Manuscript Notes Written By Herbert O. Brayer

Brayer, Herbert O.

Publication: nd ca 1949, NP

140 pages in a highly legible hand of manuscript notes by Herbert O. Brayer while researching work on the American cattle industry and its development. Sections focus on Wyoming, with 94 detailed entries to include information on Thos. Swan, James Tuttle, Hubert Engelbrecht Teschemacker, Cullen Watt, Posey S. Wilson, John W. Snyder, Chauncy Stoddard, A.C. Snyder, John R. Smith, Barton T. Ryan, Thomas W. Peters, A.H. Reel, Horace A. Roy, George F. Morgan, Worden P. Nobel, Eugene B Mather, Hiram S. Manville, John Luman, John D. Louchs, H.B. Kelley, John Lee, Jesse Knight, Fred G.S. Hesse, Henry Held, Marion C. Harris, Ora Haley, Robt. H. Hall, Edwin R. Hurd, Robert E. Fitch, Dwight Fisk, John H. Douglas, Samuel Fairfield, James B. Culver, A.R. Converse, Charles F. Coffee, Wm. J. Clarke, Hon. J.M. Carey, Frank M. Canton, James V. Cantlin, Charles H. Burritt, Nathaniel K. Boswell, Chas. E. Blydenburgh, Delos Babcock, A.T. Babbitt, Jesse L. Atkinson, Mowry A. Arnold, Thomas Alsop, etc.; Colorado, with 135 entries to include detailed information on Wm. H. Adams, Edward Arthur, Casimiro Barelo, Elton J. Beckwith, A.A. Brookfield, J. Wesley Calvin, Judge C.C. Carpenter, Hon. James N. Carlisle, Hon. Job A. Cooper, J.L. Church, F.A. Deopke, Ethan Cowler, Chas. Emerson, Ezra Elliott, George Warren Fiske, Andrew Gilchrist, C.C. Gird, Isaac Gotthelf, Peter Hansen, G.F. Hermann, Frank Hunter, Peter K. Dotson, Henry Kellogg, Henry H. Metcalf, Asa F. Middaugh, Daniel E. Newcomb, W.J. Roberts, R.C. Perkins, Morton E. Post, John T. Carlin, Jacob Scherrer, R.P. Stockton, H.F. Sturdevant, Jacob Scherrer, Frank Alexander Waters, Lesle Wainwright, Henry Wedeling, J.W. Widderfield, C.W. Wulfgen, D.M. Holden, L.M. Campbell, Charles S. Parsons, Thomas B. Collins, Stephen H. Standert, Westley H. Nelson, frank Nixon, W.A. Haws, A. Peterson, N.C. Alford, Henry Gobhert, Fred S. Rockwell, J.F. Brink, Albert A. Paff, Robert Dwyer, T.P. Ernest, etc.; New Mexico, with 15 detailed entries to include information on James C. Leary, George J. Dinkle, J.B. Dawson, Col. Joseph W. Dwyer, Thomas W. Garrard, Dr. E.E. Henriques, Col. John Love, Russell Marcy, Taylor Maulding, W.H. McBroom, Andrew Stewart, Mrs. S.C. Lacy, Michael Slattery, Geoffery McCrohan, James E. Temple, Stephen W. Dorsey, Apolonio Virgil, etc.; Montana, with 23 detailed entries to include information on John Boardman, M.D. Jeffers, Joseph Scott, Ezekiel S. Newman, Col. Thos. J. Bryan, Ethan H. Cowled, Wm. Van Gasken, C.M. Finling, Wm. H. Lee, Judge Jason W. Strevell, etc.; Nevada, with 3 detailed entries to include information on Lewis R. Bradley, Abner Coburn Cleveland, and William Farrington; Idaho including information on Jacob Yearian; Oregon including information on J.H. Parsons; Arizona, with 40 brief entries naming all small raisers of 100-300 cattle; ad Texas, with 5 detailed entries including information on Wm. E. Halsell, John B. Slaughter, Colonel C.C. Slaughter, C.H. Rogers, and George W. Littlefield. Also includes 1-page of hand-drawn brands and ranches to whom each belongs and 1-page hand-written note about saddles. Offers bibliographical references. Manuscript was written in a 10" x 8" spiral notebook. No front binding cover; rear cover unattached. Light soiling and light wear throughout. An extensive compilation of valuable information. We are unable to locate any information about this manuscript ever having been published.