Richardson family papers, 1886-ca. 1945.

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Richardson family papers, 1886-ca. 1945.

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The collection contains materials relating to the Richardson family from 1886-1945 including an account book (1886-1918); a journal of labor and ranch expenses (1891-1925); a register of livestock sold (1890-1921); and photographs of the Richardson family and ranch, and of the Carbon County, Wyoming area. The collection also includes six manuscripts of reminiscences written by Willing G. Richardson around 1945 about Carbon County, William and Mary Jane Richardson, the Richardson family and ranch, and a local fur trapper known as "Old Tough." The collection also contains 15 glass plate negatives of the Richardson Ranch, Elk Mountain, Edward L. Richardson, ranching activities of the Basin Land and Cattle Company and the University of Wyoming Mechanical Building from 1898-1902.

.45 cubic ft. (1box) + glass plate negatives.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342610

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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University of Wyoming.

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Basin Land and Cattle Company.

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Richardson, Mary K. (Mary Kaighn), 1841-1912

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Richardson family.

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Willing G. Richardson (1883- ) was the son of William (1947-1934) and Mary Jane Bloomer Richardson (1841-1910), who were married in 1880. William Richardson was born in England and came to Carbon, Wyoming, to work in the coal mines in 1869. Mary Jane Richardson had previously been married to Norman Morley (d. 1862) in 1857 and William G. Stimpson (d. 1876) in 1874. She moved to Carbon, Wyoming in 1868 and established a boarding house at Percy Station, near Fort Halleck in Carbon County, Wyoming....

Richardson, William, 1847-1934.

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Richardson, Willing Gay.

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Richardson, Edward L., 1883-

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