Pratt and Ferris Cattle Company records 1879-1958 1898-1950

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Pratt and Ferris Cattle Company records 1879-1958 1898-1950

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00428.xml

The collection includes correspondence (1899-1950), chiefly regarding the management of the P.F. Ranch in Wyoming; legal documents (1879-1950), maps and blueprints of the Arnold Drainage District (1923); photographs (1898-1920); a history of the ranch written by Wayland Magee in 1958; inspection reports written by Magee while touring the ranch from Nebraska (1911-1937); and miscellaneous other materials.

1.75 cubic ft. (3 document boxes, 1 F22 box, 1 F24 folder)

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405144

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Magee, Jerome Pratt.

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Magee, James H. (James Hervey), 1825-1910

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Magee, Wayland W. (Wayland Wells), 1881-

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Pratt and Ferris Cattle Company.

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The Pratt and Ferris Cattle Company was formed in 1879 by partners James Harvey Pratt, Marshall Field, Levi Leiter, Robert M. Fair, and Cornelius Ferris, with Pratt as the general manager of ranching operations. The company operated the U Cross Ranch (also known as the Big Red) on Clear Creek in Johnson County, Wyoming, and the P.F. Ranch in Goshen County, Wyoming. Pratt’s grandsons Jerome Pratt Magee and Wayland W. Magee were involved in operations of the P.F. property, and Wayland W. Magee bec...

Arnold Drainage District.

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