Edna Tracy White papers, 1869-1969.

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Edna Tracy White papers, 1869-1969.

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The papers consist of a diary, letters, literary productions, legal documents, printed materials and photographs created or collected by Sarah J. Tracy or her daughter, Edna Tracy White. Materials include Sarah Tracy's diary (1869-1872) recording her accounts of her marriage to W.H. Tracy and her journey to Montana from Illinois by train, steamboat, and wagon; letters received by Sarah Tracy from friends and relatives in Illinois; literary productions written by Sarah, Edna and others pertaining to Montana pioneer history, Rosa V. Beall, Cynthia E. Tanner, the early Methodist and Presbyterian Church in Bozeman, Native Americans, and travels through Yellowstone National Park; printed materials covering similar topics; and photographs of the Tracy family, Bozeman street scenes (ca. 1920s), Gallatin Valley Female Seminary, and Belgrade, Mont.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8054829

Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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White, Edna Tracy, 1887-1982

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Sarah Jane Bessey was born at Pecatonica, Ill., on 19 Oct. 1851 and married William H. Tracy in Apr. 1869. William H. Tracy first came to the Gallatin Valley in 1863 and following their marriage the Tracys returned to Montana, travelling by steamboat to Fort Benton and then overland to Gallatin County. The Tracys settled in Bozeman where William employed himself as a farmer and real estate agent, as well as the proprietor of an early brick yard, freighting business, and feed and seedstore. The T...

Gallatin Valley Female Seminary

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Tracy family.

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Beall, Rosa V.

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Rosa V. Beall was born in Lewis County, New York, June 29, 1838, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker. She was a graduate of music and art from Fairfield Seminary, New York. With her first husband, A. H. Van Vlierden and two daughters, she crossed the plains in 1864, arriving in Bozeman, Montana on August 1st of that year. She was known as the first white woman to make her home in Bozeman. The Van Vlierdens divorced in 1867 and in November 1868 Rosa married William J. Beall, one of the foun...

Tracy, William H., 1838-1908

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Tracy helped found Bozeman, Mont. and was a prominent businessman and farmer. From the description of William H. Tracy papers, 1866-1909. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 42065281 William H. Tracy was born in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1838. He left home at age 19 and lived in Denver, Colo., where he served briefly in the Home Guard regiment of the Colorado Volunteers during the Civil War. Tracy first came to the Gallatin Valley in 1863 and helped found ...

Tanner, Cynthia E.

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Tracy, Sarah Bessey, 1851-1916

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