Thomas' parents are Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood. He married Miss Harriette C. Shannon on 3 Sept 1891 in Newport, Vermont.
The Casper Tribune-Herald
Wednesday, July 3, 1935
Page 1 & 10
Thomas B. Hood, Pioneer, Succumbs at Age of 93
Came to State With Band of Sheep in 1883; Services to be Conducted Friday
One of Casper,s most valuable and best known pioneers has reached the trail's end.
Thomas Hart Benson Hood, familiarly known to all as Tom Hood, passed on at 10 o'clock last night at the Soldier's and Sailors' home, where his wife, Mrs. Harriette Hood, has the post of matron, in Buffalo, Wyo.
He was 93 years old.
Failing eyesight caused his retirement from active affairs several years ago. Until their departure for Buffalo in recent months, Casper had been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hood for nearly 45 years.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday. Arrangements are being made by the Gay mortuary.
Active pallbearers will be Charles Bader, Horace Rate, Dave Schoning, Adolph Kanson, Ambrose Hemingway and Duncan McLellan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Davis, Frank Rate, Lew Barker, B. B. Brooks, W. S. Kimball, P. C. Nicolaysen, Ralph Schulte, J. L. Dessert, C. H. Townsend, M. P. Wheeler, Dr. T. A. Dean and William "Missou" Hines.
A survivors of the historic California gold rush, Hood came to Wyoming in 1883, trailing a band of sheep with J. D. Woodruff from Hepner in eastern Oregon. They were five months on the trail.
They followed what was then known as the Burnt Trail through South Pass to the mouth of the Little Popo Agie. Sheep were not permitted on the south side of the river at that time, so Woodruff, after a three day delay, sent the bands on up the north side.
In 1884, half the herd was lost. There were no other sheep in the country at that time, so Hood and Woodruff took to the trail and found them on top of the Owl Creek mountains.
Hood had been in Wyoming once before, but at the tender age of three. Born in Macon county, Mo., on May 6, 1842, the child and his parents were members of a band of emigrants that courageously tackled the Oregon Trail.
To quote D. W. Greenburg, in an article at the time of the Independence Rock rendezvous west of Casper in commemoration of the Covered Wagon Centennial in 1930: "While not generally known, Mr. Hood was a member of the famed Joel Palmer expedition of 1845, which trekked the old Oregon Trail headed for the Oregon country. He made the trip with his parents to Oregon City, where the family settled. He recalls vividly his boyhood days and the colorful stories related around the home fires of that memorable expedition. Mr. Hood will probably be the only pioneer present at the (Independence Rock) celebration who traveled the old trail in that year.'
Followed
Gold Strikes
When only a lad of seven, Tom Hood accompanied his parents to Sacramento, Calif., then only a village of tents and shacks. While the thousands of gold seekers were stumbling their way across the plains from east and south, and the rumbling wagon trains formed a procession almost without end, the Hood family quietly slipped in from the Golden Gate, having come down the coast from Oregon City in a little two-masted schooner.
Andrew Hood, Tom's father, was a Missouri pioneer of the old stock. He is mentioned in Bancroft's History of Oregon, and in "Journeys Over the Rocky Mountains" by Reuben G. Thwaits.
As he grew to manhood, Tom Hood followed placer mining in California, going northward to the Salmon river in 1862, and to the historic gold strike of Orefino, Elk City and Boise Basin, in Civil War days.
Meeting the late J. D. Woodruff in Hepner, Ore., he agreed to an expedition across the plains; together they trailed the band of sheep, containing 7,000 head when they started, from Hepner to Fremont county, Wyoming, in 1883. Besides other difficulties they encountered trouble with cattlemen. There was no lack of diversions and adventure in those days.
Mr. Hood met and married Mrs. Hood at the home of the bride's parents in Newport, Va., and brought her to Wyoming in 1890. She is widely known throughout the state, and for many years was most active in political as well as community and social circles. During the administration of Gov. Nellie Taylce Ross, she held the position of state commissioner of child welfare.
