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MS 017 - Charles Rapp Collection

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Title: MS 017 - Charles Rapp Collection, 1874-1878

Primary Creator: Rapp, Charles

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Date Acquired: 09/09/1980

Languages: English

This collection consists of the 15 letters from Charles Rapp to Eva Shepard written from various locations in Wyoming Territory. Mr. Rapp, of New York, discusses gold mining, women homesteaders on the frontier, Mormon immigration, Shoshone and Sioux Indians, and a description of a visit to the Little Big Horn battlefield three days after the battle.

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Charles Rapp was a New Yorker who came to Wyoming during the short-lived gold rush period.  The collection contains 15 letters, written to a friend back home, that describe life in early Wyoming and in the mining camps.  Among the topics discussed are relations with the Indians, the Battle of Little Big Horn, and his feelings of home sickness.

Repository: McCracken Research Library

Access Restrictions: McCracken Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials. Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact McCracken Research Library for more information.

Acquisition Source: David B. Laird, Jr.

Acquisition Method: Donation

Related Materials: Digitized Collection of Charles Rapp - MS 017 in Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Digital Collections.  For more information please see http://library.centerofthewest.org/cdm/search/collection/MS017/order/identi/ad/asc

Preferred Citation: Charles Rapp Collection, MS 17, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West