Ross DRAPER, journalist, publisher, legislator was born April 2, 1879, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He was educated in the public schools of his native county; and graduated from the high school of Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He learned the journalistic trade in the office of Twice-A-Week News at Mount Ayr, Iowa; also worked in the office of Record at Mount Ayr, Iowa and at Boomerang, Laramie, Wyo. He has atained prominence in journalism; is now editor and manager of the Rawlins Republican of Rawlins, Wyo.; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city, county and state. He served with distinction as a representative in the ninth Wyoming state legislature; served as a member on several important committees; and resides in Rawlins, Wyo.

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HENNINGSHAW, Thomas William Herringshaw's American Statesman and Public Official Year-Book p. 204. American publisher's assn. 1907.
The Typographical Journal Vol. 21, No. 1. p. 457. Typographical Union of North America. July 1, 1902.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2009