Letter book of Cleophas J. Moross, 1904-1907.

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Letter book of Cleophas J. Moross, 1904-1907.

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The letter book contains typescripts of Cleophas' letters to his parents from 1904 to 1907 (the letters are bound out of order). He writes from Denver, Colorado; Spokane, and Rosalia, Washington; Post Falls, Idaho; Ogden, Utah; Portland and Pendleton, Oregon; San Francisco (after the earthquake), San Jose, Los Angeles and Fullerton, California; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Fort Worth, and San Antonio, Texas; and Monterrey, Mexico. In his letters he talks about the activities he does in each city; the work he does to earn money (he spends some time working with the Coeur D'Alene and Spokane Railroad and at a grocery store in Fullerton); relatives he visits; and the weather and geography of each location. He also talks more specifically about the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; the Sidney Sloane murder case in Spokane as well as Indians he sees in Washington; the conditions of San Francisco since the 1906 earthquake; and his visit to the Alamo. In a letter dated 1906, August 18, Cleophas writes "I have fallen in love with the West since I have been here and I think it is the only place." He urges his parents to sell their property in Michigan and come West as well. With the letter book is a letter written by his brother Harry to their parents, Christmas 1896, and newspaper clippings about the drowning of both Harry and Cleophas.

1 volume, 34 cm., 85 pages, typescript.

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Cleophas J. Moross was the son of Joseph S. Moross, proprietor of the Ross House in Erie, Michigan. He was in poor health, so after he graduated from Toledo High School in 1906, his parents sent him to the West coast for the health benefits. He traveled throughout the West including Colorado, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Arkansas and Texas. In May 1907 he went to Monterrey, Mexico. A couple weeks later, he drowned; he was 18 (his brother Harry had drowned in Lake Erie a few years befor...