Section 36: A Wyoming Journey from Then and Now

Greg A. Garton is a Wyoming native born and bred. Living on a ranch in the Sybille Canyon of Wyoming he received his early education in a one-room schoolhouse, taught by his mother. Summers were spent in other pastimes, hunting, hiking, and riding in the rugged terrain of the high mountain pastures. A voracious reader from an early age, Greg spent countless hours consuming all types of written work from the family library including literary classics and adventure tales like Tarzan and Hopalong Cassidy. From these, a love of reading and story telling was born.

His K-12 education was completed at Wheatland, a small community in southeastern Wyoming, 70 miles north of Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he now teaches social studies, reading and basic skills to ＂at risk youth.＂ Prior to teaching Greg completed an associates degree at Casper College in Political Science then finished his baccalaureate degree at the University of Wyoming, in Laramie. Through out a variety of occupations including rancher, police officer, child abuse investigation, realtor, and schoolteacher, Greg has worked with all ages of young people, trying to show them the importance of the written word along with the beauty and significance of nature.

For the last twenty years Greg’s major hobby has been the collection of early and rare works detailing the early history of Wyoming and the settlers and pioneers that came to this land of high mountains and broad plains, starting homes and families. He is currently at work writing the story of two brothers, his grandfather and great uncle, who homesteaded along the Laramie River adjacent to the mighty Two Bar Land and Cattle Company. Both brothers carved out a niche in Wyoming Territory rubbing shoulders with the famous and infamous characters of the time such as Tom Horn.