Ever since their arrival in Wyoming, in September, 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Hood had been residents in either Casper or Thermopolis. Casper was their home for the most of the intervening 45 years. He was engaged, until retirement, in the sheep business.
Even to the last, although his eyesight had failed him, Mr. Hood was keen and alert of mind, an interesting conversationalist, and until of late a man in good health.
He was a big, robust man, of energetic temperament.
Many changes had occurred in Casper, since he came here in the previous century, he recalled on his 90th birthday, Casper, in 1888, consisted of the CY ranch and a few dozen frame buildings, he reminisced. He went into business for himself at that time. His headquarters was an Indian loge made at Ft. Washakie. There were no sheep wagons in those days, as now. Wool was hauled to Rawlins in 1893, he related, at six cents per pound, for shipment directly to Boston as there were no markets or wool buyers nearer than Chicago.
Then came the era of the railroads. He remembered that well; how in 1888 the Chicago and Northwestern railway was building west and long-haul freighting was shortened.
Survived By Widow And Nephew
Those who survive him are the widow and a nephew, Dan Ralson, well-known Natrona county ranchman.
Before joining the ranks of pioneers, his father, Andrew Hood, had been in the merchant tailoring business in Missouri, then "father west." Thomas H. Benton was then United States senator from Missouri, the father of Mrs. John C. Fremont and a notable figure in his day. When Tom Hood was born he was named for this statesman.
The Joel Palmer expedition was one of the most famous of any which traveled the old trail to Oregon and the Paacific Northwest, Palmer, who had settled in Indiana, decided in 1845 to investigate the new "promised land" - the Oregon country - before removing his family there. Arriving at the Missouri frontier, he joined a caravan of 3,000 persons, and soon became one of its leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hood and their infant sons were members of that caravan.
Palmer kept a journal, a most interesting document today, on that journey. It is one of the most remarkable publications of its kind.
In picturesque, reportorial phraseology, Palmer noted highlights of the venturesome trip. He returned to Indiana, organized another caravan and this time took his family along to Oregon, in 1847. He subsequently became a notable figure in the political life of Oregon.
Tom Hood was an only son, but had three sisters, all since deceased. He leaves no children.
The Casper Tribune-Herald
Wednesday, July 3, 1935
Page 1 & 10
Thomas B. Hood, Pioneer, Succumbs at Age of 93
Came to State With Band of Sheep in 1883; Services to be Conducted Friday
One of Casper,s most valuable and best known pioneers has reached the trail's end.
Thomas Hart Benson Hood, familiarly known to all as Tom Hood, passed on at 10 o'clock last night at the Soldier's and Sailors' home, where his wife, Mrs. Harriette Hood, has the post of matron, in Buffalo, Wyo.
He was 93 years old.
Failing eyesight caused his retirement from active affairs several years ago. Until their departure for Buffalo in recent months, Casper had been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hood for nearly 45 years.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday. Arrangements are being made by the Gay mortuary.
Active pallbearers will be Charles Bader, Horace Rate, Dave Schoning, Adolph Kanson, Ambrose Hemingway and Duncan McLellan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Davis, Frank Rate, Lew Barker, B. B. Brooks, W. S. Kimball, P. C. Nicolaysen, Ralph Schulte, J. L. Dessert, C. H. Townsend, M. P. Wheeler, Dr. T. A. Dean and William "Missou" Hines.
A survivors of the historic California gold rush, Hood came to Wyoming in 1883, trailing a band of sheep with J. D. Woodruff from Hepner in eastern Oregon. They were five months on the trail.
They followed what was then known as the Burnt Trail through South Pass to the mouth of the Little Popo Agie. Sheep were not permitted on the south side of the river at that time, so Woodruff, after a three day delay, sent the bands on up the north side.
In 1884, half the herd was lost. There were no other sheep in the country at that time, so Hood and Woodruff took to the trail and found them on top of the Owl Creek mountains.
Hood had been in Wyoming once before, but at the tender age of three. Born in Macon county, Mo., on May 6, 1842, the child and his parents were members of a band of emigrants that courageously tackled the Oregon Trail.
