AHJ_ah00543 Inventory of the Jacob O. Hays Papers, 1854-1903 Hays (Jacob O.) Papers Processed by D.C. Thompson 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/
2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by SPI Content Sciences Inc., April 2003 Finding aid is in English Jacob O. Hays Papers, 1854-1903 Collection number: 00543 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information 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/ 1999

"©" 2006 University of Wyoming

 Collection Summary Hays, Jacob O., 1831-1925 Jacob O. Hays Papers 1854-1903 00543 22 Items University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Mainly diaries of this miner and rancher who traveled around the Western U.S. before settling in Fremont County, Wyoming. Biography or History

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.

 Scope and Content

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.

 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.

 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 Jacob O. Hays by at the date of processing.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by D.C. Thompson in 1999.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Jacob O. Hays Papers, Collection Number 00543, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- Fremont County. Cattle trade -- Colorado -- Larimer County. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Prospecting -- Montana Sawmills -- Colorado -- Larimer County. Frontier and pioneer life -- Wyoming -- Fremont County. Fremont County (Wyo.) Beaverhead County (Colo.) Beaverhead County (Mont.) Jefferson County (Mont.) Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918. Diaires. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Mines and Mineral Resources Immigration and American Expansion Pioneers Wyoming Montana Diaries Container List 1 Diary Apr. 28-Sept. 11, 1854

Journey overland from Lexington, Missouri, to Sacramento, California.

 2 Diary 1866-1871

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.

 3 Diary 1871-1873; 1874; 1887

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).

 4 Diary 1873-1876

Blacksmithing, horse disease and soap recipes; Valmont, Colorado; prospecting and working in Colorado mountains above Boulder, Colorado; ranching and farming near Buck Horn, Colorado.

 5 Account Book 1873-1886

Various accounts; daily activities (Aug. 1885-Jan. 1886)

 6 Diary 1881-1885

Various accounts and home remedies; journey to North Park, Colorado; working in tie camp; ranching near Rustic, Colorado.

 7 Notebook 1891

Various accounts; tanning recipe.

 8 Pierce's Memorandum and Account Book 1892

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.

 9 Diary 1892-1895

Ranching and working at sawmill near Ft. Collins/Loveland, Colorado.

 10 Diary Mar.-Jul. 1895

Near Ft. Collins, Colorado.

 11 Diary 1895-1898

Recipe to remove freckles; ranching near Ft. Collins, Colorado.

 12 Diary 1898-1902

Ranching near Ft. Collins, Colorado; journey by horse team to Ft. Washakie, Wyoming (1899); homesteading on former reservation.

 13 Diary Jan.-Oct. 1903

Homesteading near Ft. Washakie, Wyoming.

 14-17 Receipts and Accounts 1892-1894

For sale of horses or labor.

 18 Letter May 3, 1903

C.C. Hays to his brother Jacob O. Hays, giving news of Loveland, Colorado.

 19-22 Notes no dates

On how to make mathematical calculations.