Adriance Memorial Library cattle company photograph collection, ca. 1885-1890.

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Adriance Memorial Library cattle company photograph collection, ca. 1885-1890.

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Original photographs relating to cattle ranching in Nebraska and Wyoming, particularly Lance Creek Cattle Company and Swan Land and Cattle Company.

52 photographs.

Museum of the Great Plains

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SNAC Resource ID: 8073492

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Adriance Memorial Library (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

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Lance Creek Cattle Company

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Swan Land and Cattle Company

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Organized in the United Kingdom in 1883, the Swan Land and Cattle Company invested in the trade of land, sheep, cattle, and horses in the western United States, headquartering its American office in Chugwater, Wyoming. In 1926, the American board of directors abandoned the British charter and established the Swan Company, also headquartered in Chugwater, but chartered under the laws of the state of Delaware. The new company focused on sheep breeding and the production of wool, primarily purchasi...