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Ray H. Mattison writes to John C. Eaton about Eaton’s interest in early North Dakota ranches. Mattison explains his research and the materials he has obtained.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-16
Ray H. Mattison writes to John Hansen in reference to research material on Henry S. Boice and the old 777 ranch. Mattison is researching old ranches along the Little Missouri River and needs the number for one of Boice’s sons.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-16
Ray H. Mattison writes Donald H. Welsh (mistakenly addressed as Davis Welsh) in reference to research on the range cattle industry and Pierre Wibaux. Mattison describes his research and invites Welsh to look over what has been found.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-25
Ray H. Mattison writes to Herbert Oliver Brayer in reference to Mattison’s research for a monograph on “Roosevelt’s Contemporaries along the Little Missouri River.” Mattison needs more information on certain cattle outfits.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-23
Ray H. Mattison writes to LeRoy R. Hafen in reference to collecting research materials for Mattison’s monograph on cattle outfits along the Little Missouri River. Mattison asks whether Herbert Oliver Brayer’s collections are in the vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13
Ray H. Mattison writes to H. Bailey Carroll in reference to Mattison’s need for additional information on the Texas operators who had ranches in the Medora vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13
Ray H. Mattison writes to David H. Welsh in reference to Welsh’s research on the range cattle industry and Pierre Wibaux.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-04
Ray H. Mattison writes Lucinda B. Scott in reference to research materials on ranches in the North Dakota Badlands region.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-19
Ray H. Mattison writes Lucinda B. Scott in reference to research materials needed on Pierre Wibaux and the 777 ranch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-07-22
Lucinda B. Scott writes to Ray H. Mattison in reference to range cattle industry research materials found in the library of the Historical Society of Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-16
Interview with Pierre Wibaux regarding his cattle ranch and prospects for sheep ranching in the area taken from the Montana Homeseeker, No. 3, Vol. 1, Sept. 1906. This copy was sent to Ray H. Mattison by Lucinda Scott of the Historical Society of Montana library.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1906
Envelope sent by Major Anders to Chester L. Brooks. The envelope held three black & white photos of the Custer Trail and some of the people associated with it.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-04-26
Outline and bibliography of an article entitled “The Military Frontier in Dakota” by Louis Pfaller of Assumption College. Maps of the area are included at the end.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-1970
Press release announcing efforts by Colonel Wright and Chester L. Brooks to resolve disputes as to where General Sully traveled in 1864 when fighting Native Americans in the Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-07-20
Chester L. Brooks writes Merrill J. Mattes about the discovery of the “Edmunds letters” written by James Edmunds’s mother from Fort Randall and posts in Texas. Brooks wants to know if Mattes would like the letters for his research.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-07-25
Dana Wright writes Chester L. Brooks about Flat Top Butte and marking trails from the Sully Expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1955-10-22
Ray H. Mattison requests information on several names that were carved into rocks near Medora, North Dakota. Mattison believes that the names might have been carved by members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-01
Superintendent Luce confirms that William C. Williams and Frank Neely were members of the 7th Cavalry’s 1876 expedition. Under the command of General Terry, they would have been near Medora, North Dakota, on May 29-30, 1876. The name Dudley was not found on the muster rolls but he could have been a teamster or part of a different unit.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-24
Distances of landmarks along Sully’s Trail from the “water hole battle site.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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List of required illustrations for Badlands to 1879.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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