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Title: Seth E. Ward
Description: Article details the life of Seth E. Ward, 1820-1903, pioneer trader and freighter on the old Santa Fe Trail. Also a resident of Westport. He came to this area in June of 1838 and went on to western travels as a trapper, learning the Indian ways. Robert Campbell helped him later to establish himself as an independent trader and Ward set up a successful freighting business in Westport. Article describes the contents of Ward's papers held at the Wyoming Historical Department and includes a photo of Ward and some of his correspondance and articles of agreement.
Date: 1927-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Father of California Gold Rush, John Sutter, Also Prospected in Westport
Description: Article tells the story of John A. Sutter, a Swiss-German emigrant, soldier and trader who settled in Westport in 1836. His warehouse and store "catered to the Santa Fe trade," but Sutter's debts left him penniless.
Date: 2008-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: John Francisco Richards
Description: One paragraph each about the two wives of John Francisco Richards, or John Richards. Description of Martha Harrelson of Sibley, married in 1857 and dying in 1874 as the mother of May Richards, "the widow of John G. Waples [or John Waples] of Fort Worth, Texas." Mention of Lucia Durfee of Leavenworth, married in 1877 and dying in 1906.
Date: 1923-12-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

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