Clarence Edmund Bennett papers 1852-1906

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Clarence Edmund Bennett papers 1852-1906

Clarence Bennett was a West Point graduate and career Army office who served in the frontier West. The collection contains his correspondence, diaries kept at West Point, and other materials.

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Bennett, Clarence Edmund, 1833-1902

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