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Jacob O. Hays Papers, 1854-1903
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hays, Jacob O., 1831-1925
- Title
- Jacob O. Hays Papers
- Dates
- 1854-1903 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 22 Items
- Collection Number
- 00543
- Summary
- Mainly diaries of this miner and rancher who traveled around the Western U.S. before settling in Fremont County, Wyoming.
- Repository
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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
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Because of the fragility of the original material, transcripts are provided for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Jacob O. Hays was born in Lexington, Missouri, in 1831. In 1854 he travelled overland from Missouri to Sacramento, California. He left California for Montana Territory in 1866 and engaged in mining in what are now Jefferson and Beaverhead Counties near Butte. Hays returned to Lexington, Missouri in 1870 before going to live in what is now Larimer County, Colorado. In August 1899 he travelled to Fort Washakie in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, to homestead on lands that were formerly part of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Hays died in 1925.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains thirteen diaries (with transcripts) kept by Hays in 1854, 1866-1876, 1881-1885, and 1891-1902. The collection also includes a general journal (1873-1886), four receipts for sale of cattle and horses (1892-1894), and a 1903 letter from his brother C.C. Hays in Loveland, Colorado.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Jacob O. Hays Papers, Collection Number 00543, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Item | ||
| 1 | Diary
Journey overland from Lexington, Missouri, to Sacramento,
California.
|
Apr. 28-Sept. 11, 1854 |
| 2 | Diary
Journey from Grass Valley, California, to Silver Bow, Montana;
prospecting in Montana; journey to South Pass City, Wyoming (1870); journey by
rail, Bryan, Wyoming, to Lexington, Missouri.
|
1866-1871 |
| 3 | Diary
Treatments for diseases in horses, soldering recipe; journey from
Lexington, Missouri, to Denver, Colorado; ranching in Colorado;
" The Day of Judgement on Natural
Principles" , by John Syphers (handwritten treatise, 1874); building
Miller Canal (Dec. 1-10, 1887).
|
1871-1873;, 1874;, 1887 |
| 4 | Diary
Blacksmithing, horse disease and soap recipes; Valmont, Colorado;
prospecting and working in Colorado mountains above Boulder, Colorado; ranching
and farming near Buck Horn, Colorado.
|
1873-1876 |
| 5 | Account Book
Various accounts; daily activities (Aug. 1885-Jan. 1886)
|
1873-1886 |
| 6 | Diary
Various accounts and home remedies; journey to North Park, Colorado;
working in tie camp; ranching near Rustic, Colorado.
|
1881-1885 |
| 7 | Notebook
Various accounts; tanning recipe.
|
1891 |
| 8 | Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book
Printed descriptions of Dr. Pierce's medicines on left hand page,
handwritten diary on right hand page; working at sawmill, ranching near Ft.
Collins, Colorado.
|
1892 |
| 9 | Diary
Ranching and working at sawmill near Ft. Collins/Loveland,
Colorado.
|
1892-1895 |
| 10 | Diary
Near Ft. Collins, Colorado.
|
Mar.-Jul. 1895 |
| 11 | Diary
Recipe to remove freckles; ranching near Ft. Collins, Colorado.
|
1895-1898 |
| 12 | Diary
Ranching near Ft. Collins, Colorado; journey by horse team to Ft.
Washakie, Wyoming (1899); homesteading on former reservation.
|
1898-1902 |
| 13 | Diary
Homesteading near Ft. Washakie, Wyoming.
|
Jan.-Oct. 1903 |
| 14-17 | Receipts and Accounts
For sale of horses or labor.
|
1892-1894 |
| 18 | Letter
C.C. Hays to his brother Jacob O. Hays, giving news of Loveland,
Colorado.
|
May 3, 1903 |
| 19-22 | Notes
On how to make mathematical calculations.
|
no dates |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cattle trade -- Colorado -- Larimer County.
- Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- Fremont County.
- Prospecting -- Montana
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming -- Fremont County.
- Overland journeys to the Pacific.
- Sawmills -- Colorado -- Larimer County.
Geographical Names
- Beaverhead County (Colo.)
- Beaverhead County (Mont.)
- Fremont County (Wyo.)
- Jefferson County (Mont.)
- Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
Form or Genre Terms
Processed by D.C. Thompson
2006
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