California Cattle Kings and a London Life Tale
A San Francisco letter portrays California cattle magnates Miller and Lux as powerful and aloof, with a decades long rise from modest roots to multimillionaire status and vast ranch holdings. The piece contrasts railroad barons, grazing laws, and tax burdens with the operatic drift of social life from London theaters to Up Park and tavern circles, weaving in Emma Lyon’s tale of ascent through service and romance.
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San Francisco
Post-Dispatch
Fortune
Warren Hastings
India
Legion
Russia
Shaw
Miller
Lux
California
Nebraska
Geome
Thomas
London
Blackfriars
Budd
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
St. James’s Market
Pall Mall
Kingstreet
Emma
Emms Lyon
America
Eee
John Payne
Up Park
Sussex
Harry F
Diana Vernon
Liz Lane
Baronet
Emma Lady Hamilton Origin Story
Emma born in Preston Lancashire in 1764 to poor parents. Her father Henry Ligon, a laborer, reportedly died in infancy. Her widow mother moved to Harwarden Flintshire and struggled to support Emma with rags bare feet and hard fare.
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Preston
Lancashire
Henry Ligon
Harwarden
Flintshire
Emma
Barbara Freitchie Heroine Named in Quantrell Family Letters
A Baltimore Herald correspondent credits Mrs. Mary A. Quantrell as the true heroine of Whittier’s Barbara Freitchie poem. The account recalls Quantrell, then 32, at her Frederick home as a flag-waving supporter as Stonewall Jackson’s march passed, with officers treating her kindly and no harm coming to her or her daughter Vi Quan trell.
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Barbara Preitchie
Baltimore Herald
Whittier
Barbara Freitchie
Mary A. Quantrell
Quantrell
Jackson
Frederick
Vi Quantrell
Mr. Brown
Government
Stonewall Jackson
Madau
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St. Croix Lumber Company
L. C. Turner
Warner, Dakota
Hanson & Mack
Manders OF & Dealers IN
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Aberdeen
Cattle Kings
Pacific Coast
Lady Hamilton
Warner House
Martin Kile
Foster
Jane Foster
August E. Berg
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Humphrey
Jay Jennings
Trera
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