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	E.W. Whitcomb & son Title E.W. Whitcomb & son Image ID Number S01452 Description E.W. Whitcomb began freighting in the 1850s when he was in his twenties. In 1865, Whitcomb married an Indian in Cheyenne. His obituary in the 1915 Fort Collins paper stated he once lived in a tipi near the north side of the College Avenue bridge. In 1868 he had a ranch on the Box Elder. He sold the ranch in the 1870s and moved to Ferguson Street in Cheyenne. He had a store and extensive ranch operations. He lived till he was over 81 years old. He was killed in June of 1915 by a bolt of lightning on his Wyoming ranch. Source: Evadene Swanson, Fort Collins Review, February 7 1974. Local History Archive Vertical File--Whitcomb. Content Type people Image Source Slides Collection Format image/jpeg File Location Slide Book V page 25 Language English Image Origin Square Slide Digitization Format HP ScanJet 3C Scann Collection Name HistoricPhotographs
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