S.N. Leek papers, 1882-1946.

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S.N. Leek papers, 1882-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27591751

The collection documents the life and work of Stephen Leek. There are manuscripts and research materials on subjects including Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Hole and Western history; elk and other wildlife; Indian legends; and the Gros Ventre Slide. There are bound typewritten manuscripts (1920-1924), illustrated with Leek's photographs, on fishing trips in Jackson Hole and Yellowstone National Park and several mountain camping trips. There are two parts (ca. 200 pages each) of a manuscript, "Uncle Jack," and about 100 pages of poetry. There is an undated diary, ledgers and other business records, and correspondence from 1892-1941. There are several maps, including two hand-drawn maps of the Teton Pass area and the natural dam on the Gros Ventre River created by the slide in 1915.

47.54 cubic ft. (98 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7244440

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Leek, S. N. (Stephen Nelson), 1858-1943

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Stephen Nelson Leek (1858-1943) was one of the earliest settlers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was born in Turkey Point, Ontario, Canada and lived in Kearney, Nebraska, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before moving to Wyoming sometime around 1882. He worked on several ranches in southeast Wyoming before settling permanently in Jackson Hole between 1886 and 1888 where he homesteaded a ranchsite three miles south of the present town of Jackson. Stephen Leek was a hunter, trapper, dude rancher and guide a...