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Beck managed the construction and day-to-day operations of the Cody Canal for the Shoshone Irrigation

Company, of which William F.

Although the Shoshone Irrigation Company was not a success, Beck's other investments were profitable,

in Omaha, Nebraska, to invest in their Big Horn Basin irrigation venture, which would become the Shoshone

Irrigation Company .

Irrigation Company Note 5: Cody refers to William E.

Irrigation Company, the concern that actually built the Cody Canal .

Irrigation Company replaced the previous company.

Shoshone Irrigation Company purchased goods from Millis.

from Red Lodge" (Montana) and "Red Lodge debts" refer to the suppliers and the money owed them by Shoshone

Irrigation Company.

Clark, financial manager for Phoebe Hearst, from whom Beck had secured a loan for Shoshone Irrigation

Company .

worked as a land agent in the Big Horn Basin; in 1907 Wallenburg filed but lost a lawsuit against Shoshone

Irrigation Company.

Note 2: "Directors" are the investors of Shoshone Irrigation Company , including Bleistein , Gerrans

Note 4: Beck filed placer mining claims for Cody and other directors of Shoshone Irrigation Company.

Note 4: "Buffalo" refers to the investors in the Shoshone Irrigation Company , including Rumsey , Bleistein

Note 5: "Red Lodge [Montana] people" are the suppliers to whom Shoshone Irrigation Company owed money

Yegen and Co. to whom Shoshone Irrigation Company owed money.

Cody and his partners in the Shoshone Irrigation Company applied for a segregation under the Carey Act

other business interests in and around the town of Cody, had a history of legal disputes with the Shoshone

Irrigation Company.

teamster in Cody, Wyoming, filed a protest against the issuance of land patents for portions of the Shoshone

Irrigation Company's Carey Act segregation.

The protest was adjudicated in favor of Shoshone Irrigation Company and dismissed on July 31, 1900.

Note 2: "Buffalo parties" are the directors of the Shoshone Irrigation Company , including Rumsey , Bleistein

Note 3: The Hearst Estate provided an indemnity bond of $30,000 at 7.5% interest for the Shoshone Irrigation

Company project.

On behalf of Shoshone Irrigation Company Beck managed to sell the Hearsts an indemnity bond of $30,000

The Hearsts provided an indemnity bond of $30,000 at 7.5% interest for the Shoshone Irrigation Company

At Beck's request, Phoebe Hearst agreed to provide an indemnity bond of $30,000 at 7.5% for the Shoshone

Irrigation Company project.

reference to "the new Co" was likely to Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company which later became Shoshone

Irrigation Company.

Note 3: "Stock holders" are the directors and investors of Shoshone Irrigation Company .

Note 3: The "directors" are the investors in Shoshone Irrigation Company , including Rumsey , Gerrans

: The "stenographer" may have been Daisy May Sorrenson, whom Beck hired to work in the office of Shoshone

Irrigation Company ; Beck and Sorrenson married in 1897.

Paxton was being pursued as a potential investor in Shoshone Irrigation Company but later decided against

Note 2: "Parties" are the shareholders in Shoshone Irrigation Company .

Note 3: "Buffalo men" are the investors in Shoshone Irrigation Company , including Rumsey , Bleistein

Cody Canal Note 5: "Red Lodge [Montana] firms" are the suppliers for the irrigation project to whom Shoshone

Irrigation Company owed money.

Alger, who was George Beck's original partner in the venture that eventually became the Shoshone Irrigation

Company .

Note 2: "Buffalo people" and "Buffalo parties" refer to the investors in Shoshone Irrigation Company,

Elliot, Shoshone Irrigation Company's colonization agent.

not identified, but may have been Daisy May Sorrenson, whom Beck hired to work in the office of Shoshone

Irrigation Company; Beck and Sorrenson married in 1897.

Note 3: "Buffalo" refers to the investors in Shoshone Irrigation Company from Buffalo, New York, including

several mineral claims filed by Beck around the Cody area on behalf of Cody and other members of Shoshone

Irrigation Company Note 6: "Stump" or "Stumps" is not identified.

Shoshone Irrigation Company purchased goods from the company.

Sorrenson, a young woman who was a teacher in Marquette, Wyoming, and whom Beck hired to work for Shoshone

Irrigation Company.