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Max Wilde, at left, and baseball great Ty Cobb pose for a photo. Several other well-known baseball players of that era sought out Wilde for fishing and hunting adventures in Wyoming.

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Wilds of Wyoming appealed to early 1900s Major League Baseball stars
January 9, 2020 midnight

Wilds of Wyoming appealed to early 1900s Major League Baseball stars

Spending the entire winter trapping in Wyoming’s remote Thorofare Valley — just southeast of Yellowstone National Park — produced a big payday for a young Indiana man in 1918.