Name/Title
Baker People FilesEntry/Object ID
2015.180.11.127Scope and Content
Rans' documentation and research on notable people in Carbon County and its regional environs. (There are a few exceptions to this statement). Files are listed alphabetically by last name and numbered 1-78. A brief statement may be made about the file in Past Perfect to facilitate research. Many files contain newspaper clippings, manuscripts, photocopies from pertinent books and other materials.
ADAMS, NATHAN AND PUTZIERS, CHARLES-File 1 (lynched)
BAKER, JIM-File 2 (mountain man and pioneer)
BAKER, RANSON BRIGHT AND SHARER CLAN-File 3 (Rans' family history)
BALDWIN, MRS. NOYES (JOSEPHINE)-File 4 (mother of Evelyn V. Maghee)
BARLOW, BILL AND MORRIS C. BARROW-File 5 (newspaper man, the same man)
BOSWELL, NATHANIEL KIMBALL-File 6 (story of a Frontier Lawman)
BRANDLEY, HENRY-File 7
BROOKS, JOSEPH-File 8 (accused of murdering wife, acquitted)
BURKE, J. H.-File 9
CAMPBELL, D. B. AND HORTON, LOU-File 10
CAMPBELL, MALCOLM-File 11
CANDLISH, JAMES-File 12
CANTRELL, EDWARD-File 13
CATTLE KATE AND AVERELL, JAMES-File 14
CARLISLE, BILL-File 15 (very informative)
CARROLL, BEN-File 16 (jailor who was assaulted)
CHAPMAN, HARRY-File 17 (rancher and polo player from Australia)
CHIEF WASHAKIE-File 18
CHIVINGTON, L. H.-File 19 (The Last Guard)
CORBIN, LEONARD D. "CURLEY"-File 20 (booklet)
COOLIDGE, SHERMAN-File 21 (Native American clergyman)
CRAIG, N. N. (NUTE)-File 22 (telegrapher)
DALEY, WILLIAM AND DALEY RANCH-File 23
DAVIS, JOE AND MARGARET-File 24
DAVIS, LOUIS G.-File 25 (contains other of his kin information, includes: Wilcox, C. M. and Mary; Mrs. B. A. Lee
DAVIS, MELVILLE-File 26 (murdered his sister)
DEANE, JOHN W.-File 27 (pioneer)
DEMPSEY, JACK-File 28 (horse thief) large file
DICKERSON, JAMES-File 29 (African American Pass Creek Rancher)
DILLON, MALACHI W.-File 30 (mine owner, entrepreneur)
DOCTOR BUNTEN'S BULLS EYE SHARPSHOOTER-File 31
DODGE, GENERAL GRENVILLE M.-File 32
DONNEL AND KNOX AND TANNER AND BRUNING SADDLE & HARNESS-File 33
DONNEL SADDLE AND HARNESS-File 34
DOUGHERTY, AL ("PEGGY")-File 35-Jan 1883
"The Saga of Peggy Dougherty." Sources used: South Pass and Its Tales, by James L. Sherlock and Frontier Days, by Judge W. L. Kuykendall. Details travails of winter mail and passenger stage travels of the J. L. Sanderson & Co. Al Dougherty, driver from Big Sandy to Green River, stuck in blizzard, his struggle to survive. The aftermath of his amputations and was known as "Peg Leg" Dougherty or "Peggy." Spent his summer in Encampment and the Platte Valley, his winters in Rawlins.
Story of his catching a horse thief, and results of man's trial.
DUNBAR, MIKE-File 36-(brother of Jeff Dunbar, both friends and involved with The Wild Bunch and Sundance Kid.
EDWARDS, GEORGE AND LENA-File 37-(killer of wife's lover)
FERRIS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-File 38-(memoirs of the lives and adventures of Benjamin Franklin Ferris and his brother John Charles Ferris. They were uncles to George H. Ferris of Rawlins, WY. [husband of Julia Childs Ferris]).
FERRIS, RALPH S.-File 39
1891-1950. (4th son of George and Julia Childs Ferris, pioneers)
FISK, DWIGHT-File 40-(early freighter and station agent).
FITZGERALD, W. P. (Patrick)-File 41-(rancher and heavy equipment contractor).
GARRETT, T. S.-File 42 (early day freighter)
GOOLDY, JOHN F.-File 43 (wrote "Early Day History of the Little Snake River Valley.")
