Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957.

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Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957.

Includes a portion of Dale's research for his 1918 book, The Ashley-Smith explorations and the discovery of a central route to the Pacific, 1822-1829. Includes Dale's correspondence and transcripts of research materials. Especially concerns mountain men, Jedediah Strong Smith and Jim Bridger.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7799441

Houghton Library

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881

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Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838

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William Smith was a judge, lawyer, and military man in Missouri. From the guide to the William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. From the guide to the William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Dale, Harrison Clifford, 1885-

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Dale (1885-1969) was a Wyoming author who graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1907. From the description of Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612809917 From the guide to the Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Professor, University of Wyoming. From the description of Dale papers, 1919, 1926-1927. (Arizona His...