UUS_p0328.xml Guide to the Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection1890-1945 Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection1890-1945 Finding aid created by Jennifer Feik and Daniel Davis, December 2003. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0328 Bowman, Anthony Will, 1938- Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection 1890-1945 1913-1930 2 boxes 2 linear ft. Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection consists of 422 photographs, most of which were removed from Bowman family scrapbooks. Part of the images document daily ranch life including herding cattle and sheep, harvesting hay, working on machinery, and recreational activities on the San Jacinto and other company owned ranches in northern Nevada and southern Idaho. Also included are scenes of ranch buildings, irrigation, and water works such as the Salmon Creek Falls Dam and the Milner diversion dam. The second part of the collection consists of photos from around Susanville, California taken by P.J. Thompson during the construction of the Fernley-Lassen branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1913 and 1914. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection, 1890-1945 (P0328). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Donated by Nora Linjer Bowman and Anthony Will Bowman.

Before the photo albums came to Special Collections & Archives, old photographs were ripped out and replaced with new images leaving the torn remnants behind. Register completed by Jennifer Feik and Daniel Davis, December 2003.

Historical Note

>Utah Construction Company.

Edmund O., William H., and Warren L. Wattis founded the Utah Construction Company in January 1900, in Ogden, Utah. Early investors such as David Eccles, Thomas D. Dee, and James Pingree helped it to become a major national (and later international) company. Much of its early work consisted of building the South Pacific Railroad but the company also branched out into ranching and dam building. In addition to being one of five companies that built Hoover Dam in the 1930s they also worked on the Grand Coulee, Pineview, Hetch Hetchy, and Wanship Dams. During WWII the Utah Construction Company completed many World War II defense contracts. After the war it became involved with mining (coal and iron), dredging, and land development. Changing their name to the Utah Construction and Mining Company, and then to Utah International, Inc., headquarters were relocated to San Francisco, California. Much of the mining was conducted in Peru and Australia, and in 1976 a friendly take over by General Electric led to another sale to Broken Hill Proprietary (an Australian company) in 1983.

Company Owned Ranches.

In 1868 a Texas cattleman named John Sparks brought a herd of Texas Longhorns into Northeast Nevada. By partnering with neighboring ranchers and buying out others, Sparks managed to create a huge, successful operation. In 1908 the ranch owned three major brands: the Shoesole, Winecup, and HD. Sparks sold the ranch (which ran east to the Minidoka Forest Reserve, west to Bruneau, Idaho, north to the Snake River, and south to the Great American Desert, Nevada) to the Vineyard Land and Stock Company. The Utah Construction Company then purchased the ranch and increased the holdings to 3 million acres. The acreage was divided into 38 ranches and occupied most of the Northeast corner of Nevada as well as parts of Utah and Idaho. The ranch was headquartered in Montello, Nevada and would be managed by Archie (A.W.) Bowman. Bowman lived at San Jacinto located thirty miles south of Rogerson, Idaho. In 1945 the Company's ranch holdings were sold to Wilkins and Wunderlich of Denver, Colorado, and eventually divided into smaller lots for resale.

Archibald Warren Bowman (1884-1967) was born on October 8th in South Weber, Utah. In 1919 he met Nora Linjer (born August 28, 1893 in Alexandria, Minnesota), a schoolteacher friend of his sister Verna. The two married on February 20, 1920 in River Falls, Wisconsin while he was the Superintendent of the San Jacinto Ranch. They would have one daughter, Verna Lou. After the ranch was sold in 1945 they moved to Elko, Nevada. Archie died in January 1967 in Salt Lake City and Nora passed away in March 1973.

Bowman, N. J., (1958) Only the Mountains Remain. File MS678, Report on the Utah Construction Co. Ranch located in Nevada and Southern Idaho, Utah State University, Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library.

Arrangement: Topical.

The Utah Construction Company/Bowman photograph collection consists of 422 photographs most of which were removed from Bowman family scrapbooks. Part of the images document daily ranch life including herding cattle and sheep, harvesting hay, working on machinery, and recreational activities on the San Jacinto and other company owned ranches in northern Nevada and southern Idaho. Also included are scenes of ranch buildings, irrigation, and water works such as the Salmon Creek Falls Dam and the Milner diversion dam. The second part of the collection consists of photos from around Susanville, California taken by P.J. Thompson during the construction of the Fernley-Lassen branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1913 and 1914.

