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Talk: Bob Richard, Early Day Photographs by Ned Frost

Name: Talk: Bob Richard, Early Day Photographs by Ned Frost
Start: 2022-03-17T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2022-03-17T13:00:00-06:00
Location: Coe Auditorium

March 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT

A Frost & Richard tour group headed up Sylvan Pass and over the original wooden corkscrew bridge

Ned Frost on the left with his horse and dogs; his father Mahlon Frost walking down the meadow with a magnificent elk trophy over his shoulders, and 8 by 7 elk rack.

Ned Frost: Early Day Photographs of Yellowstone Country

A free talk by Bob Richard

Thursday, March 17, 2022
Noon–1 p.m.

Join us for the March presentation in our “Local Lore with Bob Richard” series of free talks hosted by our McCracken Research Library.

In an illustrated talk titled Ned Frost: Early Day Photographs of Yellowstone Country, Bob presents photographs by his uncle Ned, many of which have never been published before. Through these photos, taken between about 1905 and the 1950s, Bob shares stories from the history of Cody and Yellowstone country.

With a wealth of knowledge about the Cody and Yellowstone National Park areas, Bob has a lifetime of stories to share with future generations. The “Local Lore with Bob Richard” series continues monthly throughout the year.

The talks in this series are gathered in this YouTube playlist.

The Frost and Richard base of operations near Clark, Wyoming, around 1906–1908. They ran several trap lines throughout the area, from Heart Mountain to Line Creek, processing the pelts of wolves, coyotes, martins, foxes and anything else that had good fur. Ned ran the trapline while Fred Richard would skin and process the animal pelts. The money they earned from this allowed them to purchase and build the Frost & Richard Ranch on the Northfork.

The trail crew of a Frost & Richard tour. Ned Frost sitting on a stool in the center. Behind him on his left in white is “Phonograph” Jones, the camp cook. The smiling man over Ned’s right shoulder is “Shorty” Kelly, Ned’s top hand. I don’t know who the others are, packers and drivers.

Artist W.R. Leigh visited the Frost & Richard ranch for 10 years. William R. Leigh (1866–1955). Grizzly at Bay, 1913–1915. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches. William E. Weiss Memorial Fund Purchase. 5.91

About the speaker

A lifelong Wyoming resident, Richard’s varied experiences are pure West. He worked at guest ranches, guided horse and hunting trips, ranched, and for 37 years owned and operated Grub Steak Expeditions, personally touring thousands of visitors from around the world through Yellowstone and its ecosystem.

Educated at the Universities of Wyoming, Arizona, and California (Fresno), Richard has served as a teacher and school administrator, a decorated United States Marine Corps pilot in Vietnam, and, for 21 years, helped coordinate American Red Cross service and relief activities in the western United States.

Upcoming Local Lore talks

• March 17: Early Day Photographs by Ned Frost
• April 21: Jack Richard’s Last Float of the Bighorn Canyon
• May 12: Buffalo Bill Burial Story (Margie and Mike Johnson join Bob)
• June 9: Tour of Yellowstone with Aubrey Haines (John Lounsbury joins Bob)
• July 21: Cody / Yellowstone: 150 Years
• August 18: The Most Scenic 72 Miles: The Road to Yellowstone
• September 15: The Heart Mountain Internment Camp Story
• October 20: The History of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
• November 17: Women in the Early Days and Other Old-Timers
• December 15: Sunlight / Crandall Country

Details

Date:: March 17, 2022
Time:: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT
Event Tags:: Bob Richard, free talk, Local Lore with Bob Richard, McCracken Research Library, Ned Frost, Yellowstone country

Venue

: Coe Auditorium

Organizer

: McCracken Research Library