History Lessons — Founder stories: Charles Dunbar Pt. 3

The quest for the wild Wyoming Dunbar family continues. From Historic Wyoming newspapers, I gleaned two important clues: Charley Dunbar’s brother’s name, Benjamin Dunbar, and a time frame. This clue suggests that Benjamin might appear in the 1880 Nebraska Federal census instead of Wyoming. The newspaper had reported that he was sent to Nebraska prison.  A quick search revealed him in Nebraska Territorial Prison as B. Dunbar age 21, born Iowa, parents born Illinois. So…