Background
Robinson, Wilfreid was born on May 14, 1871 in Makanda, Illinois, United States. Son of Alvin and Minerva (Price) Robinson.
Robinson, Wilfreid was born on May 14, 1871 in Makanda, Illinois, United States. Son of Alvin and Minerva (Price) Robinson.
Self-educated.
Jane. Began with Danville (Illinois) Leader, 1886. Editor Danville Daily Press, 1889-1890, Paris (Illinois) Gazette, 1891-1892. Reporter Chicago News, 1893-1894, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, 1895-1896, Roswell (New Mexico) Record, 1900-1903.
Founded, 1904, and served as editor Roswell Register-Tribune, later editor Roswell Despatch. Now editor Calsbad Chronicle. Offered governorship of New Mexico, November 1909, but declined.
President Pecos Valley Editorial Association, 1907. Delegate National Editorial Association, 1910. Contributor to mags.
Wrote serial, Travels on the South Seas. (novelettes) Undine; The John Dean Letters. Impressions of a Tenderfoot.
The Bread War; David Galliene. Etc. Public speaker and lecturer.
Married Mary Meeks of Roswell, New Mexico, May 16, 1900.