, Willis Traver, Clint Donahue, Afton Green, John Ecklund, and John Lush.
Arrangements are in charge of the Schrader funeral home.
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