According to his obituary, Pete McGlashan
was born Aug. 29, 1869, in Thomasville, Georgia, married Grace Hesser in
1910 at Chicago then moved to Cody, Wyoming. In January of 1911,
he went to Cheyenne and served for a time as deputy Secretary of State
then moved to Big Piney in 1912. He ran the State
Bank of Big Piney for about a year when it was first established.
He also ran the bank
which was brought down from Marbleton and laid out the townsite of Big
Piney. He became involved in the oil industry and, while traveling
to Casper on oil business, had a car accident and died October 11, 1917.
Helena Linn wrote the following contribution:
Paul Scherbel found and brought to Helena Linn an article
from the Powell Tribune, April 24, 1909 issue. According to the article,
C. P. McGlashan was the owner of a mercantile store in Powell and was chosen
to manage the town's first baseball teams. Teams were made up of "north
of the trackers" versus "south of the trackers" or the married men challenged
the single men. In other games, good-natured doctors, dentists, merchants,
and bankers formed two teams of "Fats" and "Leans". The Powell
teams were a resourceful mixture of homesteaders, townsmen and United States
Reclamation Service employees. However, Mr. McGlashan didn't stay long
in northern Wyoming. The History of Big Piney website show that he served
as deputy Secretary of State in Cheyenne for about a year then moved to
Big Piney in 1912. He only lived in Big Piney for five years before he
died in an automobile accident on a business trip for his oil interests.
But his legacy to Big Piney history remains. He worked in the State
Bank of Big Piney when it was first established. He also laid out the townsite
of Big Piney and land he donated to the town is still known as the McGlashan
Addition.
Sources:
County Records Wyoming's Last Frontier, p.79 Big Piney Examiner, Oct., 1917
