Letters : to F. S. Dellenbaugh / by William James Ghent, 1933.

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, artist, topographer, explorer and author, was born September 13, 1853 in McConnelsville, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Buffalo, New York, Dellenbaugh's interest in painting and boating led his uncle Almon Harris Thompson to introduce him to John Wesley Powell. Thompson was Powell's brother-in-law and served as second-in-command and chief topographer of Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1871-1873. Powell appointed the seventeen year o...

Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898

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Frederick William Benteen (1834-1898), soldier in Company H of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, fought in the west during the Indian Wars, married Catherine L. Norman (1838-1906). From the description of Frederick William Benteen papers, 1833-1951 (bulk 1871-1896). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38475729 Benteen was an officer in the United States cavalry during the Civil War and the Indian campaigns in the American West. From the description of Letters, 1876. (Unknown). Wo...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Ghent, William J. (William James), 1866-1942

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of William J. Ghent, 1876-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063264 Biographical Note 1866, Apr. 29 Born, Frankfort, Ind. 1894 Founder, Social Reform Club, New York, N.Y. 1...

Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889

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Brininstool, E.A. (Earl Alonzo), 1870-1957

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Brininstool (1870-1957) was an American author and historian of the American West. From the description of E.A. Brininstool collection of Western photographs, circa 1860s-1940s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 123235389 Historian. From the guide to the Charles Kuhlman collection on the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 1933-1959, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American author and historian of the American West. From the descr...