Research on Lydia Wathen and Stout, CO, miscellaneous articles, circa 1970s
Scope and Contents
Lydia Wathen was born on May 25, 1865 in Granville, Illinois. Her family moved to Kansas when she was six years old and settled in Nemaha County, homesteading on 160 acres of land. Her family continued to move around the west including stints in Colorado and Oregon. She married Stephen "Bud" Wathen on August 15, 1885 and had one daughter, Nora, born in 1888. The family settled in Stout, Colorado, for many years, later moving to Fort Collins after the post office at Stout that employed Bud closed. Bud Wathen died on October 24, 1929. In 1936, at the request of her daughter, Lydia wrote a memoir of her travels throughout the west as a young child and adult. Lydia Wathen died March 8, 1962.
Included are photocopies of Lydia Wathen's memoir (the location of the original handwritten memoir is unknown), typed transcripts of the memoir created by Archives and Special Collections staff, research and genealogy on descendants of Lydia Wathen, and local history articles. The memoir was found after Archives and Special Collections purchased a collection from a Denver bookstore.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1970s
Creator
- From the Collection: Colorado State University. Libraries. (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 linear feet (1 record carton, 1 document case)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections Repository
Fort Collins Colorado 80523-1019 USA
970-491-1844
library_dl_specialcollections@mail.colostate.edu