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Brininstool, E. A. (Earl Alonzo), 1870-1957

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1870-10-10 - 1957-07-28

Biography

Earl Alonzo Brininstool, better known by E. A. Brininstool, was an American cowboy poet.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Philip Gillette Cole Papers, 1876-1937

 Collection
Identifier: MC-1944-47
Scope and Contents

The Journal of the 7th Cavalry's Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, correspondence with Theodore W. Goldin, E. A. Brininstool, and others comprise this collection.

Interesting item: One letter in this collection was penned by Theodore Goldin, survivor of the Custer expedition, to Dr. Cole promising the Cole children a story. Another letter folĀ­ lowed in which Goldin enclosed the story, "A Winter's Raid,'' pertaining to the raid of the 7th Cavalry under Major Reno.

Dates: 1876 - 1937