Papers, 1871-1943, 1871-1900.

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Papers, 1871-1943, 1871-1900.

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Includes correspondence, financial material, printed material, and a diary relating to the business and personal concerns of the Mooar brothers. Collection bulkks (1871-1900) with financial materials of the Mooar brothers' business enterprises. There are lesser amounts of correspondence dealing with personal and family matters. Of particular interest is a letter describing the battle of Adobe Walls.

818 leaves

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Mooar, J. Wright.

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Mooar Brothers.

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Mooar, John Wesley, 1846-1918

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Buffalo trader, rancher. Born 1846 in Pownal, Vermont. Lived in New York from 1861 to 1872, receiving and selling buffalo hides sent by his brother J. Wright Mooar. Joined his brother in Kansas in 1872, and they moved to Texas in 1873. With the decline of the buffalo trade, the brothers established the Mooar Brothers Ranch in Scurry County, Texas. John Wesely Mooar married Margaret McCollum and they had two children: Lydia Louise Mooar and John Combs Mooar. In addition to his ranching and busine...