Letter from Howard Eaton to William Wingate Sewall
Subject(s): Cattle, Cattle trade, Ferris, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert), 1857-1937, Fires, North Dakota--Medora, Packard, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), 1860-1931, Ranching, Ranching--Economic aspects, Texas, United States--Dakota Territory, Weather
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The weather has been fair recently but previous “sharp weather” killed many cattle and “everybody is blue as a whetstone.” At least the losses should stop the big herds from Texas. Medora, Dakota Territory, is “very dead.” A. T. Packard lost everything in a fire and moved back east. The saloon also burnt down and Joseph A. Ferris’s store had a close call. Howard Eaton is glad that William Wingate Sewall is well and he wishes he could join Sewall for some “hunting, fishing, eating apples and drinking cider.”
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
1887-02-26
Creator(s)
Recipient
Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930
Language
English
Period
Author and Family Man (1887-1888)
Page Count
2
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Record Type
Multi-image
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Chicago:
Letter from Howard Eaton to William Wingate Sewall. [February 26, 1887]. State Historical Society of North Dakota.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292533. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Eaton, Howard, 1851-1922. Letter from Howard Eaton to William Wingate Sewall. [26 Feb. 1887]. Multi-image.
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292533.
APA:
Eaton, Howard, 1851-1922., [1887, February 26]. Letter from Howard Eaton to William Wingate Sewall.
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292533.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota.
APA:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota.