Moreton Frewen papers, 1870-1932.

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Moreton Frewen papers, 1870-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35284134

Collection contains materials mostly relating to Frewen's ranching interests in Wyoming during the 1880s. Collection includes biographical materials; correspondence and letterpress copybooks (mostly letters sent to Clara Jerome Frewen and with his brother Richard and other business associates regarding the operations of the Powder River Cattle Company and a feedlot in Superior, Wisconsin); correspondence, briefs and other materials relating to the lawsuits between Frewen and the Powder River Company in which Frewen was represented by Spencer Whitehead and the company by the firm of Stibbard, Gibson & Sykes of London; photographs; miscellaneous records of the Powder River Cattle Company; 4 scrapbooks; and 8 maps of Frewen's ranch holdings in Wyoming, Canada, and near Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.

5.44 cubic ft. (9 boxes) + maps.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371366

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Frewen, Clara Jerome.

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Powder River Cattle Company

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Frewen, Richard.

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Whitehead, Spencer.

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Stibbard, Gibson &Sykes

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Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924

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Frewen (1853-1924) was born in Sussex, England, and came to Wyoming Territory in 1878 on a hunting trip. He and his brother Richard soon afterwards formed the Big Horn Ranche Company and operated a cattle ranch in what is now northeastern Wyoming. In 1882 the company was dissolved after Moreton bought out Richard's share and reorganized the company as the Powder River Cattle Company, Ltd., with an English board of directors. Frewen served as manager of the company until 1886 and the company even...