HAHN, J. P.-File 44-(early day warden at penitentiary)
HANSEN, JAMES ANDERSON-File 45-(architect) 1877-1904.
HAWLEY, WILLIAM MILES-File 46-(freighter and sheriff)
HEATH, SYLVIA HILL-File 47-(pioneer life)
HICKEY, WINIFRED ESPY-File 48-(daughter of Day Espy & Eugenia Blake Espy)
HILDRETH, GEORGE-File 49-
HOWARD, FRANK-File50-(murdered Charley Horn and was legally hung)
HURT, J. J.- File 51-(research on wife Etta Childs Hurt and family, and wool prices in 1920's)
KEEFE, FRANK J.-File 52-(killed two lawmen)
KING, DICK-File 53-(sheepherder shot by soldier 1894)
KLINGER, JOHNNY "REDSHIRT" alias Johnny McAnally-File 54-(others involved in stealing saddle/horses: Samuel H. Morgan; Charlie McAnally, 1896)
LARSEN, JOHN-SCRAPBOOK #9-Miscellaneous-File 55 (miscellaneous pages of photos and articles Rans copied from the Larsen Scrapbook #9 which is housed in museum).
LAWLERS, JIM AND ANN-File 56-(Rans' family friends that he considered his co-adopting parents. He would spend summers with them in McFadden).
LEACH, MILLARD F.-File 57-(Interviewed Big Nose George and was at trial, railroad detective?)
LONGABAUGH, HARRY (THE SUNDANCE KID)-File 58-(wanted poster only)
MAGHEE FAMILY-File 59-(minor genealogy)
MALTEN, JOHN-File 60-(killed two game wardens)
MELDRUM, BOB-File 61-(Newspaper compilations of paper, date, text regarding references to Bob Meldrum and his incidents Some of them include:
Shooting of Noah Wilkerson
Murders miner at Telluride
Reed Meyer arrested
W. W. Hewlitt arrested
Al Lemonine arrested
Eley Ibarra arrested
Editor Boise arrested for libel
Robert Temple shooting
S. W. Parsons, shooter
Chick Bowen shot and killed
Foreclosure on Meldrum and wife
Meldrum skipped bail
F. A. Hadsell and C. E. Ayer to Fort Worth to get him
His store burns to ground
Rest of file consists of newspaper clippings, newspapers, newspaper references with notes, court records, prison records, correspondence from Tom Horn, articles, etc. involving Bob Meldrum. This is a very thick file with much information.
MEYERS, FRANK J.-File 62-(Photographer)
MORROW, JACK-File 63-(Re: his history and the naming of hills and flats, etc.)
MOTT, DR. W. C. AND DR. NEVA MOTT-File 64-(suicides, murder, etc. newspaper references)
MYER, E. REED AKA MEYER- File 65-(horsethief?, legal papers, references)
NEVIN, FRANK-File 66-(convicted of stealing livestock)
NICHOLAS, "NOSEY" DAVE-File 67-(research, photos, and correspondence on family history, etc.) The Alamo, Rumph and Nicholas Saloons.
NICHOLS, DR. F. C.-File 68-(practice medicine under a false license)
NICKELL, WILLIE AND HORN, TOM-File 69-(computer articles on Tom Horn and Willie Nickell, their families and the tragedies.
NYE, BILL-File 70-(newspaper man and humorest)
OSBORNE, JOHN E.-File 71-(typed record of his world trip on ship Laconia; manuscript on comparison of Dr. Osborne and William Jennings Bryan.
OTHER "BIG NOSE GEORGES"-File 72-(printed convoluted stories on various others and distortions of the "real Big Nose George.")
PERKINS, CHARLES F.-File 73-(merchant, trader, list of all newspaper references, many photos, etc.)
RANKIN, JAMES-File 74-(sheriff of Carbon County, sheriff's sale of Rawlins Metallic Paint Co., 4/16/1879.
RAWLINS, GENERAL JOHN AARON-File 75-(general information, booklet)
RIE, CHARLES-File 76-(internet research, soldier, lawman)
RIVERA, RUBIE-File 77-(Personal reminiscences of a rancher, lawman, and Union Pacific Policeman)
RYAN, JOHN (JACK)-File 78-(his saloons, Brunswick Annex; Home Ranch; Teton; Rainbow Rooms; Bull Dog, magazine article-"Wild Bunch Friend or Pinkerton Informant?)Collection
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