Grant, George A., Reminiscences, 1878-1880, 1938

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Grant, George A., Reminiscences, 1878-1880, 1938

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Composed of a typed transcript of a narrative and a letter, the George A. Grant Reminiscences, 1878-1880, 1938, document an 1878 surveying expedition to the Staked Plains.

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Wilson, "Muddy"

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Powell, E. M.

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Grant, George A.

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At the suggestion of his Harvard roommate O. W. Williams, lawyer George A. Grant moved to Dallas in 1878. Shortly after Grant's arrival, the two men joined a ten-man surveying expedition to the Staked Plains funded by the real estate team of E. M. Powell and Edward L. Gage. In later life, Grant lived in Portland, Maine. From the description of Grant, George A., Reminiscences, 1878-1880, 1938 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 706747418 ...

Williams, O. W. (Oscar Waldo), 1853-1946

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Lawyer, surveyor, historian, and county judge Oscar Waldo Williams (1853-1946), originally from Kentucky, grew up in Carthage, Illinois, and attended school at Christian University in Canton, Missouri, and Bethany College in West Virginia. He earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1876. Due to his contraction of tuberculosis, Williams moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1877 for its dry climate. He initially worked as a surveyor of public lands, including counties and cit...

Gage, Edward

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