To Jackie, Paul Bryan, and Alana, who make it all worthwhile

—Andrew R. Thomas

To N.P. "Van" Van Maren, banker emeritus of Wyoming, father-in-law, friend, and in memory of my father, Vernon Virgil Wilkinson

—Timothy J. Wilkinson

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