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The Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, 1873-1910, Dorothy D. Hirsch
The Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, 1873-1910, Dorothy D. Hirsch
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis is a study of the establishment and exceptional growth of the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company of Hay Creek, Oregon, during the period 1873 to 1910. The operation has been examined to determine the effects of population movement, market conditions, economic trends, and federal land policies on the course of its development.
The data used to analyze the internal character of the business were taken from a collection of the papers of John Griffith Edwards located in the Oregon Historical Society Library. The materials from the collection used were a short history of the Ranch written by John …