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LE ROY R. HAFEN 47 Years as Chronicler of Western Americana BY H O L L I S J . SCOTT
Interpreting the American West from the Spanish interlopers' pursuit of pearls, c h o c o l a t e , silk, and gold to the quest of the fur traders, e x p l o r e r s , e m i g r a n t s , bushwhackers, militarists, and the railroad men has been a lifec o n s u m i n g i n t e r e s t of Dr. LeRoy Reuben Hafen, one of t h e few r e m a i n i n g v e t e r a n historians who began treating the Western Americana scene as early as 1919. Nearly 50 years as either an author, coauthor, or edit o r ; 30 years as C o l o r a d o State Historian; plus years of experience as a history professor, archivist, explorer, museum director, and lecturer
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Mr. Scott is an archivist with Brigham Young University Library. H e is a former editor and associate editor of two weekly U t a h newspapers, OremGeneva Times a n d Tooele Transcript, respectively. Photographs to illustrate the article were furnished the author by Dr. Hafen.
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Dr. and Mrs. LeRoy R. Hafen in their home in Provo. Utah.
