AHJ_ah09849 Inventory of Braehead Memories manuscriptbefore 1976 Braehead Memories manuscript Processed by Ronda Frazier The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort February 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Morton, Emma Cross Braehead Memories manuscript before 1976 09849 0.75 cubic ft. (3 slim document boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English “Braehead Memories,” are the three-volume memoirs of Wyoming cattle rancher George Harry Cross with copies of photographs, correspondence, and other documents compiled by his daughter Emma Cross Morton, and named for their historic Braehead Ranch near Douglas, Wyoming. Biography of Emma Cross Morton

Emma Criss Cross Morton was one of ten children of George Harry and Lea Marie (Levassuer) Cross. She grew up on the Braehead Ranch located southwest of Douglas, Wyoming, in Converse County. The ranch was built by her father George who was a successful cattle rancher and businessman as well as a government official who served as a senator from Converse County in the third, fourth, fifth, tenth, and eleventh sessions of the state legislature. He was elected one of the first three Converse County Commissioners and was the Postmaster of Beaver, Wyoming from 1893 to 1909. Braehead Ranch, named after Cross’s ancestral home in Scotland, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

 Scope and Content

The Braehead Memories manuscript incorporates the three-volume memoirs of her father, pioneer ranchman George Harry Cross. It includes ancestral history and tells the story of his life and the life of his family through first person narrative, and copies of letters, photographs, business records, newspaper clippings, drawings, and other documents. It begins with Cross’s birth in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, tells of his trek to Wyoming Territory in 1875, becoming a cowboy and his start in the cattle business, applying for citizenship in Wyoming in 1883, and building the famous Braehead ranch near Douglas, Wyoming. It also tells of the five terms he served as a state senator for Converse County. The manuscript contains a great deal of history about cattle ranching in Wyoming, the town of Douglas, Converse County, Fort Fetterman, cattle brands, politics, and Wyoming history in general.

 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 other known archival collections created by Emma Cross Morton at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

Emma Cross Morton donated her manuscript to the American Heritage Center in 1982 and 1983.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Ronda Frazier in December 2005.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Braehead Memories, Collection Number 09849, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Cross, George Harry, 1854-1946. Ranch life--Wyoming. Postmasters--Wyoming. Legislators--Wyoming. Cattle breeders--Wyoming. Cattle trade--Wyoming. Ranches--Wyoming. Cowboys. Ranching. Literature. Wyoming--Biography. Converse County (Wyo.) Wyoming--History--To 1889. Wyoming--History--1890-1918. Braehead Ranch (Wyo.) Manuscripts. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List 1 Braehead Memories Volume I 1854-1883

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 2 Braehead Memories Volume II 1883-1893

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 3 Braehead Memories Volume III 1893-1911, undated

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