Most photos in good condition, but some photographs have been torn.

 Images Bowman, Nora Linjer, 1893-1973. Utah International Inc. Utah Construction Company. Bowman, Archibald Warren, 1884-1967. Bowman, Nora Linjer, 1893-1973. Utah International Inc. Ranch life--Nevada--Photographs. Ranch life--Idaho--Photographs. Railroads--California--Design and construction--Photographs. Dams--Idaho--Design and construction--Photographs. San Jacinto Ranch (Nevada)--Photographs. Salmon Dam (Idaho)--Photographs. Montello (Nevada)--Photographs. San Jacinto (Nevada)--Photographs. Susanville (Calif.)--Photographs. Tecoma (Nevada)--Photographs. Container List 1 1 Ranch Scenes 1918-1939 1:01:01 Branding sheep undated 1:01:02 Unknown man and woman on horses w/pack mules undated 1:01:03 Cow herd in snow undated 1:01:04 Cattle in corrals undated 1:01:05 View of ranch land undated 1:01:06 Sheep herders undated 1:01:07 Flood conditions, Ridge Ranch March 18, 1939 1:01:08 Unknown man with horse 1930-1939 1:01:09 View of ranch buildings undated 1:01:10 Cattle undated 1:01:11-13 Cattle on range undated 1:01:14 Cow camp undated 1:01:15 Cattle on range undated 1:01:16-17 Horse undated 1:01:18-19 Ranch land undated 1:01:20 Cattle grazing undated 1:01:21 Mules undated 1:01:22 Cattle grazing undated 1:01:23 Rounding up cattle undated 1:01:24-25 Pack trip in the Humboldt Reserve 1929 1:01:26-28 Trees and mountains undated 1:01:29-30 Bulls undated 1:01:31-34 Cattle undated 1:01:35-36 Cattle run undated 1:01:37-38 Cattle undated 1:01:39 Three unidentified people on horseback undated 1:01:40 Horse and dog on top of Gollifer Mountain undated 1:01:41 Cow outfit bedded down undated 1:01:42 Catching horses in rope corral undated 1:01:43 Bill Evans on horse undated 1:01:44 Bill Trotter on horse undated 1:01:45 Men in camp undated 1:01:46 Rounding up horses undated 1:01:47 Cowboys undated 1:01:48 Cattle undated 1:01:49 Record Bluff near Montello, Nevada undated 1:01:50-51 Ranch buildings, probably San Jacinto undated 1:01:52 Cowboy cook undated 1:01:53 Large "dust devil" (twister) undated 1:01:54 Goose Creek Ford undated 1:01:55 Formation near Record Bluff undated 1:01:56 Henry Harris 1890-1899 1:01:57 Cattle undated 1:01:58 Man with horses undated 1:01:59-60 Horses undated 1:01:61 Man pointing undated 1 2 Photo Album Pages undated 1:02:01 Horses undated 1:02:02 Two horses undated 1:02:03 Potatoes undated 1:02:04-05 Houses undated 1:02:06 Unknown man undated 1:02:07 Cattle undated 1:02:08 View of ranch undated 1:02:09-12 Cowboys undated 1:02:13 Horse undated 1:02:14-19 Cowboys undated 1:02:20-21 Unidentified man undated 1:02:22 Cowboys undated 1:02:23 Horse on range undated 1:02:24-26 Cowboys undated 1:02:27 Horses undated 1:02:28 Cowboy undated 1:02:29-31 People, horses, and cars in snow undated 1:02:32-33 Cattle (sugar beet factory in distance) undated 1:02:34-35 Cowboys undated 1:02:36-38 Ranch land undated 1:02:39-42 Cowboys undated 1:02:43 Horses undated 1:02:44 Utah Construction Company building, Montello, Nevada undated 1:02:45 Cowboys undated 1:02:46 Horse undated 1:02:47-48 Cowboys undated 1:02:49-51 Ranch views, with buildings undated 1:02:52-55 Cowboys undated 1:02:56-57 Cows undated 1:02:58 Man with hogs undated 1:02:59 Man with horse undated 1:02:60 Calves undated 1:02:61-68 Cattle in Nevada 1918 1:02:69-70 Houses undated 1:02:71 Montello Nevada train depot 1918 1:02:72 Dirt Road undated 1:02:73-75 Horses undated 1:02:76-78 Unloading sheep from train undated 1:02:79 Man and woman with Coyote skins 1920-1929 1:02:80 Newspaper article about the ranch being sold April 5, 1945 1 3 Photos Removed from Scrapbook undated 1:03:01 280 men shoveling 6 ft. of snow for Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific railroad, duplicate of 1:04:17 1913-1914 1:03:02 Flooded fields May 15, 1917 1:03:03 Trailing cattle from Rancho Grande to San Jacinto undated 1:03:04 Cows undated 1:03:05 Sheep undated 1:03:06 Cattle undated 1:03:07 Unidentified man with axe undated 1:03:08 Unidentified woman 1918 1:03:09 Unidentified man with three unidentified women 1918 1:03:10 Unidentified man on roof undated 1:03:11 Unidentified man undated 1:03:12-13 Unidentified fisherman undated 1:03:14 Unidentified woman 1925 1:03:15 Family swimming in mountains 1920-1929 1:03:16 Three unidentified women, one unidentified man 1930-1939 1:03:17 Three women, two men 1926 1:03:18 Cyanotype of haying scene undated 1 4 Photos Removed from Boards. (Photos probably taken by P.J. Thompson) undated 1:04:01 San Jacinto Cowboys: Dennie Lane, Gib Jones on "Red," Dave Richards, ___Galerrica, Eddie Frank, Bill Bailey, Willis Drake, Lonnie White 1918 1:04:02 San Jacinto cattle in fields 1920-1929 1:04:03 Steam shovel working on Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific Railroad near Susanville, California. depot undated 1:04:04 Railroad construction near Susanville, California February 1914 1:04:05 20 mule train hauling freight 1913 1:04:06 20 mule train hauling freight in Susanville, California for Fernley-Lassen Branch of South Pacific Railroad undated