To quote D. W. Greenburg, in an article at the time of the Independence Rock rendezvous west of Casper in commemoration of the Covered Wagon Centennial in 1930: "While not generally known, Mr. Hood was a member of the famed Joel Palmer expedition of 1845, which trekked the old Oregon Trail headed for the Oregon country. He made the trip with his parents to Oregon City, where the family settled. He recalls vividly his boyhood days and the colorful stories related around the home fires of that memorable expedition. Mr. Hood will probably be the only pioneer present at the (Independence Rock) celebration who traveled the old trail in that year.'
Followed
Gold Strikes
When only a lad of seven, Tom Hood accompanied his parents to Sacramento, Calif., then only a village of tents and shacks. While the thousands of gold seekers were stumbling their way across the plains from east and south, and the rumbling wagon trains formed a procession almost without end, the Hood family quietly slipped in from the Golden Gate, having come down the coast from Oregon City in a little two-masted schooner.
Andrew Hood, Tom's father, was a Missouri pioneer of the old stock. He is mentioned in Bancroft's History of Oregon, and in "Journeys Over the Rocky Mountains" by Reuben G. Thwaits.
As he grew to manhood, Tom Hood followed placer mining in California, going northward to the Salmon river in 1862, and to the historic gold strike of Orefino, Elk City and Boise Basin, in Civil War days.
Meeting the late J. D. Woodruff in Hepner, Ore., he agreed to an expedition across the plains; together they trailed the band of sheep, containing 7,000 head when they started, from Hepner to Fremont county, Wyoming, in 1883. Besides other difficulties they encountered trouble with cattlemen. There was no lack of diversions and adventure in those days.
Mr. Hood met and married Mrs. Hood at the home of the bride's parents in Newport, Va., and brought her to Wyoming in 1890. She is widely known throughout the state, and for many years was most active in political as well as community and social circles. During the administration of Gov. Nellie Taylce Ross, she held the position of state commissioner of child welfare.
Ever since their arrival in Wyoming, in September, 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Hood had been residents in either Casper or Thermopolis. Casper was their home for the most of the intervening 45 years. He was engaged, until retirement, in the sheep business.
Even to the last, although his eyesight had failed him, Mr. Hood was keen and alert of mind, an interesting conversationalist, and until of late a man in good health.
He was a big, robust man, of energetic temperament.
Many changes had occurred in Casper, since he came here in the previous century, he recalled on his 90th birthday, Casper, in 1888, consisted of the CY ranch and a few dozen frame buildings, he reminisced. He went into business for himself at that time. His headquarters was an Indian loge made at Ft. Washakie. There were no sheep wagons in those days, as now. Wool was hauled to Rawlins in 1893, he related, at six cents per pound, for shipment directly to Boston as there were no markets or wool buyers nearer than Chicago.
Then came the era of the railroads. He remembered that well; how in 1888 the Chicago and Northwestern railway was building west and long-haul freighting was shortened.
Survived By Widow And Nephew
Those who survive him are the widow and a nephew, Dan Ralson, well-known Natrona county ranchman.
Before joining the ranks of pioneers, his father, Andrew Hood, had been in the merchant tailoring business in Missouri, then "father west." Thomas H. Benton was then United States senator from Missouri, the father of Mrs. John C. Fremont and a notable figure in his day. When Tom Hood was born he was named for this statesman.
The Joel Palmer expedition was one of the most famous of any which traveled the old trail to Oregon and the Paacific Northwest, Palmer, who had settled in Indiana, decided in 1845 to investigate the new "promised land" - the Oregon country - before removing his family there. Arriving at the Missouri frontier, he joined a caravan of 3,000 persons, and soon became one of its leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hood and their infant sons were members of that caravan.
Palmer kept a journal, a most interesting document today, on that journey. It is one of the most remarkable publications of its kind.
In picturesque, reportorial phraseology, Palmer noted highlights of the venturesome trip. He returned to Indiana, organized another caravan and this time took his family along to Oregon, in 1847. He subsequently became a notable figure in the political life of Oregon.
Tom Hood was an only son, but had three sisters, all since deceased. He leaves no children.
