William J. Wightman papers 1880-1958

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William J. Wightman papers 1880-1958

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah00502.xml

The collection contains a diary kept by WIlliam (Bill) Wightman in 1880 detailing his travels by horseback around the ranch. Also included is a typed transcript of the diary; seven photographs of Wightman, the ranch buildings and roundups; two letters from Jessie Wightman Lewis about her parents and their life in Wyoming; two quirts (one leather, one horsehair) and a braided leather hackamore.

cubic ft. (1 slim document box + artifacts)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405150

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Whipple and Sawyer ranch (Wyo.)

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Wightman, William J.

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William J. Wightman was manager of the Whipple and Sawyer (later Whipple and Hay) Ranch on the Laramie River in Wyoming. Wightman worked for the company from the latter 1870s to the fall of 1895, when, after a bad winter which depleted the stock, he returned to his previous home in Vermont. His wife, Libbie, had also worked for the Sawyers before their marriage in 1882. They had a daughter, Jessie, born in 1884. From the guide to the William J. Wightman papers, 1880-1958...

Lewis, Jessie Wightman.

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Whipple and Hay ranch (Wyo.)

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Wightman, Libbie.

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