Oliver Perry Hanna manuscript

Oliver Perry Hanna manuscript, 1926

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Hanna, Oliver Perry, b. 1851.
Title: Oliver Perry Hanna manuscript
Dates: 1926 (inclusive)
19261926
Quantity: .25 cubic feet (1 box)
Collection Number: 00423
Summary
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Additional Reference Guides: Additional Information
Finding aid available in repository.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Hanna (1851-1934) was born in Pennsylvania and came to Montana in 1868 and worked as a trapper and hunter. He worked as a supplier of fresh game for Fort McKinney in northern Wyoming and was also a scout for General George Crook in 1876. In 1878 Hanna homesteaded in Sheridan County, Wyoming and helped found the town of Bighorn in 1879. He sold his ranch in 1880 and ran a general store in Bighorn and later served as the town's postmaster from 1896-1900 before retiring to Long Beach, California.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains the manuscript for Hanna's autobiography "An Old Timer's Story of the Old Wild West: Being the Recollection of Oliver Perry Hanna, Pioneer, Indian Fighter, Frontiersman, and First Settler in Sheridan County, WY" written in 1926 in which he discusses scouting and trapping, a trip through what is now Yellowstone National Park in 1870, frontier life in Bighorn and Sheridan County, Wyoming, the Johnson County War in 1892, the Battles of the Little Bighorn and Rosebud, and a trip to Veracruz, Mexico, in 1915.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

No portion of manuscript may be photographed, scanned, or otherwise reproduced. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Oliver Perry Hanna at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The collection was received from Mrs. C.L. Carter in 1959.

Processing Note

Processing Information

Finding aid encoded by Morgan Walsh and D. Claudia Thompson in October 2020.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

An Old Timer's Story of the Old Wild West: Being the Recollection of Oliver Perry Hanna, Pioneer, Indian Fighter, Frontiersman, and First Settler in Sheridan County, Wyoming, by O.P. Hanna (photocopied manuscript), 1926Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Typed ranch items for:Return to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
1	D-D Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Jr.
1	Island Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. David H. Carnahan
1	Willets Homestead, Mrs. Rodney Dunlap
1	Canyon Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wallop
1	Cross-U-Bar Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. S. Watts Smyth
1	Quarter-Circle-A Ranch, Miss Helen Brinton

Photographs: Return to Top

Container(s)	Description
Folder
T698	Bridal Veil Falls
Y3p-oL	Old Faithful Excelsior Geyser
Y3p-ge	Excelsior Geyser
Y3p-h	Old Faithful Inn
Y3p-g	Grotto Geyser
B482	Big Horn Mountains
R517	Shoshone River
C418p	Chimney Rock
Y3p	Lake Eleanor
Y3p	Sylvan Lake
Y3p-L	Yellowstone Lake
Y3p-r	Yellowstone River
Y3p-m	Mammoth Hot Springs

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