Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel thr...
Description:
Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years i...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
34 holograph letters, 26 of them to Victor Eaker from his father John, five to Victor from his half-sister Helen, and two from his half-sister Mary. John describes his life in New Mexico and Colorado, the jobs he holds, and cost of living, the People'...
Description:
John P. Eaker left his children Victor, Charlie, and Amanda to be raised by his parents in western North Carolina and in 1877 traveled west in search of a fortune. He married again in 1887 and had four children: Jesse, Mary, John, and Helen. In 1890 h...
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico., Colorado., Colorado, New Mexico, Durango (Colo.), La Plata (Colo.), Rico (N.M.), and Silverton (Colo.)
Subject (Name):
Eaker, Charlie., Eaker, John P., d. 1914., Eaker, Mary, b. 1890., Eaker, Victor Columbus, b. 1870..̣., Eaker, Helen, b. 1895 or 96., and Populist Party (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources, Description and travel, and Fraternal organizations
Manuscript and typescript carbon letters, clippings and other documents relating to the Massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado. Included in the papers is a holograph manuscript draft of a letter to the editor of the New York Times dated July 26, 1897, in w...
Description:
Born in 1831 in Manchester, Massachusetts, Tappan went to Kansas in 1854 and joined the movement to make Kansas a free state. In 1860, after holding various state offices in Kansas, he moved to Colorado and commanded the First Colorado Cavalry Regime...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado.
Subject (Name):
Chivington, John M. 1821-1894. (John Milton),, Tappan, S. F. -1913. (Samuel Forster),, Wynkoop, Frank M., and United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, Cheyenne Indians, and Arapaho Indians
