Dictation from Dwight Fisk : Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885.

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Dictation from Dwight Fisk : Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885.

Overland emigrant to California, 1853-1854, who wintered at Salt Lake City; to the Fort Laramie area, 1860; for seven years associated with the Overland Stage Company; Indian troubles; J.A. Slade; freighting and contracting for the stage company; to Cheyenne, 1867; ranching on Pole Creek after 1869; city councilman and mayor of Cheyenne; the Cheyenne Vigilance Committee.

Originals : 8 leaves ; 26 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (10 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:17) and positive.

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Slade, J. A.

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Fisk, Dwight, 1839-

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Overland Stage Company.

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Cheyenne Vigilance Committee.

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