Willis George Emerson (1856–1918) was an American novelist, Chicago newspaperman, lawyer, politician, and promoter, who formed the North American Copper Company in Wyoming. He founded the town of Encampment, Wyoming. Biography Willis George Emerson was born near Blakesburg, Iowa on March 28, 1856. He died at his home in Los Angeles on December 10, 1918. Works Winning Winds (1885) Grey Rocks: A tale of the Middle West (1894) Was It a Crime? "Coin at School" dissected (1900) Buell Hampton (1902) The Builders (1906) The Smoky God or a Voyage to the Inner World (1908) The Treasure of Hidden Valley (1915) A Vendetta of the Hills (1917) The Man who Discovered Himself (1919) References External links Willis George Emerson at Wyoming Authors 1856 births 1918 deaths American male writers