Gustavus C. Doane papers, 1881-1882.

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Gustavus C. Doane papers, 1881-1882.

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Gustavus Doane was a First Lieutenant and explorer with the Second U.S. Cavalry Regiment, stationed periodically in Montana Territory, from 1868 to 1885. This collection consists of letters (1881-1882) from Doane to his Wife while he was stationed at Fort Assiniboine, The letters detail the cavalry's maneuvers against renegade Indian activities and describe the country in which they operated. Also included is a letter (1870) to H.D. Washburn concerning a military escort to the Yellowstone area. This collection contains typescript copies of letters written by Gustavus C. Doane to his wife while he was stationed at Fort Assiniboine in 1881 and 1882. The letters detail the cavalry and describe the country in which they operated. A copy of a letter to H.D. Washburn concerning a military escort to the Yellowstone area in 1870 is also included. (Small Collection 28)

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Doane, Mary Hunter, 1859-1952

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Mary Lee Hunter Doane was born in Missouri in 1859, the oldest of six children born to Dr. Andrew Jackson Hunter and his second wife, Susan. In 1864, Hunter brought his family to Montana Territory where they lived briefly in Virginia City, Helena, and Bozeman. In 1870, Hunter staked a claim to land encompassing a hot spring near the Yellowstone River in present day Park County and there developed a health spa. Mary grew up in Bozeman and at Hunter's Hot Springs before she attended St. Vincent's ...

Washburn, H.D.

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Doane, Gustavus Cheyney, 1840-1892

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First Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane was a career officer and explorer with the Second U.S. Cavalry Regiment. He was stationed periodically in Montana Territory from 1868 to 1885. From the description of Gustavus C. Doane papers, 1881-1882. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 75970148 Gustavus Cheyney Doane was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on May 20, 1840, and grew up in California. He graduated from the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara in 1861, a...