Dictation from Robert L. Hereford : Cheyenne, Wyoming, [1885?].

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Dictation from Robert L. Hereford : Cheyenne, Wyoming, [1885?].

To Colorado in 1850 with William Bent; trader for a year on the Arkansas, South Platte, and North Platte; to Oregon, then to California; miner at Yreka, a Siskiyou County official, and express messenger for Adams & Company; trader on the overland trail between Salt Lake and American Falls, and in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana; experiences during and after the Mormon War, 1857-1858, in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming; from 1871 a stock-raiser near Fort Bridger.

Originals : 14 leaves ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (8 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:17) and positive.

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