Shleppey, Rose Blanton

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"80 year old old man near San Luis, Colorado who knew Kit Carson when old man was a boy. He told several stories about Kit--Kit & Chief Ourey. Kit and old squaw who wanted a soldier to kill in place of her Indian son whom the soldier killed. A life for a life."

Scope and Contents Exterior view of an adobe dwelling situated beneath a rocky outcropping. Men, women and children pose near the entrance. Description on verso, written by Rose Blanton Shleppey, reads: Costilla River, N. Mex. 8 or 10 m. above Costilla town. Tom Tobin's own story. Tom Tobin was here at a sheep camp - when a large brown bear came down around the cliff and caught up a child 2 or 3 years old. The parents were too frightened to do anything. Tom Tobin had only a bowie knife on him but he...

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Series of 3 snapshots featuring an "old cowboy", Melrose, New Mexico.

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View of the stone wall and gate of an old estate, at Pojoaque, New Mexico.

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Rose Blanton Shleppey review of The Tribes Go Up by Benjamin Franklin Belvin, 1914-1999. Revised typed talk given by Shleppey to the University Baptist Church.

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Exterior view of the church facade.

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Kit Carson III pictured at about age 20, wearing Tom Tobin's clothes. Handwritten note on verso by Rose Shleppey continues "...Bear collar and buckskin work on suit done by father of baby. He (Tobin) saved when bear grabbed it; man and wife made clothes in appreciation for Tobin saving child."

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Photo-reproduction of a studio portrait of the eldest son of Kit Carson.

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Handwritten and signed letter from Cherry [?] to Rose Shleppey [?] concerning money appropriated by the Oklahoma Historical Society for a historical marker for Sam Houston and the Cherokees.

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This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.