Pioneers
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
A dugout home of Oklahoma settlers., undated
A farm couple, their child and dog, seated in front of a dugout with arbor., undated
A settler family camped in Western Oklahoma., undated
Abraham Boiler Allen (1819-1906). His wife Sarah Elizabeth Baggett Allen (1844-1940), and other family members, posed in front of their log home near (present day) Cleveland County, ca. 1890’s, ca. 1890s
Black and white copy prints of the Allen, Baggett, Barefoot, Bursell, Curren, Loving, Weatherford, Welch, and Wilkerson families. The collection also includes scenes of farming and a dust storm approaching Guymon, Oklahoma. Mary B. Maupin Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Henry Martyn Pomeroy Collection
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Bookseller. A photocopy and typescript of a portion of the diary (1959-1960) kept by Henry M. Pomeroy during his overland journey to California, with descriptions of gold fields and of the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, the minutes of a vigilante committee near Omaha, Nebraska, and an account of a massacre in Oregon Territory.
Ira Hillyard Baggett, his wife Josephine Elizabeth Baggett, their son Emmett Abraham, and Ira’s brother Monroe, seated outdoors by log home. Left to right: Ira, holding Emmett; Monroe; Josephine. 1894. (Ira and Monroe were the children of James Robert and, 1894
Black and white copy prints of the Allen, Baggett, Barefoot, Bursell, Curren, Loving, Weatherford, Welch, and Wilkerson families. The collection also includes scenes of farming and a dust storm approaching Guymon, Oklahoma. Mary B. Maupin Manuscript Collection also in repository.
James Anderson Slover Collection
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A photocopy of the autobiography of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, and chaplain of the 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, under Stand Watie. The diary includes an account of post-war difficulties in Arkansas due to a depressed economy, race relations and the reconstruction government, and of Slover's subsequent decision to move to California.
One of the earliest homes in Greer County, OK., undated
Samuel Lee Allen (1863-1948), his wife, Medora Ann Reynolds Allen (1868-1905), and their children. They are posed in front of their home, built on land they acquired during the Run of ’89, southeast of present day Norman, OK. Back row, left to right: Fred, 1899
Black and white copy prints of the Allen, Baggett, Barefoot, Bursell, Curren, Loving, Weatherford, Welch, and Wilkerson families. The collection also includes scenes of farming and a dust storm approaching Guymon, Oklahoma. Mary B. Maupin Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Samuel Murray Stover Collection
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Diary of Stover recording his trek from Missouri to California in 1849; and a booklet of the same privately printed by Stover's descendants.
Uncle Dick Wootton’s homestead on Raton Pass. Wootton’s was a pioneer mountain man of Colorado. Sold tollroad right-of-way to Santa Fe for $25 per month in groceries for life, plus two lifetime passes. Had engine #204 AT & SF, named for him (see Huston Collection #60). Raton Pass, New Mexico., Undated
Black and white copy prints of railroad depots in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with scenes of mining settlements and mining in Colorado.
William Patrick Collection
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Pioneer and immigrant. Photocopies of papers regarding Irish immigrant William Patrick, Including Patrick's diary (1857-1859) which details his trip to California and Colorado, his Civil War service records (1864-1865) and his marriage certificate (1860).