Helen Stewart collection, 1869-1948.

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Helen Stewart collection, 1869-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/472246024

Correspondence and papers concerning the death of Helen Stewart's husband, Archibald Stewart; raising a family; running a farm and cattle ranch; and the development of the Las Vegas area. Other family papers are included in the collection.

1 linear ft.

Nevada State Museum & Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7577194

Nevada State Museum & Historical Society

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Stewart family.

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Stewart, Archibald, -1884

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Stewart, Helen Jane Wiser, 1854-1926

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Helen Jane Wiser Stewart married Archibald Stewart in 1873. The Stewarts moved to Pioche, Nevada where Archibald operated a freighting business during Pioche's boom years. In 1882 the Stewarts and their three children moved to the Las Vegas Ranch after obtaining ownership through a default on a loan Archibald Stewart had made to the ranch's owner, O.D. Gass. The Stewarts ran the ranch as a farm and way station for travelers. In 1884, tragedy struck when Archibald was killed at the neighboring Ki...