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Jeremiah "Sockless Jerry" Simpson

Jeremiah Simpson was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, on March 31, 1842. Simpson and his family relocated to New York State when he was six, and during the Civil War he served in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry, receiving a discharge due to medical reasons. When the war was over, he moved to Indiana and then to Kansas, working as a farmer and cattle rancher. Then, after devastating financial losses, Simpson began his political career by running as a Union Labor Party candidate for the state legislature in 1886 and 1888. Although he lost both of these elections, Simpson rose to the occasion when, in 1889, the newly formed People?s (Populist) Party nominated him for Congress. In that election Simpson ran against James R. Hallowell, a Republican attorney who Simpson derided as a wearer of ?fine silk hosiery?; Hallowell responded by stating that fine hosiery was better than being sockless. This is how Simpson received the nickname ?sockless Jerry.? Simpson won the election and a seat in the House of Representatives, going on to serve three terms from 1891 to 1895, and again from 1897 until 1899. He died on October 23, 1905.

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Messing Brothers Ranch

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

A photograph of cowboys on their horses at Messing Brothers Ranch in Ashland, Kansas, in Clark County. In the foreground are bedrolls and blankets. A windmill and a herd of horses are visible in the background.

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Mess wagon of the S--T outfit, near Lipscomb, Texas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of S--T outfit cowboys seated on the ground eating a meal. A chuckwagon and cook are in the background.

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R. K. Perry watering his round-up herd on the Cimarron River, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

R. K. Perry of Meade, Kansas, seated on a hill overlooking his round-up herd of cattle watering at the Cimarron River, directly south of Englewood, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are cowboys and the herd's 200 head of cattle.

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Dam on the Avery ranch near Englewood, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

A typical scene in western Kansas, where canyons were dammed to hold water for livestock. This view was taken on the Avery ranch near Englewood, Kansas. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible in the background.

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Hereford bull "Columbus"

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a photograph of "Columbus," Frank Rockefeller's famous Hereford bull, which cost $5,050.00 and weighed 2,200 pounds. Rockefeller, 1845-1917, raised purebreed stock on his 12,000 acre ranch near Belvidere in Kiowa County, Kansas.

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Hostetter's ranch south of Coats, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

Hereford heifers on the Hostetter's ranch (owned by Harris and Crane of Ottawa, Kansas) south of Coats, Kansas. A wagon, hay mounds, wooden fences, and out-buildings are also visible in the photograph.

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Cattle round-up on the Medicine River, Kiowa County, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of the round-up of about 2,000 head of cattle, owned by C. P. Fullington of Belvidere, Kansas, near the Medicine River, Kiowa County, Kansas. People seated in a horse-drawn carriage are visible in the foreground.

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Old Powell place on Mule Creek east of Coldwater, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of cattle on the "old Powell place" ranch (now owned by Mr. Smith). The ranch house and barns are visible in the background.

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Fred Tainter's ranch in Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of Fred Tainter's chuckwagon with cowboys seated on the ground eating a meal. Also visible are horses and a herd of cattle in the background.

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