Elsa Spear papers, circa 1880s-1986

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was the second of six children born to Grace Hall and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. Ernest developed a love of literature and music from his mother, a trained opera singer and music teacher after her marriage, and gained a keen interest in outdoor sports--hunting, fishing, woodscraft--from his father, a doctor and avid naturalist. Divided between the family's home in Oak Park, Illinois, and their summer cottage on Lake Waldoon in Michigan, Ernest's chil...

Rainford, W. S. (William Stephen), 1850-1933.

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Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912

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Early life Carrington was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. An ardent abolitionist in his youth, he was graduated from Yale University in 1845. He was professor of natural science and Greek at the Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New York from 1846 to 1847. Under the influence of the school's founder, Washington Irving, he subsequently wrote Battles of the American Revolution, which appeared in 1876. In 1847 he studied at Yale Law School, taught school briefly at a women's institute, and the...

Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917

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Kendrick, John B. (John Benjamin), 1857-1933

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John B. Kendrick (1857-1933), a Wyoming state and U.S. senator, owned and operated one of the largest cattle ranches in Wyoming. Kendrick came to Wyoming on a cattle drive from Texas and established the Ula Ranch in Sheridan County, Wyoming in 1883. By 1897 he was associated with the Converse Cattle Company in Sheridan County and eventually became its owner. Kendrick served as a Democrat in the Wyoming State Senate from 1910-1914. In 1914 Kendrick was elected Wyoming governor and in...

Belden, Charles J., 1887-1966

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Charles Josiah Belden was a photographer, author, rancher, airplane buff, and employee of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. Charles, his first wife Frances Phelps, and his brother-in-law Eugene Phelps, were willed the legendary Pitchfork Dude Ranch. In 1940, Charles and Frances divorced and Charles moved to Florida with his new wife Vern Steele Belden. Belden was known for his beaver Stetson hats, and had one model, "The Belden," named after him. In the late 1920s he...

Brisbin, James Sanks, 1837-1892

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Brisbin was born in 1837 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Margaret and Ezra Brisbin. He studied at the Boalsburg Academy, and upon graduating Brisbin began teaching. He later purchased and edited the Centre Democrat newspaper in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and also studied law and was later admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania. Brisbin was prominently known as an anti-slavery orator. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Brisbin was a lawyer in practice. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania ...

Spear, Virginia Benton.

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Throssel, Richard, -1933

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Throssel (1882-1933) was born in Washington state of Cree Indian and English descent. He worked as an office clerk at the Crow Indian Reservation in south-central Montana from 1902-1910 and was adopted by the Crow tribe in 1905. While at the reservation he met photographer Edward S. Curtis, and was briefly instructed by him. Throssel became a field photographer for the Crow reservation before he established his own photography studio, the Throssel Photocraft Company, in Billings, Montana, in 191...

Thayer, John M. (John Milton), 1820-1906

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American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincoln, Nebraska, to "My Dear General," [William W. Belknap], 1873 Jun. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571907 John M. Thayer was sworn in March 4, 1867 as one of the first Senators from Nebraska. In 1866 he travelled to Washington from Nebraska to lobby for the admission of Nebraska to the Union in 1866, which occurred in February, 1867. From the description of John M. Thayer letters ...

Gollings, Elling William, 1878-1932

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Elling William (Bill) Gollings was an artist of the early 20th century best known for his depictions of northern Wyoming ranch life. His studio was in Sheridan, Wyoming. From the description of Elling William Gollings diary, 1915-1923. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31616797 From the guide to the Elling William Gollings diary, 1915-1923, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) ...

Hurlbut Family.

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Gressley, Gene M., 1931-

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Williamson, J. T.

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Spear, Elsa, 1896-

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Elsa Spear Edwards Byron was a professional photographer and a historian of the Sheridan County, Wyoming, area. She was born January 21, 1896, on a ranch near Big Horn, Wyoming. Her father, Willis Spear, was a cattleman and dude rancher and a state senator from 1914 to 1931. He founded the Spear Brothers Cattle Company with his brother William “Doc” Spear and the Spear-O-Wigwam dude resort in the Big Horn Mountains. Her mother was Virginia Benton Spear, whose family homesteaded near...