George R. Salisbury, Jr.
| George Ralph Salisbury Jr. | |
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| Wyoming State Representative from Carbon County | |
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In office January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1986 |
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| Succeeded by | Patrick F. O'Toole |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 7, 1921 Carbon County, Wyoming, USA |
| Died | December 25, 2010 (aged 89) Carbon County, Wyoming |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Eleanor Kinne Salisbury |
| Children |
Sharon Salisbury O'Toole |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University |
| Profession | Rancher |
Sharon Salisbury O'Toole
George Robert Salisbury (deceased)
George Ralph Salisbury Jr. (March 7, 1921 – December 25, 2010) was the patriarch of the Ladder Ranch, a cattle and sheep operation in Carbon County in southern Wyoming, and a Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1975 to 1986. He was the House Democratic (minority) Whip in his last term from 1985 to 1986.
Except for his college years and service as a tank commander under General George S. Patton Jr., during World War II, Salisbury spent all of his adult years in the Little Snake River Valley. Prior to his legislative service, which corresponded with the administration of his fellow Democrat, Governor Edgar Herschler, Salisbury served for twenty years on the elected Carbon County Commission, based in Rawlins.
Representative Salisbury authored legislation creating both the Wyoming Water Development Commission and the Wyoming Permanent Education Fund. A member of the Select Water Committee, Salisbury was instrumental in the construction of the High Savery Dam, which provides needed water to farmers in the Little Snake River Valley. He was president of the Wyoming Board of Agriculture. In 2009, he was inducted into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. In his last term in the House, Salisbury served on the committees of (1) Agriculture, Public Lands & Water Resources, (2) House Travel, Recreation & Wildlife, and (3) House Rules and Procedures. Previously, he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee.
According to his daughter, rancher Sharon S. O'Toole, Salisbury "lived a fascinating life." The Salisbury and O'Toole families have lived in the Little Snake River Valley for six generations. On their Ladder Ranch property occurred a battle in 1841 between beaver trappers and American Indians. Not far from the Ladder Ranch, the wife and unborn child of the trapper Jeremiah Johnson were slaughtered by Crow Indians. The crime instilled a lifelong vendetta by Johnson against the Crow, the story of which is portrayed in the 1972 film Jermiah Johnson, with the title role played by Robert Redford. Though the film was mostly made in Utah, the slaughter of Johnson's wife and unborn child occurred in Carbon County, Wyoming.
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