Granville Stuart Papers 1863-1918

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Granville Stuart Papers 1863-1918

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Granville Stuart (1834-1918) was a pioneer Montana miner and cattleman. Papers include biographical material; a diary (1894) of a trip to France; two volumes of outgoing correspondence (1868-1880, 1890-1892) concerning mining and livestock; general correspondence (1863-1918); a DHS Ranch account ledger (1881-1882); a financial account book (1865); an "Historical Sketch of Deer Lodge County" (1876); three weather journals (1867-1880); scrapbooks; and miscellany. [Portions of collection on indefinite loan from University of Montana Archives; other portions separated from Anaconda Copper Mining Company Records (MC 169), and transferred from Museum and Library.]. Miscellaneous outgoing correspondence includes a letter (1894) to Pomp Dennis concerning details of Dennis's escape from the Sioux in 1868.

1.5 linear feet of shelf space

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Montana Historical Society Archives

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Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918

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Granville Stuart was born August 27, 1834, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, to Robert Stuart and Nancy Currence Hall. He was the second of five children. Stuart left Iowa in 1852 with his brother James to seek a fortune in the gold fields of California. They traveled with their father, Robert Stuart, from the American Valley (Quincy) to Bidwell Bar, then on through Morris Ravine near Cherokee, finally arriving at Sam Neal's ranch near present-day Durham. He and his brother moved up the ...