Russell L. Thorp, Jr.Papers 1874 -1967

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Russell L. Thorp, Jr.Papers 1874 -1967

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Recordsinclude correspondence, diaries (1906, 1908 - 1909, 1922 - 1925), variousbusiness records, maps, personal records, speeches, writings, and records oforganizations. Topics include agricultural issues, mining, family businesses,Wyoming Stock Growers Association, American National Cattlemen's Association,pioneer history of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Pioneer Association

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The Wyoming Stock Growers Association was organized in 1872 to advance and protect the interest of the state's livestock producers. From the guide to the Wyoming Stock Growers Association records, 1884, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) The Stock Association of Laramie County was organized in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, in 1872 to combat cattle rustlers operating in the area. By 1879, it had been renamed the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and...

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Russell Thorp, Jr., was a prominent Wyoming cattleman. Born in 1877, he was raised on a ranch in Rawhide Buttes. His father operated the Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Line and a hotel in Edgemont, South Dakota before turning the ranching business full-time. Russell attended the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1898. Afterwards, he returned to ranching, and by the 1920s became well established in Montana and Wyoming, with extensive personal connections and holdings in land and ca...