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Ranching

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Erastus Beck mercantile ledger

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2799
Abstract The Erastus Beck mercantile ledger (1901) was presented to Beck by the Agencia del Timbre de la Ascencion to be used for his mercantile business located in the Colonia Diaz, a Latter Day Saint colony in Mexico. The ledger consists of accounting notations regarding merchandise sold along with a listing of about 250 different buyers of more than a thousand horses. Each of these entries list the buyer, the number of horses, the colors, the brands, and the initials of the clerk.
Dates: 1901

Joseph Ray and Lorna Siddoway Broadbent papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2425
Abstract The Joseph Ray and Lorna Siddoway Broadbent papers (1903-2006) include the personal papers of Joseph and Lorna Broadbent, information related to Joseph Broadbent's livestock businesses, and papers and scrapbooks from various organizations they were involved in including livestock associations and the PTA.
Dates: 1903-2006

Thomas George Brown papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042317992]
Identifier: ACCN 2052
Abstract The Thomas George Brown papers (1891-1918) consist of correspondence, a ledger page, postal mailers, receipts, and broadsides.
Dates: 1891-1918

Deseret Live Stock Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0105
Abstract The Deseret Live Stock Company records (1886-1958) consist of legal documents, financial papers, correspondence, subject files, minutes, and other materials. The Deseret Live Stock Company was formed in 1891 by several northern Utah sheep ranchers to promote "stock raising, slaughtering, butchering, mercantile business, and other commercial enterprises in the Territory of Utah and other states in the U.S."
Dates: 1886-1958

Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0105
Abstract The Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection contains images documenting company activities in livestock raising.
Dates: 1925-1945

W. A. Dodge letter to Frank J. Hubbard

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042140758]
Identifier: ACCN 2993
Abstract The W. A. Dodge letter to Frank J. Hubbard (1891) provides an impression of what cowboying and the life of a cowboy was in 1891. Dodge wrote the letter to Hubbard of Plainfield, New Jersey, who, from the contents of the letter, had loaned money to Dodge as well as being his interested friend. W. A. Dodge worked for Swan Land and Cattle Company at the time the letter was written.
Dates: 1891

Alma O. Erekson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1490
Abstract The Alma O. Erekson papers (1925-1991) contain materials relating to the operation of the Erekson family's mink farm in Northern Utah during the 1930s to 1960s. Correspondence, publications, reports, minutes, news articles, advertising materials, and other papers regarding the family business, and fur farming in general, are included.
Dates: 1925-1991

Stanton G. Fisher diary [typescript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0006
Abstract The Stanton G. Fisher diary [typescript] (1875-1877) contains a day-by-day account of Fisher's life. Stanton G. Fisher (b. 1852) was involved with animal husbandry and related and miscellaneous business and mining in Utah.
Dates: 1875-1877

Charlie P. Haynes letters [transcripts]

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1066
Abstract This collection consists of photocopied transcriptions of letters between Charlie Haynes and his wife, Jennie, while Charlie worked on an 1871 cattle drive from Texas to Kansas.
Dates: 1871

Idaho Stage Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0273
Abstract The Idaho Stage Company ledger (1886-1914) details the services and accounts of this company. The ledger also includes horse and cattle registers. The use of stage coaches was prevalent in the western United States during the latter half of the nineteenth century due to limited railroad lines at that time.
Dates: 1886-1914