Papers, 1886-1916.

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Papers, 1886-1916.

Collection consists of Pfeiffer's financial ledger (1886-1910) containing ranch accounts, annual recapitulations, agreements with the Copps and others, and drawings and specifications for buildings on the Bar OP Ranch and the Armstrong and Remington Ranch, also near Buffalo. There is a photograph album of an 1889 trip of Pfeiffer and others to Yellowstone National Park, with photographs of the park, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and F.J. Haynes' photograph counter in the hotel. The album also contains photographs of Cooke City and the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, interior and exterior views on the Bar OP Ranch and Armstrong and Remington Ranch. There are also miscellaneous materials (1912-1916) concerning the settling of Oscar Pfeiffer's estate by the Pfeiffer family, and a group of photographs (1908) of Bar OP Ranch scenes.

.45 cubic ft. (1 box)

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Copps, Ernest W.

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Pfeiffer, Oscar, (Gustav Oscar)

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Pfeiffer, along with partners, Wesley C. and Ernest W. Copps, operated the Bar OP cattle ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming. From the description of Papers, 1886-1916. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 30091397 ...

Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921

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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), a photographer who traveled extensively in the West, was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. In the 1870s and 1880s, Haynes operated studios in Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, he maintained the "Haynes Palace Studio," a special railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio. In 1891, when tourist travel to Alaska was on the rise, Hayne...

Copps, Wesley C.

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Pfeiffer family.

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