Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel through Kansas to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Ridinger describes life with a group of Osage, including the construction of buildings, hunting, fishing, agriculture, and Osage funerary and religious ceremonies. Ridinger also records his interactions with other tribes, including Pawnee, Cherokee, Ute, and Waco. He describes relations and treaties between the tribes, as well as the tribes' relations with the United States government, including the disbursement of food and clothing. Other passages describe copies of earlier treaties with France and Spain which the tribes showed Ridinger. A later entry describes the aftermath of the United States Army burning a Jewish settlement in Oklahoma in 1881 and The diary also includes an essay about the history of Native American treaties with the United States government and several pages of accounts listing expenses and sales of hay, wheat, and corn. The diary includes several drawings of people, horses, insects, dogs, and symbols. Accompanied by 3 photographs, one hand-colored portrait of Henry Ridinger, one of an unidentified woman, and one of a man and woman captioned "Uncle Sam [Ridinger] with his sweetheart who died."
Description:
Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years in the 1870s and 1880s. He later became a hay farmer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, circa 1885., In English., and Front and back covers are detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
The collection documents the construction and expansion of the Moffat Road. With one exception, the photographs in the album were taken by C. L. McClure, and show views from and of the railway and its many tunnels, including several towns along the route. One photo, likely taken by F. J. Francis, shows David Moffat and other men on the caboose of a train entering tunnel number 35. Many of the photographs in the album are retouched in the negative, some heavily. The album also includes a newspaper clipping describing the sale of railway bonds to investors in October 1902 by Frank B. Gibson of the International Trust Company, Additional photographs include views of the Moffat Road by McClure, F. J. Francis, and others, as well as general views of the area, including some by the Detroit Publishing Co. F. J. Francis's images document the opening of Gore Canyon; two of these include David Moffat. One image by an unidentified photographer shows the blasting of a tunnel. A number of photographs show Grand Lake, including a series taken in 1890. Manuscript captions on two photographs identify one man as "Daddy;" based on a comparison with the clipping in the album, this may be Frank B. Gibson. Another man is identified as J. A. Ferguson. The photographs are accompanied by a clipping concerning Gibson's appointment as financial director of the railway in 1908, and Two photographs of Alaska are also present: one shows Princeton Glacier, Nassau Fjord; the other a glacier on the Alaska Central Railway
Description:
The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, also known as "the Moffat Road" after its creator David Moffat, crossed the Continental Divide over Rollins Pass, northwest of Denver, Colorado. Construction began in 1903, and the line reached Steamboat Springs by 1909. After Moffat's death in 1911, the railroad failed financially and was reorganized as the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad. In 1928 the route over the pass was superceded by the Moffat Tunnel, which runs through James Peak., In 2 boxes., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in the negative for all McClure photographs, and for some others. Manuscript captions on many loose photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado, Kremmling, Colo., Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.), Estes Park (Colo.), Grand Lake (Colo.), and Alaska
Subject (Name):
Francis, F. J., Gibson, Frank B., McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957., Moffat, David H. 1839-1911 (David Halliday),, Alaska Central Railway Company, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, and Detroit Publishing Co.
Photograph album related to Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and Colorado, 1910-1915, accompanied by a laid in typescript that sequentially describes the photographs, Photographs of Wyoming include sites at Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, and Shoshone National Forest. Images of Bridger-Teton National Forest include views of the Green River, Mammoth Glacier, Minor Glacier, Squaretop Mountain, and Temple Peak. Views of the Shoshone National Forest include Gannett Glacier and Gannett Peak (identified as "Gans Peak"). Images of Grand Teton National Park include views of Jackson Lake. Other sites documented in Wyoming include Fremont Lake, Fremont Peak, elk and antelope at Jackson Hole, and deer at the ranch of Charles Louis Sparks near Rock Springs. Informal portraits include Stroud posing with harvested deer, including an image with another man identified "Kent" as well as an view of a man identified as "Colburn" carrying a United States flag to place on Fremont Peak in July 1914. Three laid in photographs related to the Stroud ranch show a work party with bags of wool following sheep shearing, an overview of the ranch, and an elk herd, Photographs of Yellowstone National Park include views of Mammoth Hot Springs and the Liberty Cap as well as the Lower Yellowstone Falls and Old Faithful Inn, and Photographs of northwestern Colorado include views of Canyon of Lodore on the Green River with three images duplicated by laid in photographs
Description:
William John Stroud (1854-1946), also known as “Rocky Mountain Bill," was a furniture store owner, a lecturer on outdoor life, and an amateur photographer chiefly active at Rock Springs, Wyoming. He explored the territory between Rock Springs and the southern border of Yellowstone National Park, which he lectured on frequently for the Isaak Walton League of America., Captions in English., Title supplied by cataloger., Place of creation supplied by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Stored in 1 box.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Bridger-Teton National Forest (Wyo.), Colorado, Fremont Lake (Wyo.), Fremont Peak (Wyo.), Gannett Glacier (Wyo.), Gannett Peak (Wyo.), Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.), Green River (Colo.), Green River (Wyo.), Jackson Hole (Wyo.), Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.), Lodore, Canyon of (Colo.), Lower Yellowstone Falls (Wyo.), Mammoth Glacier (Wyo.), Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.), Minor Glacier (Wyo.), Rock Springs (Wyo.), Shoshone National Forest (Wyo.), Squaretop Mountain (Wyo.), Temple Peak (Wyo.), and Yellowstone National Park
Subject (Name):
Sparks, Charles Louis, 1867-1930, Stroud, William John, 1854-1946, and Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)
