Montana State University/Libraries
Collection 532 - Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939
Creator: Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939
Provenance Note: Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.
Historical Note: Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.
Content Description Note: The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922
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Montana Historical Society Archives
225 N. Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
(406) 444-4774
[email protected]
Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to Mary Stuart, daughter of one of his employers, Granville Stuart. The couple married on September 29, 1889, and settled on the 3 Deuce Ranch at Giltedge. They had ten children: Katie Anne (1890), Charles Edward, Jr. (1892), Mary E. (1895-1904), William (1897-1897), Elsie Blue (1898), Granville S. (1901), James (1903), William Robert [Robert] (1906), Teddie Blue [Ted] (1909), and Mary Inez (1912). Teddy Blue Abbott was a longtime member of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, he served six years on the Montana Stock Commission for Fergus County, thirty years as a member of the Democratic Central Committee, and sixteen years as a school trustee, and, in 1924, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature. In 1938, Abbott collaborated with Helena Huntington Smith (Mrs. Henry F. Pringle) on his autobiography "We Pointed Them North," the story of his years as a cowpuncher on the Texas cattle drives and his experiences on Montana's open range in the 1880s. Teddy Blue Abbott died of pneumonia April 7, 1939, days after the book was published. Mary Stuart Abbott was born February 2, 1870, in Deer Lodge, Montana, to Granville and Awbonnie Stuart. She died February 5, 1967, in Lewistown. She spent her later years with daughter Mary Inez Swanson Matejcek.
Collection 532 - Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939
Creator: Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939
Provenance Note: Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.
Historical Note: Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.
Content Description Note: The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922
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Montana Historical Society Archives
225 N. Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
(406) 444-4774
[email protected]
Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to Mary Stuart, daughter of one of his employers, Granville Stuart. The couple married on September 29, 1889, and settled on the 3 Deuce Ranch at Giltedge. They had ten children: Katie Anne (1890), Charles Edward, Jr. (1892), Mary E. (1895-1904), William (1897-1897), Elsie Blue (1898), Granville S. (1901), James (1903), William Robert [Robert] (1906), Teddie Blue [Ted] (1909), and Mary Inez (1912). Teddy Blue Abbott was a longtime member of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, he served six years on the Montana Stock Commission for Fergus County, thirty years as a member of the Democratic Central Committee, and sixteen years as a school trustee, and, in 1924, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature. In 1938, Abbott collaborated with Helena Huntington Smith (Mrs. Henry F. Pringle) on his autobiography "We Pointed Them North," the story of his years as a cowpuncher on the Texas cattle drives and his experiences on Montana's open range in the 1880s. Teddy Blue Abbott died of pneumonia April 7, 1939, days after the book was published. Mary Stuart Abbott was born February 2, 1870, in Deer Lodge, Montana, to Granville and Awbonnie Stuart. She died February 5, 1967, in Lewistown. She spent her later years with daughter Mary Inez Swanson Matejcek.
Montana State University/Libraries
Collection 532 - Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939
Creator: Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939
Provenance Note: Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.
Historical Note: Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.
Content Description Note: The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922
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Montana Historical Society Archives
225 N. Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
(406) 444-4774
[email protected]
Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to Mary Stuart, daughter of one of his employers, Granville Stuart. The couple married on September 29, 1889, and settled on the 3 Deuce Ranch at Giltedge. They had ten children: Katie Anne (1890), Charles Edward, Jr. (1892), Mary E. (1895-1904), William (1897-1897), Elsie Blue (1898), Granville S. (1901), James (1903), William Robert [Robert] (1906), Teddie Blue [Ted] (1909), and Mary Inez (1912). Teddy Blue Abbott was a longtime member of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, he served six years on the Montana Stock Commission for Fergus County, thirty years as a member of the Democratic Central Committee, and sixteen years as a school trustee, and, in 1924, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature. In 1938, Abbott collaborated with Helena Huntington Smith (Mrs. Henry F. Pringle) on his autobiography "We Pointed Them North," the story of his years as a cowpuncher on the Texas cattle drives and his experiences on Montana's open range in the 1880s. Teddy Blue Abbott died of pneumonia April 7, 1939, days after the book was published. Mary Stuart Abbott was born February 2, 1870, in Deer Lodge, Montana, to Granville and Awbonnie Stuart. She died February 5, 1967, in Lewistown. She spent her later years with daughter Mary Inez Swanson Matejcek.
Collection 532 - Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek family papers, 1894-1939
Creator: Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939
Provenance Note: Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.
Historical Note: Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.
Content Description Note: The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922
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Montana Historical Society Archives
225 N. Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201
(406) 444-4774
[email protected]
Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born December 17, 1860, in Cranwich Hall, Norfolk County, England. In 1871, he came to the United States with his father, J.B. Abbott. They went to Texas, eventually purchased a cattle herd, and drove it north to Nebraska. Teddy Blue settled with his family at the end of the Texas cattle trail near Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1883, he entered Montana with a herd of longhorns, and two years later, signed on with the DHS Ranch at Fort Maginnis. He became engaged to Mary Stuart, daughter of one of his employers, Granville Stuart. The couple married on September 29, 1889, and settled on the 3 Deuce Ranch at Giltedge. They had ten children: Katie Anne (1890), Charles Edward, Jr. (1892), Mary E. (1895-1904), William (1897-1897), Elsie Blue (1898), Granville S. (1901), James (1903), William Robert [Robert] (1906), Teddie Blue [Ted] (1909), and Mary Inez (1912). Teddy Blue Abbott was a longtime member of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, he served six years on the Montana Stock Commission for Fergus County, thirty years as a member of the Democratic Central Committee, and sixteen years as a school trustee, and, in 1924, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature. In 1938, Abbott collaborated with Helena Huntington Smith (Mrs. Henry F. Pringle) on his autobiography "We Pointed Them North," the story of his years as a cowpuncher on the Texas cattle drives and his experiences on Montana's open range in the 1880s. Teddy Blue Abbott died of pneumonia April 7, 1939, days after the book was published. Mary Stuart Abbott was born February 2, 1870, in Deer Lodge, Montana, to Granville and Awbonnie Stuart. She died February 5, 1967, in Lewistown. She spent her later years with daughter Mary Inez Swanson Matejcek.
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