Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kan...
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Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H...
Subject (Geographic):
Middle West., Utah., Millard County (Utah), Utah, Millard County., and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa., Bement family., Bement, Arthur., Bement, Bingham., Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889., Cook, Mary., Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement., Fletcher, Jasper., Forbes family., Forbush family., Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie., Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., Warburton, Sarah., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Mormons, Frontier and pioneer life, and Ranch life
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...
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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
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
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John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Thirteen volumes, some signed or stamped with Mason's name, containing holograph diaries for 1858, 1861, 1863-1865, 1872-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880-1881, and 1887-1888; and a volume containing holograph accounts, listing Mason's expenses while living in S...
Description:
John T. Mason emigrated to California in 1854. He worked on river steamers in the area of Sacramento, and in 1861 he began ranching in Colusa County.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Colusa County., West (U.S.), California., California National Historic Trail., Colusa County (Calif.), Princeton (Colusa County, Calif.), Princeton (San Mateo County, Calif.), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mason, John T., b. 1822., Mason, Liz., Mason, Mabel., Mason, Maud., and Cooper Medical College.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Cholera, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Ranch life, River steamers, and Social life and customs
Photograph album relating to ranch life in West Texas, including views of sheep and cattle grazing, shearing and roping scenes, herding, freighting, and round-ups. There are also scenes of fishing and boating on the Concho River, and many outdoor phot...
Photograph album with images attributed to Elsie Holmes and William H. Holmes that document the ranching operations of the Cananea Cattle Company at the Cananea Ranch and the copper mining operations of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company at Canan...
