Charles Spencer collection, 1910-1920

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Charles Spencer collection, 1910-1920

http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/mna/CharlesSpencer.xml

Collection consists of correspondence related to the founding of the Coconino Water Development and Stock Company, the Arizona Cattle and Sheep Company, and the Great Western Cattle and Sheep Company. It also contains material related to plans for water development in the San Francisco Mountains. There are also plans for the Charles H. Spencer Steamship.

11.3 cm textual material, 5 blueprints

eng,

The Museum of Northern Arizona

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633146

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Spencer, Charles H.

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Charles Spencer grew up in along the San Juan River in Utah Territory and near Mancos, Colorado. He received just three months of formal education in Durango, Colorado. Instead, Spencer opted to pursue mining and engineering. He served as Managing Director at the Lee’s Ferry, Arizona field office at the American Placer Company. Independently, he selected several sites for the harvest of resources such as gold or water, and solicited investors to fund the ventures. In 191...