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This wiki was created so that information can be recorded as it is collected. This is a collaborative tool so that it can be viewed and edited by others.

Collection of information should be collected in a consistent manner--please use the following sheet when collecting information. ery Richard Commack Richard Commack was born in Louisiana. He was a steamboat coordinator and also a mechanical engineer. After his brothers drowned in a painful death, he wanted to work on land because he developed a fear of drowning. Consequently, he worked tirelessly in a restaurant on western row in the western part of Cincinnati. He soon married Ellen Ripley, who lived in Wyoming, and then he saved tons of money. Once he saved fifty dollars, he bought property on Vine Street, the street that becomes Springfield Pike once it enters Wyoming. He finally started to gain prosperity, so he added to his two-room house. After that, he had a larger house to fit his children. He bought the Beech Grove Cemetery to bury African-American people since they were not allowed to be buried within the city limits of Cincinnati. Furthermore, he advised young men to “be true to God and man, work hard, use horse sense and mother wit; never say die, but keep on trying; success will come.” This fits the true Wyoming Cowboy spirit.