Papers, 1961-1968.

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Papers, 1961-1968.

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The bulk of the collection is materials related to Murray's book "Military Posts in the Powder River Country of Wyoming, 1865-1894" published by the University of Nebraska Press in 1968. There are a 1966 manuscript, a 1968 typewritten final draft with extensive handwritten corrections, and a 1968 typeset proof, as well as photographs, slides, negatives and cardboard mounted maps, illustrations and photographs. There are also manuscripts of many short articles. Subjects include military posts, Fort McKinney, the fur trade, the Custer campaign and the surrender of Sitting Bull, the Johnson County War, Oregon Trail ruts near Guernsey, Wyoming, pipes and smoking customs of the Northern Plains Indians, and glass trade beads at Fort Laramie.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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