Wyoming is distinguished for the high rank of her bench and bar and the opportunities of a growing state are continually attracting to her young men of ability and enterprise, recognizing that the professional field is not yet overcrowded and that there will come a chance to prove their ability. Such a one is E. Paul Bacheller, who with liberal educational training as a foundation for his professional career, has entered upon law practice at Casper and has already made for himself a creditable position as a representative of the bar of that city.
    He was born in Potsdam, New York, July 21, 1892, a son of Charles O. and Amanda M. Bacheller, the former an own cousin of Irving Bacheller, the American author, historian, poet and novelist, whose works are so widely read. Charles O. Bacheller is now a Montana rancher and lives in Los Angeles, California. His wife bore the maiden name of Amanda Jacobs and her parents resided near Quebec. Canada. The Bacheller family was founded in America by representatives of the name who were religious dissenters and came from England in the early part of the seventeenth century. The name is one of the oldest in England and can be traced back to a very early period. The coat of arms of the Bacheller family is a matter of record in the hall of records in England. In the direct line of descent appear many illustrious names. E. Paul Bacheller of this review is a nephew of the Hon. L. P. Hale, counsel for the interstate commerce commission for the state of New York, and is a brother-in-law of the Hon. H. Benjamin Chase, counsel for the excise commission of the state of New York. There is an extended genealogical history of the Bacheller family which has been compiled by Frederick Pierce.
    E. Paul Bacheller acquired his early education in the Potsdam Normal School at Potsdam, New York, where he was in attendance for ten years. He afterward entered the Northern Normal School at Aberdeen, South Dakota, from which he was graduated in June, 1913. Later he became a student in the University of Montana at Missoula, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1915. He won the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1916, being graduated with high honors, receiving a prize for the highest scholarship given by the American Law Book Publishing Company. In July of that year he entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in Miles City, Montana, as an associate of the Hon. George W. Farr, and in April, 1917, he removed to Casper, Wyoming, where he became associated in the practice of his profession with R. H. Nichols. They have been accorded a liberal clientage which has connected them with considerable important litigation.
    In addition to his law practice Mr. Bacheller is extensively interested in Wyoming oil and is secretary of the Universal Exploration Company, also of the Western Crude Oil Company and the Bantry Oil Company. A young man of keen discrimination, alert and enterprising, he has made for himself a creditable place in business circles and belongs to that class of progressive young man who are contributing in marked measure to the upbuilding and development of the west. His political allegiance is given to the republican party.