Malcolm Campbell family papers, 1879-1989.

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Malcolm Campbell family papers, 1879-1989.

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Collection contains correspondence, family history, photographs, memoirs, artifacts, and a scrapbook. Malcolm D. Campbell's papers include several hand-written manuscripts including the story of his life and his memories of capturing Alferd Packer. Also of note is an invitation to attend Packer's execution, and a telegram from Sheriff Red Angus regarding a warrant for the murderer of Nate Champion during the Johnson County cattle war. Malcolm S. Campbell's papers include his memoirs written in 1969 and published in 1989. Photographs include family members, Douglas and Casper, Wyoming, the Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming Pioneer Association gatherings, and the Wyoming State Fair. There is a photo of the horse "Comanche," the only survivor of the Custer masacre, and also a photo of "Dick's Place" at Fort Fetterman or Fetterman City. The scrapbook contains photographs and clippings about the "1919 Centennial Celebration of the Landing in Canada of Malcolm and Mary Campbell in 1819" as well as other miscellaneous items.

1.6 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7817164

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Wyoming Pioneer Association

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Campbell, Malcolm S.,

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Campbell, Reta Leach.

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Campbell, Malcolm Family.

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Malcolm and Mary (Smith) Campbell left Scotland for Canada in 1819. They homesteaded in the township of Caradoc, province of Ontario. Son Donald (1813-1887) married Catherine Smith (b. 1819). Donald and Catherine's first-born son Malcolm D. was born June 4, 1839. The family left Canada in 1864, eventually going to Nebraska in the U.S. In 1866, Malcolm D. became a driver or "bullwhacker." He later worked with John Hunton and William Hooker near Fort Fetterman in this capa...

Campbell, Priscilla Noble.

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Campbell, Malcolm, 1839-1932

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Malcolm and Mary (Smith) Campbell and children left Scotland in 1819 bound for Canada. They homesteaded in the township of Caradoc, province of Ontario, and raised their family there. Son Donald (1813-1887) married Catherine Smith (b. 1819) in 1838. Donald and Catherine’s first-born son Malcolm D. was born in Caradoc, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 1839. Malcolm D. Campbell left Canada with his parents in 1864, eventually going to Nebraska. In 1866 he became a driver or “bullw...

Packer, Alferd, 1842-1907

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