Thomas' parents are Andrew and Ann (McCann) Hood. He married Miss Harriette C. Shannon on 3 Sept 1891 in Newport, Vermont.
The Casper Tribune-Herald
Wednesday, July 3, 1935
Page 1 & 10
Thomas B. Hood, Pioneer, Succumbs at Age of 93
Came to State With Band of Sheep in 1883; Services to be Conducted Friday
One of Casper,s most valuable and best known pioneers has reached the trail's end.
Thomas Hart Benson Hood, familiarly known to all as Tom Hood, passed on at 10 o'clock last night at the Soldier's and Sailors' home, where his wife, Mrs. Harriette Hood, has the post of matron, in Buffalo, Wyo.
He was 93 years old.
Failing eyesight caused his retirement from active affairs several years ago. Until their departure for Buffalo in recent months, Casper had been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hood for nearly 45 years.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday. Arrangements are being made by the Gay mortuary.
Active pallbearers will be Charles Bader, Horace Rate, Dave Schoning, Adolph Kanson, Ambrose Hemingway and Duncan McLellan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Davis, Frank Rate, Lew Barker, B. B. Brooks, W. S. Kimball, P. C. Nicolaysen, Ralph Schulte, J. L. Dessert, C. H. Townsend, M. P. Wheeler, Dr. T. A. Dean and William "Missou" Hines.
A survivors of the historic California gold rush, Hood came to Wyoming in 1883, trailing a band of sheep with J. D. Woodruff from Hepner in eastern Oregon. They were five months on the trail.
They followed what was then known as the Burnt Trail through South Pass to the mouth of the Little Popo Agie. Sheep were not permitted on the south side of the river at that time, so Woodruff, after a three day delay, sent the bands on up the north side.
In 1884, half the herd was lost. There were no other sheep in the country at that time, so Hood and Woodruff took to the trail and found them on top of the Owl Creek mountains.
Hood had been in Wyoming once before, but at the tender age of three. Born in Macon county, Mo., on May 6, 1842, the child and his parents were members of a band of emigrants that courageously tackled the Oregon Trail.
To quote D. W. Greenburg, in an article at the time of the Independence Rock rendezvous west of Casper in commemoration of the Covered Wagon Centennial in 1930: "While not generally known, Mr. Hood was a member of the famed Joel Palmer expedition of 1845, which trekked the old Oregon Trail headed for the Oregon country. He made the trip with his parents to Oregon City, where the family settled. He recalls vividly his boyhood days and the colorful stories related around the home fires of that memorable expedition. Mr. Hood will probably be the only pioneer present at the (Independence Rock) celebration who traveled the old trail in that year.'
Followed
Gold Strikes
When only a lad of seven, Tom Hood accompanied his parents to Sacramento, Calif., then only a village of tents and shacks. While the thousands of gold seekers were stumbling their way across the plains from east and south, and the rumbling wagon trains formed a procession almost without end, the Hood family quietly slipped in from the Golden Gate, having come down the coast from Oregon City in a little two-masted schooner.
Andrew Hood, Tom's father, was a Missouri pioneer of the old stock. He is mentioned in Bancroft's History of Oregon, and in "Journeys Over the Rocky Mountains" by Reuben G. Thwaits.
As he grew to manhood, Tom Hood followed placer mining in California, going northward to the Salmon river in 1862, and to the historic gold strike of Orefino, Elk City and Boise Basin, in Civil War days.
Meeting the late J. D. Woodruff in Hepner, Ore., he agreed to an expedition across the plains; together they trailed the band of sheep, containing 7,000 head when they started, from Hepner to Fremont county, Wyoming, in 1883. Besides other difficulties they encountered trouble with cattlemen. There was no lack of diversions and adventure in those days.
Mr. Hood met and married Mrs. Hood at the home of the bride's parents in Newport, Va., and brought her to Wyoming in 1890. She is widely known throughout the state, and for many years was most active in political as well as community and social circles. During the administration of Gov. Nellie Taylce Ross, she held the position of state commissioner of child welfare.
