Oliver Cromwell Applegate papers.

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Oliver Cromwell Applegate papers.

Includes his own correspondence, 1870-1938; some papers of his father, Lindsay Applegate, and of his sisters and brothers; documents in family possession; correspondence and documents relating to the Modoc War, 1867-1874.

8 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 106:15-107:2) and positive.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7154250

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Applegate, Lindsay M.

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Applegate family.

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Applegate, Oliver Cromwell, 1845-1938.

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Oliver Cromwell Applegate was born in Oregon in 1845 to Lindsay and Elizabeth Applegate. He began his career in 1865 by assisting his father, who was subagent of the Indian agency at Ft. Klamath. During the winter months young Applegate taught in Ashland. In 1867 the governor of Oregon asked Applegate, who had become a captain in the Oregon Volunteer Militia, to lead a new militia of Indians, the “Axe and Rifle Company,” to protect wagon trains and build a road to the Warm Springs R...