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Elsie Kray Riddle papers (undated) Collection consists of unpublished manuscript of "Hell on Horses and Women" by Elsie Kray Riddle. Non-fiction autobiography detailing Elsie's youth spent working and living in Hardin, MT and norther Wyoming during the 1910's. Includes names of local members of the Hardin community including her husband, Dewey Riddle, who served two terms as the Big Horn County Sheriff. Throughout the writing brief histories of the areas are included.

Abstract This collection consists of papers for the Charles William Reitsch Family--including Howell (mother-in-law's family) and Alley (mother's family). Papers include diaries (1879-1906) for Charles Q. Alley (Charles' grandfather, of Rockford, Illinois), and financial records (1873-1880, 1914-1927) consisting of account and expenses books. Collection also contains papers for Eloise Garrard Howell (wife of Charles Reitsch) including biographical materials; and school records (1916-1925) from Hardin...