Willis George Emerson (1856–1918) was an American novelist (a pioneer of American science fiction), Chicago newspaperman, lawyer, politician, and promoter, who formed the North American Copper Company in Wyoming.

[1] He founded the town of Encampment, Wyoming.

[1] Willis George Emerson was born near Blakesburg, Iowa on March 28, 1856.

[2] He died at his home in Los Angeles on December 10, 1918.

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