Ever since their arrival in Wyoming, in September, 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Hood had been residents in either Casper or Thermopolis. Casper was their home for the most of the intervening 45 years. He was engaged, until retirement, in the sheep business.
Even to the last, although his eyesight had failed him, Mr. Hood was keen and alert of mind, an interesting conversationalist, and until of late a man in good health.
He was a big, robust man, of energetic temperament.
Many changes had occurred in Casper, since he came here in the previous century, he recalled on his 90th birthday, Casper, in 1888, consisted of the CY ranch and a few dozen frame buildings, he reminisced. He went into business for himself at that time. His headquarters was an Indian loge made at Ft. Washakie. There were no sheep wagons in those days, as now. Wool was hauled to Rawlins in 1893, he related, at six cents per pound, for shipment directly to Boston as there were no markets or wool buyers nearer than Chicago.
Then came the era of the railroads. He remembered that well; how in 1888 the Chicago and Northwestern railway was building west and long-haul freighting was shortened.
Survived By Widow And Nephew
Those who survive him are the widow and a nephew, Dan Ralson, well-known Natrona county ranchman.
Before joining the ranks of pioneers, his father, Andrew Hood, had been in the merchant tailoring business in Missouri, then "father west." Thomas H. Benton was then United States senator from Missouri, the father of Mrs. John C. Fremont and a notable figure in his day. When Tom Hood was born he was named for this statesman.
The Joel Palmer expedition was one of the most famous of any which traveled the old trail to Oregon and the Paacific Northwest, Palmer, who had settled in Indiana, decided in 1845 to investigate the new "promised land" - the Oregon country - before removing his family there. Arriving at the Missouri frontier, he joined a caravan of 3,000 persons, and soon became one of its leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hood and their infant sons were members of that caravan.
Palmer kept a journal, a most interesting document today, on that journey. It is one of the most remarkable publications of its kind.
In picturesque, reportorial phraseology, Palmer noted highlights of the venturesome trip. He returned to Indiana, organized another caravan and this time took his family along to Oregon, in 1847. He subsequently became a notable figure in the political life of Oregon.
Tom Hood was an only son, but had three sisters, all since deceased. He leaves no children.
The Casper Tribune-Herald
Wednesday, July 3, 1935
Page 1 & 10
Thomas B. Hood, Pioneer, Succumbs at Age of 93
Came to State With Band of Sheep in 1883; Services to be Conducted Friday
One of Casper,s most valuable and best known pioneers has reached the trail's end.
Thomas Hart Benson Hood, familiarly known to all as Tom Hood, passed on at 10 o'clock last night at the Soldier's and Sailors' home, where his wife, Mrs. Harriette Hood, has the post of matron, in Buffalo, Wyo.
He was 93 years old.
Failing eyesight caused his retirement from active affairs several years ago. Until their departure for Buffalo in recent months, Casper had been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hood for nearly 45 years.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday. Arrangements are being made by the Gay mortuary.
Active pallbearers will be Charles Bader, Horace Rate, Dave Schoning, Adolph Kanson, Ambrose Hemingway and Duncan McLellan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Davis, Frank Rate, Lew Barker, B. B. Brooks, W. S. Kimball, P. C. Nicolaysen, Ralph Schulte, J. L. Dessert, C. H. Townsend, M. P. Wheeler, Dr. T. A. Dean and William "Missou" Hines.
A survivors of the historic California gold rush, Hood came to Wyoming in 1883, trailing a band of sheep with J. D. Woodruff from Hepner in eastern Oregon. They were five months on the trail.
They followed what was then known as the Burnt Trail through South Pass to the mouth of the Little Popo Agie. Sheep were not permitted on the south side of the river at that time, so Woodruff, after a three day delay, sent the bands on up the north side.
In 1884, half the herd was lost. There were no other sheep in the country at that time, so Hood and Woodruff took to the trail and found them on top of the Owl Creek mountains.
Hood had been in Wyoming once before, but at the tender age of three. Born in Macon county, Mo., on May 6, 1842, the child and his parents were members of a band of emigrants that courageously tackled the Oregon Trail.
