Letter to Mary Maddux Greenley
Archival materials -- Letter;Envelope
Identifier:
2023.42.82Description
a. Letter on lined loose-leaf paper, front and back. Written in pencil. Dated September 11, 1923. Yampa, CO. Letter to Mary Maddux Greenley (Optimo, NM) from Ralph Maddux (Yampa, CO)."Dear Mary I just got 3 letters and pictures but you did not give any dates did you think I could get out on your route and just wait till you came along. I came up here a month ago am stacking hay at $5 a day and board I got a letter from a neighbor today he said a bear broke a door in my house and broke in the cupboard and ate the bacon lard oat meal syrup and made a hell of a mess I think I will go to Denver and trade my car in on a new 1924 ford they look good to me I have a 1918 5 passenger and a good one but it don't look so nice and I have to get out and crank it I may go to Casper this winter if you are on your way looking for a home you should take a look at Moffat County goodbye from Ralph".
b. Envelope made from white paper. Postmarked Yampa, CO, September 12, 1923, 9:30 am. Sent to "Mrs. A. R. Greenley (Mary Maddux), Optimo, New Mex.". Sent from "Ralph Maddux iel Bro[illegible] Yampa Colo.". The return address is obscured by the postmark and there are pencil scribbles over the front of the envelope.
Ralph Maddux is brother of Mary Maddux Greenley
Content Date:
September 11 1923
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