W. Hudson Kensel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Historian of the American West
Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1928
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jan-2014
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About W. Hudson Kensel
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- Hudson Kensel (June 16, 1928 – January 16, 2014) was an historian and author of the American West.
- He is professor emeritus from California State University at Fresno. At Fresno, he was the chairman of the Department of History.
- His early childhood was spent at Pahaska Tepee and Cody, Wyoming.
- He thereafter moved to the state of Washington where he completed his education.
- He is the author of Pahaska Tepee, Buffalo Bill's Old Hunting Lodge and Hotel, A History, 1901-1946 and Dude Ranching in Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969, published in 2010 by the University of Oklahoma Press at Norman, Oklahoma.
- Valley Ranch, one of the first of the western dude ranches, was established by the New York City native Larry Larom.
- Now privately owned, it is located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River in northwestern Wyoming.
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