To the Pioneers of Montana Autobiography

To the Pioneers of Montana Autobiography, 1899

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lyman, Lorenzo B.
Title: To the Pioneers of Montana Autobiography
Dates: 1899
18991899
Quantity: 1 item
Collection Number: Collection 0498, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The To the Pioneers of Montana Autobiography consists of a typed transcription of Lyman's autobiography, told in the third person.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Lorenzo Branch Lyman was born in 1828 in New York State. He moved to Wisconsin and studied law. Lyman lived in California from 1849 to 1858, returned to Wisconsin, and in 1864 moved to Montana's Gallatin Valley. He later practiced law in Helena and served as register of the United States Land Office there from 1869 to 1875. Lyman married Mary E. Hawkins in Wisconsin in 1858 and she bore a daughter, Sylvia Rozeffie, in 1865, and a son, Hershel Branch, in 1867. After Mary's death in 1870, Lorenzo Lyman married Fannie A. Patterson in 1871. Fannie bore two boys: Rollin Arch in 1873, and Ocean Atlantis in 1875.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Typed transcription of Lyman's autobiography, told in the third person. Events described include: the Lyman family's intital settlement in Gallatin County, Montana Territory; early development of Lyman's land and water rights claim on Lyman Creek; interactions with Indians; hunting; and Lyman's appointment as the register of the land office in Helena.

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Acquisition Information

A typed transcription of an original document written by Lorenzo Branch Lyman was prepared by Merrill G. Burlingame sometime prior to 1967 and subsequently donated to the Montana State University Library. The location of the original is unknown.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2012 March 15

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Gallatin County
Hunting--Montana--Gallatin County
Land tenure--Montana--Gallatin County
Pioneers--Montana--Gallatin County Biography
Water rights--Montana--Gallatin County
Whites--Montana--Gallatin County--Relations with Indians

Personal Names

Lyman, Lorenzo B. (Lorenzo Branch), 1828-1914

Corporate Names

United States. Helena Land Office--Officials and employees Biography

Geographical Names

Gallatin County (Mont.)--History--19th century
Lyman Creek (Gallatin County, Mont.)

Form or Genre Terms

Autobiographies

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994

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