Louie Strohecker Letters

Collection

Identifier: NCA 01.R.2008.01

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains Louie Strohecker's letters home during WWII, including letters from when Louie was a German prisoner of war. A donation of film negatives are documented as being accessioned along with Louie's letters, but their current location is unknown.

Dates

1943 - 1945

Creator

Louie Strohecker (Person)

Biographical / Historical

The following note was taken from the Casper College Foundation's Donor Stories webpage. The Anna and Louie Strohecker Memorial Scholarship at Casper College memorializes the remarkable lives of Anna and Louie. Anna was a school teacher at the Empire Oil School and Poison Spider School. Louie was a WWII veteran who was captured by the Germans and was later liberated. After the war, he came to Wyoming and was one of Casper Country Club’s first caretakers. He saved enough money to buy some land and became a successful rancher west of Casper. His ranch is still in operation and owned by his heirs.