Joseph Wagner letters 1869-1886

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Joseph Wagner letters 1869-1886

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The letters, typed copies of original correspondence, were written by Joseph Wagner to various family members who remained in Germany between 1869 and 1886. Wagner related his progress in making a home in Montana, often extolling the virtues of life in Montana Territory but in the earlier letters, also warned of the dangers of that "wild" country.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Wagner family

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Wagner, Joseph

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Joseph Wagner was likely born in Baden, Germany, one of nine children. He left Germany for the U.S. in 1868 where he worked briefly in St. Louis, Missouri, but was in Helena, Montana Territory by 1869. He later married Mary Elizabeth LeMaster and they had at least two children. His brothers, Sebastian and Isador, eventually came to Montana as well, and they acquired adjoining acreage near Florence, Montana. Joseph Wagner likely died on May 17, 1915. From the guide to the...