Stone family collection, 1849-1984.

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Stone family collection, 1849-1984.

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The Franklin Leonard Stone Family collection includes original and typewritten transcripts of diaries, letters, reminiscences, and other documents. Original diaries include one from 1852 kept by Franklin L. Stone while reconnoitering potential timber claims in northern Michigan and one kept by Franklin L. Stone while working on his Montana ranch from 1882 through 1884. Typed transcripts of diaries include one of the 1882-1884 volume, and ones prepared by Harriette Cushman from originals whose location is unknown. One diary transcript Cushman deduced was written by twelve year old Julia Stone during the trip her family took up the Missouri river in 1865 on board the steamer "Twilight." This diary includes observations on Indians, fellow passengers, and the initial settlement of the Stone families in Montana. Another transcript prepared by Cushman is credited to Franklin Stone and kept by him while living alone near Gallatin City in 1864. This diary contains philosophical observations on the countryside and inhabitants, with comments on the vigilante activity in Virginia City. Only two original letters are in the collection, one from Franklin Stone dated Sacramento City, 28 Aug. 1849 to his wife describing the gold field activities, and another dated Dalles, Or., 22 Feb. 1863 from Franklin to his son describing Indians and settlements along the Columbia River. Transcriptions of missing letters date from 1864 to 1909 and were written by Franklin L. Stone or Emma Stone Moss. An original handwritten reminiscence by Emma Stone Moss dated 1934 recounts the family's trip west and first years in Montana. A 1968 biographical sketch of Emma written by Isla Cain supplements the reminiscence. Frank L. Stone, interviewed by Montana State College librarian Marguerita McDonald in 1949, relates in the oral history transcription his own experiences working as a rancher at the Flying D Ranch, and a transcription of an essay he wrote on the Flying D in 1965 is supplemented with comments added by his nephew, William Shunk, in 1985. Miscellaneous transcribed documents include information on early Gallatin County schools and essays on various topics credited to Franklin L. Stone.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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McDonald, Rita

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Librarian and archivist at Montana State College from 1948-58. From the description of Marguerita McDonald papers, 1951-1955. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 42929410 Marguerita "Rita" McDonald was a librarian at Montana State College from 1948 to 1958 and served part of that time as University Archivist. She later served as an engineering science librarian at Oregon State University. McDonald developed a keen interest in the history of the Bo...

Stone, Franklin Leonard, 1816-1886

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Franklin Leonard Stone was born in Vermont in 1812. He lived for several years in Illinois before moving to the Gallatin Valley of southwestern Montana, where he farmed, raised cattle, and taught school. Stone served as Gallatin County's first superintendent of schools. Sarah Barber, his wife, was a native of Illinois. Stone died near Old Gallatin, Montana, in 1884. From the description of Franklin L. Stone papers, 1864-1909. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Stone, Julia C.

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Moss, Emma Stone

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Cushman, Harriette Eliza, 1890-1978

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Harriette Cushman was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 6, 1890. She grew up in New York, attended Mt. Holyoke College, and obtained her degree in chemistry and bacteriology from Cornell University in 1914. She later earned a special certificate in poultry husbandry from Rutgers. Cushman worked as a bio-chemist but eventually began to work in the poultry industry. She worked in Idaho and later at the University of California. In 1922, she accepted a position at Montana State College. She ...

Twilight (Steamboat)

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Stone family.

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Franklin Leonard Stone (1816-1886) was born in Bridgeport, Vt., the son of a sailing merchant. In 1849 Franklin, with his younger brother Hiram, went to California where they participated in the gold rush. By 1850 Franklin had returned to the Chicago area where he and his wife Sarah lived for a time in Onarga, Ill. The couple had five children there; Frank, Jr., Julia, Leonard, Dwight, and Emma. In the early 1860s Franklin returned west, spending some time in Oregon during 1863, but in 1865 he r...

Stone, Frank L.

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Shunk, William

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Cain, Isla

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