Papers, 1885-1932 (bulk 1895-1916)

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Papers, 1885-1932 (bulk 1895-1916)

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The collection includes business and personal correspondence (1896-1932). Correspondents include McClellan's business associates W.A. Richards and M.L. Harris and personal friend Judge Willis Van Devanter of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The legal documents include partnership agreements between McClellan and Richards (1895, 1900) and a certificate of incorporation from the State of Colorado for the Big Horn Ditch Company (1885). There are a 1909 stockholders report of the Red Bank Cattle Company, bills and receipts (1905-1914) and miscellaneous papers.

.9 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251227

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912

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Richards (1849-1912) was born in Wisconsin and worked as a surveyor in Nebraska from 1869 to 1873 before surveying the southern and western boundaries of Wyoming territory from 1873 to 1874 with his brother Alonzo. He worked as a surveyor in Santa Clara County, California from 1876 to 1880 before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado to recover from tuberculosis. He homesteaded in Johnson County, Wyoming (now Washakie County)in 1885. From 1889 to 1893 Richards was surveyor general for Wyoming and...

McClellan, George Marion, 1860-1934

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George B. McClellan, a Wyoming rancher and politician, was a cattle driver, miner, hunter, and meat contractor prior to settling permanently in Wyoming. In 1895, he entered into partnership with W.A. Richards to operate the Red Bank Ranch in Johnson (later Big Horn) County, Wyoming, an association which continued until Richard's death in 1912. McClellan was later treasurer and general manager of the Red Bank Cattle Company, Inc. He served in the Wyoming legislature as representative...

Van Devanter, Willis, 1859-1941

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Lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court justice. From the description of Willis Van Devanter papers, 1884-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982511 Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) was Wyoming's first State Supreme Court Justice and eventually came to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He graduated from Cincinnati University Law School in 1881 and began practicing law with his father in Marion, Indiana. Van Devanter moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1884 to...

Harris, M. L

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Big Horn Ditch Company.

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Red Bank Cattle Company, Inc.

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