AHJ_ah05787 Inventory of the Prairie Dog Water Supply Company records, 1882-1957 Prairie Dog Water Supply Company Records Processed by Mark Shelstad University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
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University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort January 2013 and D. Claudia Thompson April 2015 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Prairie Dog Water Supply Company. Prairie Dog Water Supply Company records 1882-1957 05787 .7 cubic feet (2 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Records of a cooperation irrigation and water development company in northeast Wyoming. History of the Prairie Dog Water Supply Company

The Big Piney and Prairie Dog Ditch and Tunnel Company was formed in 1882 and changed its name to Prairie Dog Water Supply Company (PDWSC) in 1884. It was started by landowners on the Prairie Dog Creek in Sheridan County, Wyoming, for general water resources development. The Kearney Lake Land and Reservoir Company (KLLRC), located in Johnson County, Wyoming managed the Kearney Reservoir. In 1934 the PDWSC purchased control of the KLLRC.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains the records of the PDWSC and the KLLRC. PDWSC materials include scattered correspondence and miscellaneous legal materials (1898-1941); Board of Trustees minutes (1882-1925); and two general ledgers (1886-1933). KLLRC materials include minutes of the Board of Directors (1911-1913, 1918, 1926). There are also minutes of meetings for both companies (1933-1957).

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Prairie Dog Water Supply Company at the date of processing.

 Additional Information

Finding aid available in repository.

 Acquisition Information

The collection was received from C.H. Burgess in 1975.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Mark Shelstad in 1997.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Water resources development -- Wyoming -- Johnson County. Water resources development -- Wyoming -- Sheridan County. Johnson County (Wyo.) Sheridan County (Wyo.) Wyoming -- History -- To 1889. Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918. Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945. Wyoming -- History -- 1946- Business records. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Kearney Lake Land and Reservoir Company -- Records. Places Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resources Water and Water Rights Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce Businesses and Corporations Container List 1 1 KLLRC Journal of Minutes and Meetings 1911-1926 1 2 PDWSC Ledger 1886-1897 1 3 PDWSC Ledger 1898-1933 1 4 PDWSC Trustee Minutes 1882-1890 1 5 PDWSC Trustee Minutes 1890-1925 2 1 PDWSC and KLLRC Correspondence 1898-1941 2 2 PDWSC and KLLRC Legal Materials 1898-1929 2 3 PDWSC and KLLRC Minutes 1916-1957 2 4 PDWSC and KLLRC Miscellaneous (Includes labor and other financial records, reports of water in ditch) 1898-1936