see A-1401.

 1:04:07 Steam shovel in operation near Susanville, CA. Working on Fernley-Lassen Branch of South Pacific Railroad undated 1:04:08 Steam engine undated 1:04:09 Fork in Fernley-Lassen Branch of Railroad February 1914 1:04:10 Work crew on Fernley-Lassen Branch of South Pacific railroad 1914 1:04:11 Railroad construction work train; Fernley-Lassen Branch 1914 1:04:12 Railroad construction on Fernley-Lassen Branch near the summit undated 1:04:13 Laying track near Susanville, California, for Fernley-Lassen Branch February 1914 1:04:14 Railroad construction, clearing snow for Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific undated 1:04:15 Shoveling snow for construction of Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific, near Susanville, California undated 1:04:16 Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific Railroad. Shoveling snow near Susanville, California 1914 1:04:17 280 men shoveling 6 ft. of snow for Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific railroad 1913-1914 1:04:18 "Solitude," Trees in the snow undated 1:04:19 Steam shovel in operation near Susanville, California, for Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific undated 1:04:20 Susanville, California, construction on Fernley-Lassen branch of South Pacific Railroad 1913 2 Scrapbook of scenes of the San Jacinto Ranch undated 2:01 Hereford cattle on the range undated 2:02 Chuck wagon and bed wagon undated 2:03 Hereford cattle at trough undated 2:04 Hereford cattle on the range undated 2:05 Cow camp undated 2:06 Tent undated 2:07 Three unidentified people eating undated 2:08-09 Two women and one man working on harvester(?) labeled "Red River Special." undated 2:10 Cow camp with wagon undated 2:11 Donkey, "Pinto Jack." undated 2:12 Cow camp with wagon undated 2:13 Sheep in corral with train in background undated 2:14 Cowboys herding cattle on the range undated 2:15 Cowboy with lasso and horses undated 2:16 Interior of Bowman ranch house undated 2:17-18 Hereford cattle on the range undated 2:19 Cowboy driving sheep undated

duplicate of 2:56.

 2:20 Hereford cattle in corral undated 2:21 Cat with kittens undated 2:22-23 Hereford cattle undated 2:24 Two men and one woman standing by Hotel in Contact Nevada 1918 2:25 Bowman ranch house undated 2:26 Trailing cattle in snow undated

duplicate of 1:03:03 and A-1399b.

 2:27-28 Hereford cattle undated 2:29 Loading Hereford cattle onto boxcars undated 2:30 Branding, Ray Wattis undated

duplicate of A-1399d.

