Ray Stover and Iona Stover papers, 1934-1943.

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Ray Stover and Iona Stover papers, 1934-1943.

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This collection consists of letters (1934-1943) received by Ray and Iona Stover from Al H. Wilkins, Edward C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, and Dominick J. "D.J." O'Malley, describing their experiences in Montana Territory during the 1870s and 1880s, including descriptions of ranching in the Big Dry region. There is also a letter from Ben Greenough listing prominent members of the Montana National Cowboys Association, and referring to the horsemanship of his son and daughter. (SC 1447) This collection consists of correspondence (1934-1943) received by Ray and Iona Stover from Al H. Wilkins, Edward C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, and Dominick J. "D.J." O'Malley. The letters recount the experiences of these men during the 1870s and 1880s in Montana. The O'Malley correspondence provides detail on cowmen and places, especially in the Big Dry region. Miscellaneous correspondence consists of a letter (1940) from Ben Greenough of the Montana National Cowboys' Association listing some prominent members of the Association, and giving information about his son "Turk" and daughter Alice, both champion horsemen. Also included are some clippings. Photographs have been transferred to Photo Archives.

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Wilkins, Al H., b.1863.

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O'Malley, Dominick John, 1867-1943

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Dominick J. O'Malley was born in New York City in 1867. His father, Dominick O'Malley, fought in the Civil War with New York's 69th Regiment and remained in the military in New York City after the war until he was transferred to Fort Concho near San Angelo, Texas, in December 1866. The elder O'Malley underwent surgery for the removal of a minie ball in New York in 1869, but died from the effects of the surgery in early 1870. D.J. O'Malley's mother, Margaret, remarried a soldier, Cha...

Abbott, E.C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939

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Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to...

Stover, Raymond M.

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Ray and Iona Stover owned and operated a ranch near Oswego, Valley County, Montana. The ranch is part of an area known as the "Big Dry," the focus of large-scale ranching activity in the 1880s. The Big Dry took its name from Big Dry Creek, named by Lewis and Clark in 1806. By the 1870s and 1880s, however, the whole region had taken the name of the creek and much of Garfield County is known as the Big Dry. During the 1930s and 1940s the Stovers corresponded with some of the cowboys w...