Papers, 1830-1957.

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Papers, 1830-1957.

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Contains correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, maps, newsclippings, and other scrapbook material. Correspondence concerns the Butterfield Trail, Abilene, Texas, the game preserve on the Sayles ranch, mining stocks, politics, and the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Collection bulks with Sayles family papers. Of special interest are the historical papers collected primarily for the autographs of famous military leaders and Texas pioneers.

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090382

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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