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Life Personography

Darrah, Hudson W., 1864-1929

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interests in and around the town of Cody, Wyoming, had a history of legal disputes with the Shoshone Irrigation Company

In 1899 Darrah filed a protest against the issuance of land patents for portions of the Shoshone Irrigation Company's

Carey Act segregation including the Cody town site, claiming that the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Since the Shoshone Irrigation Company's profitability depended on selling water rights to settlers who

Shoshone Irrigation Company Agreement
January 29, 1904 Texts Records

Shoshone Irrigation Company Agreement

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SHOSHONE IRRIGATION COMPANY , W. F. Cody, President, Bronson Rumsey , Vice-President, H. C.

Hearst the Hearst Estate provided an indemnity bond of $30,000 at 7.5% to the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Shoshone Irrigation Company Agreement MS407.1.10.01 Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural

Minutes of Directors' Meeting of Shoshone Irrigation Company
February 25, 1908 Texts Records

Minutes of Directors' Meeting of Shoshone Irrigation Company

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DIRECTORS' MEETING of the SHOSHONE IRRIGATION COMPANY , held at HOTEL IROQUOIS, Buffalo, New York, 25th

_________________ Pursuant to call made by the President, the Board of Directors of the SHOSHONE IRRIGATION COMPANY

Cody Minutes of Directors' Meeting of Shoshone Irrigation Company MS407.1.10.02 Supported in part by

Life Personography

Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943

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

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

Life Personography

Ryan, Jerry

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shareholder in Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company, which was formed in 1895 and later became Shoshone Irrigation Company

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
June 3 [1895] Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

business partner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, joined Cody as an investor in the Shoshone Irrigation Company

apparently stockholders in the Shoshone Land and Irrigation Company, the predecessor of the Shoshone Irrigation Company

capital to the project, and neither remained in the inner circle of investors when the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Life Personography

Hayden, Charles E., 1866-1938

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Hayden was the surveyor-assistant manager of Shoshone Irrigation Company.

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
September 28, [1896] Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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Shoshone Irrigation Company purchased goods from Millis.

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 9, 1902 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

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

Life Personography

Paxton, William A., 1837-1907

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Cody and George Beck attempted to persuade Paxton to invest in the Shoshone Irrigation Company, but ultimately

Life Personography

Rumsey, Bronson, II, 1854-1946

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As an investor and board member in the Shoshone Irrigation Company, Bronson Rumsey II was one of the

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
October 4, 1897 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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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.

Life Personography

Bleistein, George, 1861-1918

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Bleistein invested in the Shoshone Irrigation Company, served on its board of directors, and had other

Life Personography

Gerrans, Henry M., 1853-1939

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He invested in the Shoshone Irrigation Company in the 1890s, and became one of three members of the company's

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle
May 28, 1902 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle

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Wiley had offered to buy out the Shoshone Irrigation Company, but the deal collapsed because Wiley could

Cody refers to the Cody Canal, the principal project of the Shoshone Irrigation Company.

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
March 2, 1899 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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Cody refers is the Shoshone Irrigation Company .

mentioned by Cody was meant to be settled by persons who would buy their water rights from the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
September 22, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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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.

Life Personography

Alger, Horace Chapin, 1857-1906

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with George Beck, Alger was one of the original partners in the venture that became the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle
March 1, 1900 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle

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

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
August 16, 1900 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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Cody, Wyoming, filed a protest against the issuance of land patents for portions of the Shoshone Irrigation Company's

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
July 8, 1902 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 11, 1904 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
April 30, 1899 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 15, 1903 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
January 22, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
August 8, 1895 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
July 20, 1898 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
September 6, [1899] Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
August 29, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

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

April 2, 1900 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to Perkins

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have inquired of him if we will give you the right of way of the segregated lands of the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
September 14, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
October 2, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
June 14, 1895 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 29, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
June 17, 1897 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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Elliot, Shoshone Irrigation Company's colonization agent.

Life Encyclopedia

William F. Cody Encyclopedia

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The canal was begun by the Shoshone Irrigation Company in 1895 as the first Carey Act project in Wyoming

In 1907 the Shoshone Irrigation Company transferred administration of the canal to the Cody Canal Association

Shoshone Irrigation Company The Shoshone Irrigation Company was the principal vehicle through which William

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 5, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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identified, but may have been Daisy May Sorrenson, whom Beck hired to work in the office of Shoshone Irrigation Company

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
June 4, 1898 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
April 6, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
May 17, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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Shoshone Irrigation Company purchased goods from the company.

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle
March 10, 1902 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to C. L. Hinkle

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Note 5: Cody and his partners in the Shoshone Irrigation Company were then considering an offer from

Life Personography

Biographical Sketches

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Carey Act segregation including the Cody town site, claiming that the Shoshone Irrigation Company

Hayden was the surveyor-assistant manager of Shoshone Irrigation Company.

Cody and George Beck attempted to persuade Paxton to invest in the Shoshone Irrigation Company , but

As an investor and board member in the Shoshone Irrigation Company , Bronson Rumsey II was one of the

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

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
July 5, 1896 Texts Correspondence

Letter from William F. Cody to George T. Beck

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

The Rough Rider, 1899
1899 Memorabilia Programs

The Rough Rider, 1899

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Shoshone Irrigation Company.

In March 1895, the Shoshone Irrigation Company was organized with the following officers and directors

The terms of payment for water rights are fixed by the Shoshone Irrigation Company, and are as follows

The general character of the soil to be irrigated by the Shoshone Irrigation Company's Canal is a rich

July 20, 1901 Texts Newspapers

Colonel William F. Cody — Buffalo Bill

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"With other gentlemen I invested in and organized the Shoshone Irrigation Company.

Colonel William F. Cody — Buffalo Bill
July 20, 1901 Texts Newspapers

Colonel William F. Cody — Buffalo Bill

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"With other gentlemen I invested in and organized the Shoshone Irrigation Company.

The Rough Rider Annual
1902 Memorabilia Programs

The Rough Rider Annual

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Nate Salsbury are among the leaders in the Shoshone Irrigation Company, having canals and ditches already

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