Loring family correspondence, 1875-1878.

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Loring family correspondence, 1875-1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228718388

The collection consists of photostats of letters, chiefly from George Edwin Loring of Boston, Massachusetts, to his wife and relatives. The letters were written from Arizona, where he had come as a settler in 1876, traveling by rail and boat to La Junta, Colorado, and from there by mule-team and on foot to Flagstaff. George Edwin Loring settled in Phoenix, where he was a prominent citizen for over forty years.

80 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088216

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Loring family.

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George Edwin Loring (1854-1932) was a pioneer settler in Phoenix, Arizona. From the description of Loring family correspondence, 1875-1878. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228718388 ...

Loring, George E., 1854-1932

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Watchmaker; Loring came to Arizona in 1876 with the Arizona Colonization Company. The Company was formed in Boston following a series of newspaper articles recruiting young men to migrate to Arizona. The group established the town of Flagstaff then disbanded. Loring went to Prescott then settled in Phoenix where he operated a watch business. From the description of Loring papers, 1875-1961 (bulk 1875-1878) (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 4...