Papers, 1879-1979 (bulk 1907-1935)

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Papers, 1879-1979 (bulk 1907-1935)

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Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other documents, chiefly relating to "Cougar Dave" Lewis and his Big Creek cabin and ranch in the Idaho Primitive Area. Also correspondence, audiotaped interviews and photographs relating to Jess and Dorothy Taylor, who purchased the ranch in 1936, and to their mining claims, 1955-1970.

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Taylor, Jess, 1898-1981

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Lewis, Elijah David, 1855-1936

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Civil War veteran and frontier scout; settled on Big Creek, in the Salmon River region of Idaho, about 1879 and patented a homestead there in 1924. Employed after 1910 as a predatory animal hunter for the United States Forest Service. From the description of Papers, 1879-1979 (bulk 1907-1935) (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42926484 ...