Harrison S. Cobb papers, 1868-1981.

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Harrison S. Cobb papers, 1868-1981.

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Papers are divided into two topics, one concerning the Strong Mine, which was located in Albany County, Wyoming, and the other concerning the research and writing of "Parkman's Trace" which retraced the journey of Francis Parkman in "The Oregon Trail." Materials concerning the Strong Mine document the history of the mine discovered in 1898, and the township of Leslie. They include original and later assays, legal documents, photographs, sketches of mine workings, reports, news clippings, and development plans, as well as tax assessments for the town of Leslie. Materials concerning "Parkman's Trace" include a manuscript of the book, sketches, maps, and notes. The complete set of U.S.G.S. quadrangle maps used by Cobb to trace Parkman's journey are included with an index. Parkman's route is drawn on the maps, with notes on the locations of campsites and other events.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Baker, E. P. (Etherton P.)

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Cobb, Harrison S., 1908-2003.

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Mine operator and author Harrison S. Cobb was born March 24, 1908. He attended Rollins College in Florida. In the late 1920s, western gold camps drew Cobb to Boulder County, Colorado. In 1948, Cobb, along with Etherton P. Baker, worked to reopen the old Strong Mine in the Horse Creek district of Albany County, Wyoming. E.P. Baker was the original promoter of the Strong Mine. From 1900 to 1907 the Strong Mine was developed for copper by a group of Laramie and Boston men. In 1948, ope...

Swigart, I. R.

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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

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Noted American historian from Massachusetts who traveled the Oregon Trail and published extensively on early America. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 233593490 Francis Parkman, historian, was born in Boston and educated at Harvard, his father's alma mater. Samuel Parkman was a Unitarian pastor who founded The Parkman Professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in The Cambridge Theological ...