Tweedy, Joseph, Papers, 1876-1899, 1908

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Tweedy, Joseph, Papers, 1876-1899, 1908

Correspondence, a diary, and photographs comprise the Joseph Tweedy Papers, 1876-1899, 1908, and relate to the activities of Tweedy's Knickerbocker Ranch near San Angelo, Texas.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8037390

University of Texas Libraries

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Grinnell, Morgan.

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Grinnell,, . M.--Arc.

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Tweedy, Joseph, 1849-1928

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Knickerbocker Ranch (San Angelo, Texas)

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San Jose Irrigation Company (San Angelo, Texas)

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Grinnell, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving), 1889-1985

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Ornithologist. Cornell University M.S. 1943, Ph.D. 1947. From the description of Lawrence I. Grinnell papers, 1939-1975. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071800 ...

Reynolds, , m W.--Arc.

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Reynolds, Joel , rlow--Arc.

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Tweedy, Joseph

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Pioneer sheep rancher Joseph Tweedy (1849-1928) was born in New York City in 1849. Tweedy helped run the family business, the clothing manufacturing firm Schepflin, Baldwin, and Tweedy, until 1876 when he, Joel Barlow Reynolds, and Morgan and Lawrence Grinnell sailed from New York City to Galveston. They purchased several herds of sheep and settled near Fort Concho in what became Tom Green County in 1877, eventually turning the area into an international wool production ...