Papers, 1892-1953 (bulk 1896-1919).

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Papers, 1892-1953 (bulk 1896-1919).

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Portfolio containing chiefly correspondence, along with legal documents, bills, and financial records related to Montague Stevens and his ranching operations. Correspondence and telegrams mostly concern problems with his financial backers in England. Specific files for the S.U. Cattle Co. and the Shropshire Sheep Co. contain business correspondence regarding supplies and equipment, as well as legal papers. Includes four letters from General Leonard Wood. Among the miscellaneous financial documents are hotel, general merchandise, auto, and grain supply bills; also promissory notes, checks, money orders, tax notices, bank statements, and receipts. Also present are U.S. Forest Service grazing permits and timber sale agreements; several ranch photographs; a 1945 book review of Stevens' book, Meet Mr. Grizzley; and 1953 newspaper clippings about his life.

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Shropshire Sheep Company

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S.U. Cattle Company

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Stevens, Montague, 1859-1953

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Montague Stevens was born in 1859 in India. In 1881, he moved to the West having been drawn to this region of the United States after a hunting expedition during vacation from law school. Stevens later resided in New Mexico where he pursued the hunting of grizzly bears and sheep ranching with the help and teachings of local employees. He also served as ranch manager for General Wood. The hunting of grizzly bears is perhaps his most noted accomplishment and is of central importance to his book, M...

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

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General (GEN) Leonard Wood was stationed at Headquarters, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, NY on 16 November 1914. From the description of Leonard Wood papers, 1914. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 61241654 Leonard Wood was a physician who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914), military governor of Cuba (1899-1902) and Governor-General of the Philippines (1921-1927). His son Osborne (sometimes spelled Osborn) at the time of this lette...