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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January 9, 2020
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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.