 2:31-34 Family camping trip 1918 2:35 Windmill undated 2:36-37 Family camping trip 1918 2:38 Man in car 1918 2:39 Car stuck in ditch 1918 2:40 Trough and corral undated 2:41 Roping a horse undated 2:42 Measuring water flow, San Jacinto, Nevada 1919 2:43 Salmon Dam, Idaho 1912 2:44 Dipping Cattle undated 2:45 View of canyon below Salmon Dam undated 2:46-47 Salmon Dam 1912 2:48 Sheep on range undated 2:49 Ranch land undated 2:50 Side of house with trees in winter undated 2:51 Cowboys sleeping undated 2:52 Mules feeding on hay undated 2:53 Pigs being fed by hand undated 2:54 Roping a colt undated 2:55 Cowboy on horse undated 2:56 Cowboy driving sheep undated

duplicate of 2:19.

 2:57 Cowboy undated 2:58 Corral and troughs undated 2:59 Hereford cattle on the range undated 2:60 Two women on fence undated 2:61 Three women with dead sage grouse in Nevada 1918 2:62 Four men and three women in camp 1918 2:63 Wagon team crossing water undated 2:64 Cattle on the range undated 2:65 Camp undated 2:66 Cowboys on horses undated 2:67 Wild horse roundup undated 2:68 Cookhouse and dining room undated 2:69 Bowman ranch house undated 2:70 Horses in corral undated 2:71 Hereford cattle in snow undated 2:72-74 Hereford cattle on range undated 2:75 Malad river Canyon, Hagerman, Idaho undated 2:76 Paynie Ferry undated 2:77 Milner Diversion Dam, Idaho undated 2:78 Thousand Springs, Idaho undated 2:79 View of Milner(?) Dam undated 2:80 Man by Milner(?) Canal undated 2:81 Hereford cattle in corral undated 2:82-83 Views of Milner Diversion Dam undated 2:84 Hereford cattle on the range undated 2:85 Coyote pelts undated 2:86 Cattle in snow undated 2:87 Hops covered bunk house with three unidentified people outside undated 2:88 Three cowboys and wagon undated 2:89 Mountian view undated 2:90 cowboys and cattle on range undated 2:91 Cowboy roping calf undated 2:92 Cowboy in corral undated 2:93-96 Cattle on the range undated 2:97 View of small ranch undated 2:98-100 Cowboys pushing cattle undated 2:101 Cowboys and horses undated 2:102-104 Cattle on the range undated 2:105 Interior of Bowman's San Jacinto ranch house undated 2:106 Longhorn cattle in corral undated 2:107 Interior of Bowman's San Jacinto ranch house undated 2:108 Cattle drive to loading pens, Tecoma, Nevada 1920 2:109 Flooding undated 2:110 Dipping cattle 1920 2:111 Interior of Bowman ranch house undated 2:112 Men and women in mountains with horses and pack-mules undated 2:113 Two men sitting on car undated 2:114 Girl with two dead grouse 1919 2:115 Two men with string of trout undated 2:116 Young boy with baby pig undated 2:117 Changing horse shoes undated 2:118 Bunk house undated 2:119-120 Ranch houses undated 2:121 Turkeys in pen undated 2:122 Three women 1919 2:123 Two cowgirls undated 2:124 Unidentified woman 1919 2:125 Cattle on range undated 2:126 Cowgirl undated 2:127 Picnic lunch 1920 2:128 Old man next to young boy on horse undated 2:129 Young boy on horse undated 2:130 Unidentified woman undated 2:131 Cowgirl undated 2:132 Young cowboy undated 2:133 Group of people on horseback undated 2:134 Girl on horse undated 2:135 Two unknown women and one unknown man undated 2:136 Man and horse undated 2:137 Two unknown women and one unknown man undated 2:138 Two colts undated 2:139 Two colts and mother undated 2:140 Angus cow undated 2:141 Coyote undated 2:142 Horse undated 2:143 Young girl with dogs undated 2:144 Man and woman undated 2:145 Cowboy relaxing undated 2:146 Cowboys in corral undated 2:147 Chicken and turkeys undated 2:148 Sheep in corral undated 2:149-152 Cowboys loading cattle onto train undated 2:153 Mock hold up undated 2:154 Cowboy fun, spanking undated 2:155 Three cowboys undated 2:156 Calf in