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Driving Cattle from Old Westport to Coast Was Rugged Task 100 Years Ago
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| Title | Driving Cattle from Old Westport to Coast Was Rugged Task 100 Years Ago |
| Abstract | Biographical article about James Gillespie Hamilton by his granddaughter, the author, describing his cattle drive in 1857-1858 from Westport to California as "a member of the firm [Blank & Blank Cattle Company] which occupied the historic building at the northwest corner of Westport road and Pennsylvania avenue," arriving in San Francisco with 715 of their original herd of 1000. |
| Date | July/12/1955 |
| Source | Kansas City Times |
| Location | Vertical File: Pioneer Reminiscences |
| Local Subject | Hamilton, James G.
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 111295 |
| CONTENTdm number | 24801 |
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