Guide to the Lucy Ellen Whitehead Gannett collection

Collection

Identifier: H69-19

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Booklet titled Lucy Ellen’s Girlhood Days by Lucy Ellen Whitehead Gannett. The booklet describes her trip west to Denver from Leavenworth City, Kansas in 1866. Her family later moved to Cheyenne as the town was being established. Includes information about social life in early Cheyenne, and about various individuals and events.

Some of the information may be somewhat slanted. For example, Ms. Gannett stated her father "helped to draft the Woman’s Suffrage Bill that was passed at that time." She doesn’t record that Mr. Whitehead, a member of Wyoming’s First Territorial Council, voted against the bill.

Dates

Unknown

Creator

Gannett, Lucy E. Whitehead, 1861-1938 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Biographical Note

Lucy Ellen Whitehead was born in 1861 in Kansas. Her family were some of the first settlers to arrive in Cheyenne in 1867. She was the daughter of James R. Whitehead, who chaired the committee that drafted Cheyenne’s charter, was chosen as Laramie County’s only representative to the 1868 Dakota legislature, and served in Wyoming’s Territorial Legislature. Lucy and her siblings were raised by her maternal aunt, Eliza Montgomery Kuykendall and her husband W.L. Kuykendall. Lucy married William P. Gannett in 1881. Gannett was a Cheyenne businessman, who served as Territorial Treasurer from 1885 to 1888. Ms. Gannett died in Denver in 1938.

Extent

1 file folder

Additional Description

Abstract

Booklet titled Lucy Ellen’s Girlhood Days by Lucy Ellen Whitehead Gannett. The booklet describes her trip west to Denver from Leavenworth City, Kansas in 1866 and her family's time in early Cheyenne, Wyoming.