loading pen undated 2:157 Man and women with dog and cat undated 2:158 Dogs with dead wolf undated 2:159 Outhouse undated 2:160 Chickens next to house undated 2:161 Sheep on the range undated 2:162 Longhorn cattle in corral undated 2:163 Man with gun and dead deer, "My 1918 Buck W.A.K." undated 2:164 Man sitting on chuckwagon undated 2:165 Wagon and horses undated 2:166 Camp scene undated Historic Photo-Board Collection. San Jacinto Ranch undated A-1389a-b Butchering beef for winter 1920 A-1389c Shearing sheep 1920 A-1390a Verna Lou Bowman on tire swing undated A-1390b Dennie Lane and Eddie Frank in a car 1918 A-1390c Loading ice onto truck 1918 A-1390d Car stuck in mud 1918 A-1391a Man with horse 1918 A-1391b Man holding dead bobcat 1918 A-1391c Coyote pelts 1918 A-1391d Horses in corral 1918 A-1392a Trail Camp on cattle drive through Nevada 1918 A-1392b Bed wagon on cattle drive through Nevada 1918 A-1392c Cowboys shooting craps on cattle drive through Nevada 1918 A-1393. Branding Irons of the Utah construction Company San Jacinto Ranch, Wine cup and Shoe sole ranches, 1914-1946 undated A-1396a-d Interior of Bowman's San Jacinto ranch house 1920-1929 A-1397a Wild horses in corrals 1920-1929 A-1397b Loading pins at Tecoma, Nevada 1920-1929 A-1397c Cattle drive to Tecoma, Nevada 1920-1929 A-1397d Goshute Indians in camp 1920-1929 A-1398a Montello, Nevada, Utah Construction Company Ranch headquarters 1921 A-1398b Buggy at post office, San Jacinto, Nevada 1917 A-1398c Post office at San Jacinto, Nevada 1917 A-1398d Old freight stop (stone building), San Jacinto, Nevada 1920-1929 A-1399a Roping cattle 1920-1929 A-1399b Trailing herd through deep snow 1920-1929 A-1399c Cattle dips 1920-1929 A-1399d Branding, man without hat is Ray Wattis 1920-1929 A-1400a Cowboy breaking a horse at San Jacinto 1918 A-1400b Ray Wattis (foreground) watching cowboy break a horse 1918 A-1400c Paul Jones bucked off while breaking a horse undated A-1680a A.W. Bowman in field 1918 A-1680b Bunk house 1918 A-1680c Cook house with bells 1918 A-1681a Shoeing horses in corral 1918 A-1681b Loading ice in ice house 1918 A-1681c Ranch buildings and equipment 1918 A-1684a Man in mountains 1920-1929 A-1684b "The U C Land & Cattle Co. 12 Mile Ranch," 1920-1929 A-1684c Ranch building 1920-1929 A-1688a View of mountains 1918 A-1688b Cars in snow 1918 A-1688c Chuckwagon and cook 1918 A-1689a Remuda 1915 A-1689b Mules 1915 A-1689c Cowboy on horse 1915 A-1690a Drilling(?) equipment 1920-1929 A-1690b-c A.W. Bowman's car in mountains 1920-1929 A-1690d Cowboys eating with Chuckwagon 1920-1929 A-1694a-b Coyote hides 1920-1929 A-1694c Cattle in loading corrals at Tecoma, Nevada, school in background 1920-1929 A-1695a Branding 1918 A-1695b Goshute Indians in Canyon 1918 A-1695c Trail camp 1918 A-1695d Cowboy with lariat 1918 A-1697a-b San Jacinto ranch buildings 1918 A-1697c Reinforced banks of river-bed (Probably Salmon Falls Creek Nevada) 1918 A-1698a Cowboys 1918 A-1698b-c Mules, "Pinto Jack," 1918 A-1699a Three Cowboys with lariats 1918 A-1699b Unidentified northeast Nevada ranch 1918 A-1699c San Jacinto Ranch buildings, Nevada 1918 A-1712a Man with two-wheeled wagon 1920-1929 A-1712b Wild horses in corral 1920-1929 A-1712c Men feeding hogs 1920-1929 A-1712d Butchering hogs 1920-1929 Utah Contruction Company undated A-1403 The Holts Caterpillar; Susanville, California, photo by P.I. Thompson 1913 A-1420 Southern Pacific Railroad near Susanville, California, Fernley-Lassen Branch, photo by P.L. Thompson 1913-1914 A-1601 Susanville, California, scenic view, photo by P.L. Thompson 1913 A-1606 Hauling a Steam Boiler(?) 1913 A-1623 Mt. Lassen in Eruption, photo by P.J. Thompson August 22, 1914