Thomas, John Baldwin, 1857-1937

Thomas had several business interests in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the 1870s and 1880s, dealing mainly with the cattle and sheep industries. Hay & Thomas, a company formed by his partnership with Henry Gurley Hay (1847-1919), included the operation of a sheep ranch near Cheyenne, Valley Ranche. During the 1870s both Thomas and Hay served as surveyors for Wyoming Territory with the U.S. Surveyor Generals Office. Hay also operated a wholesale grocery in Cheyenne, Whipple & Hay. In 1884 Hay sold his interest in Hay & Thomas to Thomas.

Thomas also held interests in Thomas & Page, a partnership with E.A. Page; the Suffolk Cattle Company involving James B. and W.A. Crawford; Thomas & Arnett and Warner & Arnett, involving A.H. Arnett, a cattle grower in Dickinson, North Dakota, and William D. Warner of Texas; and Adams, Choate & Company in Station, Nebraska.

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