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Hugh Stephenson person

born: [1830-01-01,1831-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q114159501id: p_hugh-stephenson_d6bef6
Probable 70%
Summary:  One of the young men who left St. Louis in 1830 on a journey to Mexico and helped make the Santa Fe Trail.
Completeness: 77/100 Grade B
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Santa Fe1830
cited from The Las Cruces (N… (1891)
Doyle’s house since their separation on account of unpleasant domestic relations, prob- ably bore some weight in the decision of the present case. Doyle gave the required $1000 bond for his appearance at court. — Rustler. ( 66 ) History Of The…

co_founded

trail1830
cited from Freight was carried by pack animals until… (1891)
also by Niles Register. Fifteen thousand dollars worth of merchandise from St. Louis, Missouri, was delivered in Santa Fe in 1822, and the traffic had increased to $120,000 in 1830, the year in which the Las Cruces Republican claims Hugh St…
Santa Fe trail1830
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891) · +1 more
Doyle’s house since their separation on account of unpleasant domestic relations, prob- ably bore some weight in the decision of the present case. Doyle gave the required $1000 bond for his appearance at court. — Rustler. ( 66 ) History Of The…

departed_for

Mexico1830
cited from In the year 1830 a party of young men, well… (1889)
of Henry Miller, Jo Martin and Charley Jolly were found lying on the plains not far from Folsom. Miller had been foreman for Head for twelve years, twelve years. From ihe November 22, 1889, Issue of The Enterprise Early Pioneers The Men W…

discovered

Santa Fe Trail1830
cited from The Las Cruces (N… (1891)
Doyle’s house since their separation on account of unpleasant domestic relations, prob- ably bore some weight in the decision of the present case. Doyle gave the required $1000 bond for his appearance at court. — Rustler. ( 66 ) History Of The…

witnessed

Santa Fe Trail1830
cited from The Las Cruces (N… (1891)
The Las Cruces (N.M.) Republican gives an account of a party of young men, Hugh Stephenson, Lewis Dutton, Lucas Doane, Joshua Sledd, James Kirker, Robert McNight, Henry Corlew and Esteven Chushie, who in 1830, “made the Santa Fe trail and marked …

Sources (5)

In the year 1830 a party of young men, well…

1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Freight was carried by pack animals until…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The Las Cruces (N…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The Las Cruces (N…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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