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Lloyd Baker, Centenarian Surveyor and Singer

28 Saturday Jul 2018

Posted by June in Blog, Events, History, Humor, Places, Senior Citizens, Wyoming

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IMG_9727 Lloyd Baker age 106

Born in Afton, Wyoming in 1911, he was raised on a farm south of Etna and graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1940 with a degree in civil engineering.

With very primitive tools, Lloyd performed his first survey in Cokeville, Wyoming, about 75 miles down the road from Etna, the town he settled in when he “came home.” The loop within those few miles took him from coast to coast working as a surveyor. Continue reading →

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