Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939.

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Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939.

Positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott; his wife, Mary Stuart Abbott; their daughter, Mary Abbott Matejcek; and Abbott's father-in-law, Granville Stuart. Also includes copy photographs of portraits of the Abbotts and their children; views of the Abbott ranch near Lewistown in Fergus County, Mont.; portraits of several Stuart children; views (ca. 1915-1922) of the Matejcek family farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds and showing big teams at work plowing and harvesting; an interior view (ca. 1914) of the Matejcek saloon in Roundup, Mont.; and a view of the Overland School taken around the turn of the century.

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Matejcek family.

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Abbott, Mary Stuart, -1967

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Overland School (Fergus County, Mont.)

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Abbott family.

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Reynolds, Cook

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Stuart family.

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Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918

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Granville Stuart was born August 27, 1834, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, to Robert Stuart and Nancy Currence Hall. He was the second of five children. Stuart left Iowa in 1852 with his brother James to seek a fortune in the gold fields of California. They traveled with their father, Robert Stuart, from the American Valley (Quincy) to Bidwell Bar, then on through Morris Ravine near Cherokee, finally arriving at Sam Neal's ranch near present-day Durham. He and his brother moved up the ...

Matejcek, Mary Abbott

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Abbott, E.C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939

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Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to...