NTDMG155 Guide to Shepp Ranch Diaries collection Shepp Ranch Diaries collection Finding aid prepared by Daniel Olortegui. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-25. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Shepp Ranch Diaries collection Shepp, C.W. (Charlie W.), 1861-1936 Klinkhammer, Pete, 1881-1970 MG 155 1 cubic feet 1903-1971 Diaries recording daily life at a sheep and cattle ranch located in Hump, Idaho County, Idaho. Partners C.W. (Charlie) Shepp and Pete Klinkhammer also acted as recreation guides for hunting and wildlife conservation parties. English .

One of the West's premier wilderness retreats, the 104.77 acre Shepp Ranch is located within the Nez Perce national Forest at the heart of the Franck Church-River of No Return and the Gospel Hump Wilderness Areas. The acreage lies along Crooked Creek and fronts on the north bank of the Salmon River, designated as a National Wild and Scenic River. Shepp Ranch is accessible by jet boat (approximately 30 minutes) aircraft, foot, or horseback. Shepp Ranch has one of the better private, wilderness airfields approximately 2,000 feet in length.

Charlie Shepp was born in 1861 in Iowa. He and Pete Klinkhammer homestead on Crooked Creek during the winter of 1909-1910. The established Shepp ranch and were neighbors to Charlie and Polly Bemis. Following Charles Bemis' death, Shepp helped to rebuild the Bemis house in 1924. Charlie Shepp died 1936 and was buried on his ranch.

Pete Klinkhammer was born in 1881 in Minnesota. He died in 1970 and was buried in the Prairie View Cemetery in Grangeville, Idaho.

Collection is open for research.

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Shepp Ranch Diaries collection includes diaries recording daily life at a sheep and cattle ranch located in Hump, Idaho County, Idaho. Partners C.W. (Charlie) Shepp and Pete Klinkhammer also acted as recreation guides for hunting and wildlife conservation parties.

 Ranches Idaho Ranching Diaries Agriculture Series 1: S.A Shepard notes 3 items Handwritten notes by S.A. Shepard 1903-1921 1 1 Shepp Ranch Diary 1 59 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1903-1904 1 2 Shepp Ranch Diary 25 items Letters, receipts, bills, calculation, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1905-1906 1 3 Shepp Ranch Diary 59 items Letters, receipts, bills, notes and expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1909-1910 1 4 Shepp Ranch Diary 60 items Letters, receipts, bills, statement account, fish and game licenses, calculation, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1910-1911 1 5 Shepp Ranch Diary, Notes on 1910-1911 diary 33 items Year book of 1954, journals and notes 1954 1 6 Shepp Ranch Diary 80 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1912-1913 1 7 Shepp Ranch Diary 52 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1913-1915 1 8 Shepp Ranch Diary 91 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1915-1916 1 9 Shepp Ranch Diary 105 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1916-1917 1 10 Shepp Ranch Diaries 42 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1917 1 11 Shepp Ranch Diary 90 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1918-1919 1 12 Shepp Ranch Diary 107 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1919-1921 1 13 Shepp Ranch Diary 96 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1921-1923 1 14 Shepp Ranch Diary 50 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1924 1 15 Shepp Ranch Diary 58 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1925 1 16 Shepp Ranch Diary 90 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1926-1927 1 17 Shepp Ranch Diary 66 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1928 1 18 Shepp Ranch Diary 15 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1929 1 19 Shepp Ranch Diary 40 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1929-1930 1 20 Shepp Ranch Diary 50 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1930-1931 1 21 Shepp Ranch Diary 47 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1931-1932 1 22 1933-1934 43 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1933-934 1 23 Shepp Ranch Diary 68 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1936-1937 1 24 Shepp Ranch Diary 14 items Letters, receipts, bills, personal notes, expenses and buying journals from Shepp Ranch Diary and other institutions 1948-1949 1 25 Shepp Ranch Diary 1 item Personal diary 1950-1951 1 26 Shepp Ranch Diary 50 items 1955 day book 1955-1956 1 27 Misc Letter 2 items Personal letter by Shepp's son 1954 1 28 Shepp Ranch Diary 180 items Five year diary property of Shepp Ranch 1954-1958 1 29 Shepp Ranch Diary 201 items The Rumpson Five Year personal diary property of Shepp Ranch Diary 1959-1963 1 30 Shepp Ranch Diary 189 items The Smithcrafted Five Year Diary property of Shepp Ranch 1964-1968 1 31 Shepp Ranch Diary 35 items 1969 desk diary 14 months daily memo space from December 1, 1968 to January 31, 1970 1969 1 32 Shepp Ranch Diary 78 items Random diary form, 1970 desk diary 1970 1 33 Shepp Ranch Diary 55 items 1971 day book by Shepp Ranch 1971 1 34