Papers, 1815-1956 (bulk 1846-1913).

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Papers, 1815-1956 (bulk 1846-1913).

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Collection contains a handwritten autobiography of E.D. Swan, along with a handwritten transcription by Blanche Swan (1912-1913); carbon copies of 54 letters by E.D. Swan, some of which were written to Laramie attorneys Melville C. Brown and N.E. Corthell; a military commission and military pension papers; biographical and genealogical miscellany; memorabilia; a photograph album and photographs; and family bibles. There are also more than 100 artifacts collected by Swan family members including North and South American Indian baskets and clay vessels, a spinning wheel, and furniture.

7.14 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7341973

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Swan family.

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Swan, Ann Bales.

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Corthell, N. E. (Nellis E.)

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Nellis E. Corthell (1861-1938) was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, and came to Wyoming in 1880. After working briefly on a ranch, he began studying law in the office of Laramie, Wyoming, attorney Stephen W. Downey and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He established his own practice in 1887. In 1914 the firm of Corthell, McCollough and Corthell was formed, with the other partners being his son Morris E. Corthell and A.W. McCollough. N.E. Corthell was an authority on water rights and held bu...

Swan, E. D. (Edward Davis), b. 1832.

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Swan (b. 1832) was born in Ohio and farmed in several midwestern states before taking part in the Pikes Peak gold rush in 1860. He enlisted in the Missouri State Militia in 1862 and was involved in several Civil War skirmishes. Swan went prospecting in the Montana goldfields in 1864 and established a freight outfit in 1866, hauling mining equipment throughout the Montana, Wyoming, and Utah Territories. In 1870, he began a ranch in the Gallatin River Valley of Montana, and moved to I...

Brown, Melville, 1888-1938

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Swan, Blanche.

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