Dictation from Thomas Alsop : Laramie, Wyoming, 1885.

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Dictation from Thomas Alsop : Laramie, Wyoming, 1885.

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To Nebraska in 1857; travel in employ of Western Stage Company, from Omaha to Columbus, later to Fort Kearny and Denver; freighting with Edward Creighton from Omaha to Montana and Salt Lake City; for five months with General P.E. Connor's Powder River Expedition; Union Pacific Railroad grading from Julesburg to Ogden; first to open the Union Pacific coal banks at Carbon, Wyoming; cattle-raiser near Laramie; views on Wyoming's mineral resources and suitability as a cattle country.

Originals : 7 leaves ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (5 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:17) and positive.

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