Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers 1867-1868

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Robert Dunlap Clarke Papers 1867-1868

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1867 and 1868 diaries with transcripts of the U.S. Army paymaster who was stationed along the Bozeman Trail in Wyoming and Montana.

cubicft. (1 box)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Robert Dunlap Clarke traveled along the Bozeman Trail in 1867 and 1868 as United States Army paymaster for the forts along the Trail. Clarke was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio. He married Mary Evans Willson with whom he had three children: Alpheus, Sarah Robertina, and Eliza Willson. Eliza Willson Clarke married Major Thomas Tipton Thornburgh who was killed during the White River Ute war of 1879. Major Clarke lived in Washington D.C. after retiring fro...

Brackett, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1829-1896

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Soldier; colonel, 9th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War; author. From the description of Letter : to Col. Albert G. Brackett, 1895 May 7. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418123 Colonel Brackett spent several years following the Civil War on the western frontier in command of military posts for the 2d United States Cavalry. Fort Bridger, Wyoming, occupied by troops sent to settle the Mormon troubles in 1858; occupied until 1890. F...