Jay L. Torrey papers, 1802-1941, (bulk 1886-1920)

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Jay L. Torrey papers, 1802-1941, (bulk 1886-1920)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27892112

Collection contains personal and biographical files with scattered correspondence on Jay and Robert Torrey, the Torrey family, and Sarah Riley Torrey; newsclippings and other materials on the Second U.S. Volunteer Cavalry; two scrapbooks; ledgers, stock certificates, and miscellaneous correspondence regarding the Owl Creek Livestock Company and the Embar Cattle Company; photographs and two photograph albums on Torrey, the Torrey family, West Plains, Missouri, and the Second U.S. Volunteer Cavalry; an account book diary of his law practice in St. Louis; maps and promotional literature on Fruitville Farms; material relating to his unsuccessful 1918 campaign for Missouri's U.S. Senator; and artifacts, including pins and a song on the Second U.S. Volunteer Cavalry.

6.25 cubic ft. (10 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7250499

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Torrey, Robert Grant, 1878-1941

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Torrey family.

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Embar Cattle Company.

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Fruitville Farms.

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Owl Creek Livestock Company.

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Torrey, Jay L., 1852-1920

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Jay Lin Torrey (1852-1920) came to Wyoming in the 1890s after working as an attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, to help establish the Owl Creek Livestock Company, the Embar Cattle Company and the Anchor Cattle Company with his brother Robert Torrey (1839-1916). Jay Torrey served in the Wyoming House of Representatives (1895), before organizing the Second U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as "Torrey's Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War. Composed of 600 members, the Second Volunteer Cavalry le...

United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st

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Torrey, Sarah Riley.

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