To quote D. W. Greenburg, in an article at the time of the Independence Rock rendezvous west of Casper in commemoration of the Covered Wagon Centennial in 1930: "While not generally known, Mr. Hood was a member of the famed Joel Palmer expedition of 1845, which trekked the old Oregon Trail headed for the Oregon country. He made the trip with his parents to Oregon City, where the family settled. He recalls vividly his boyhood days and the colorful stories related around the home fires of that memorable expedition. Mr. Hood will probably be the only pioneer present at the (Independence Rock) celebration who traveled the old trail in that year.'
Followed
Gold Strikes
When only a lad of seven, Tom Hood accompanied his parents to Sacramento, Calif., then only a village of tents and shacks. While the thousands of gold seekers were stumbling their way across the plains from east and south, and the rumbling wagon trains formed a procession almost without end, the Hood family quietly slipped in from the Golden Gate, having come down the coast from Oregon City in a little two-masted schooner.
Andrew Hood, Tom's father, was a Missouri pioneer of the old stock. He is mentioned in Bancroft's History of Oregon, and in "Journeys Over the Rocky Mountains" by Reuben G. Thwaits.
As he grew to manhood, Tom Hood followed placer mining in California, going northward to the Salmon river in 1862, and to the historic gold strike of Orefino, Elk City and Boise Basin, in Civil War days.
Meeting the late J. D. Woodruff in Hepner, Ore., he agreed to an expedition across the plains; together they trailed the band of sheep, containing 7,000 head when they started, from Hepner to Fremont county, Wyoming, in 1883. Besides other difficulties they encountered trouble with cattlemen. There was no lack of diversions and adventure in those days.
Mr. Hood met and married Mrs. Hood at the home of the bride's parents in Newport, Va., and brought her to Wyoming in 1890. She is widely known throughout the state, and for many years was most active in political as well as community and social circles. During the administration of Gov. Nellie Taylce Ross, she held the position of state commissioner of child welfare.
Ever since their arrival in Wyoming, in September, 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Hood had been residents in either Casper or Thermopolis. Casper was their home for the most of the intervening 45 years. He was engaged, until retirement, in the sheep business.
Even to the last, although his eyesight had failed him, Mr. Hood was keen and alert of mind, an interesting conversationalist, and until of late a man in good health.
He was a big, robust man, of energetic temperament.
Many changes had occurred in Casper, since he came here in the previous century, he recalled on his 90th birthday, Casper, in 1888, consisted of the CY ranch and a few dozen frame buildings, he reminisced. He went into business for himself at that time. His headquarters was an Indian loge made at Ft. Washakie. There were no sheep wagons in those days, as now. Wool was hauled to Rawlins in 1893, he related, at six cents per pound, for shipment directly to Boston as there were no markets or wool buyers nearer than Chicago.
Then came the era of the railroads. He remembered that well; how in 1888 the Chicago and Northwestern railway was building west and long-haul freighting was shortened.
Survived By Widow And Nephew
Those who survive him are the widow and a nephew, Dan Ralson, well-known Natrona county ranchman.
Before joining the ranks of pioneers, his father, Andrew Hood, had been in the merchant tailoring business in Missouri, then "father west." Thomas H. Benton was then United States senator from Missouri, the father of Mrs. John C. Fremont and a notable figure in his day. When Tom Hood was born he was named for this statesman.
The Joel Palmer expedition was one of the most famous of any which traveled the old trail to Oregon and the Paacific Northwest, Palmer, who had settled in Indiana, decided in 1845 to investigate the new "promised land" - the Oregon country - before removing his family there. Arriving at the Missouri frontier, he joined a caravan of 3,000 persons, and soon became one of its leaders. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hood and their infant sons were members of that caravan.
Palmer kept a journal, a most interesting document today, on that journey. It is one of the most remarkable publications of its kind.
In picturesque, reportorial phraseology, Palmer noted highlights of the venturesome trip. He returned to Indiana, organized another caravan and this time took his family along to Oregon, in 1847. He subsequently became a notable figure in the political life of Oregon.
Tom Hood was an only son, but had three sisters, all since deceased. He leaves no children.
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