Ferdinand William Lafrentz papers, 1871-1954.

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Ferdinand William Lafrentz papers, 1871-1954.

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The Ferdinand William Lafrentz papers include personal correspondence, awards and degrees, newspaper clippings in German, notebooks and sketchbooks, and photographs, as well as manuscripts, articles, and speeches written by Lafrentz. The collection also contains dinner menus, programs, scrapbooks, and autograph books. Also found in the collection are memorial speeches and the funeral register from his memorial services (1954). The collection contains Wyoming highway maps, programs and menus from other events including Cheyenne's Frontier Days (1931), and copies of "Lafrentz Magazine" and "Mountain Herald", as well as the front page layout design for "Cowboy Stuff" and a copy of his book "Cowboy Stuff".

5.55 cubic ft. (8 boxes + 2 folders)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6954796

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Lafrentz, F. W. (Ferdinand William), 1859-1954

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Ferdinand William Lafrentz (1859-1954) was born in Germany and came to the United States at the age of fourteen. He studied accounting and later represented banking interests in the cattle industry of Wyoming and served as the secretary of the Swan Land and Cattle Company. In 1888, he was elected a member of the Wyoming Territorial Legislature and was responsible for introducing the resolution that led to Wyoming statehood. He became comptroller of the American Surety Company and, by 1912, was p...

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Organized in the United Kingdom in 1883, the Swan Land and Cattle Company invested in the trade of land, sheep, cattle, and horses in the western United States, headquartering its American office in Chugwater, Wyoming. In 1926, the American board of directors abandoned the British charter and established the Swan Company, also headquartered in Chugwater, but chartered under the laws of the state of Delaware. The new company focused on sheep breeding and the production of wool, primarily purchasi...

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