Agate Fossil Beds Administrative History

CHAPTER 1:
THE COOKS OF AGATE SPRINGS RANCH (continued)

Endnotes

1. This section was taken from the following sources: Karen P. Zimmerman, The Cook Papers: An Archival Collection From Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, prepared under contract for the National Park Service Midwest Regional Office (Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1984) hereinafter referred to as Zimmerman, The Cook Papers Collection, 1984; Mrs. Margaret C. Cook, "History of the Agate Springs Ranch" and "The Cook Family in Sioux County, Nebraska," box 92, Cook Papers; "History of James Henry Cook," [unknown author; written for Morton's History of Nebraska], November 1911, box 92, Cook Papers; and R. Jay Roberts, "A Preliminary Sketch of the History of Agate Springs Ranch," (National Park Service, Scotts Bluff National Monument, August 1965), H2215; and Dr. Robert M. Hunt, Jr., The Agate Hills: History of Paleontological Excavations, 1904-1925, Prepared Under Contract to the National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1984).

2. Ibid.

3. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook, "History of the Agate Springs Ranch" and "The Cook Family in Sioux County, Nebraska," box 92, Cook Papers.

4. As quoted in Lester A. Danielson to Roman Hruska, letter, 1 April 1963, box 26, Cook Papers.

5. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook, "Statement on the Fossil Collecting History in the Agate Springs Fossil Quarries Area," included in Lester A. Danielson to Roman Hruska, letter, 1 April 1963, box 26, Cook Papers.

6. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook, "The Cook Family in Sioux County, Nebraska," box 92, Cook Papers.

7. Ibid.; and Zimmerman, The Cook Papers Collection, 1984.

8. Petition of Guardianship, District Court of Sioux County, Nebraska; James H. Cook, granted 16 December 1920, found in Raymond M. Crossman correspondence, box 25; and Harold J. Cook to Peterson and Devoe, Attorneys, Lincoln, letter, 25 September 1929, box 43, Cook Papers.

9. James H. Cook, Proprietor, Agate Springs Cattle Ranch, Private and Confidential Form Letter to Friends, circa fall 1921, box 90, Cook Papers.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid.; and Harold J. Cook to J. H. Boatsman, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Morrill, Nebraska, letter, 6 March 1922, box 20, Cook Papers.

12. Harold J. Cook to Roy Cochran, Deputy Secretary, Nebraska Department of Public Works, letter, 9 April 1923; and Cochran to Harold J. Cook, letter, 13 April 1923, box 24, Cook Papers.

13. Roy Cochran to Harold J. Cook, letter, 13 October 1929, box 24, Cook Papers.

14. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoefer, State Chairman, Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs, to Dr. Harold J. Cook, letter, 13 February 1926, box 33, Cook Papers.

15. Ibid., letter, 28 January 1926; and Adam McMullen, Governor, State of Nebraska, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 19 February 1926, box 39, Cook Papers.

16. Harold J. Cook to Governor Adam McMullen, letter, 22 April 1926, box 39, Cook Papers.

17. Governor Adam McMullen to Harold J. Cook, letter, 29 April 1926, box 39, Cook Papers.

18. Harold J. Cook, Consulting Geologist, "Statement on the Ownership and Control of Agate Springs Fossil Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska," to Whom It May Concern, 30 April 1955, Cook Papers.

19. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoefer, State Chairman, Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs, to Dr. Harold J. Cook, letter, 31 December 1926, box 33, Cook Papers.

20. Harold J. Cook to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoefer, letter, 20 January 1927, box 33, Cook Papers.

21. Ibid.

22. Governor Adam McMullen to F. E. Edgerton, letter, 31 January 1927, box 7 Departmental Correspondence, folder 16 Park Board 1926-1927, McMullen Papers, Nebraska State Historical Society.

23. Harold J. Cook to Governor Adam McMullen, letter, 22 January 1927, box 39, Cook Papers.

24. Harold J. Cook to Senator Emerson R. Purcell, letter, 11 March 1927, box 7 Departmental Correspondence, folder 16 Park Board 1926-1927, McMullen Papers, Nebraska State Historical Society.

25. Governor Adam McMullen to Harold J. Cook, letter, 1 July 1927, box 39, Cook Papers.

26. Everett Sanders, Secretary to the President, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 30 June 1927, box 25, Cook Papers.

27. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoefer to James H. Cook, letter, 14 September 1927, box 33, Cook Papers.

28. Harold J. Cook to Governor Adam McMullen, letter, 8 December 1928, box 29, Cook Papers.

29. Governor Adam McMullen to Harold J. Cook, letter, 20 December 1928, box 39, Cook Papers.

30. Harold J. Cook to Peterson and Devoe, Attorneys at Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, letter, 25 September 1929, box 43, Cook Papers.

31. Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 1986, transcript, pp. 2,3,5, and 16.

32. As quoted in Lester A. Danielson to Roman Hruska, letter, 1 April 1963, box 26, Cook Papers.

33. Mrs. Grayson E. (Dorothy Cook) Meade, interview with author, Agate Springs Ranch, 22 May 19866, transcript, p. 3. The plans remain in the possession of the Meades.

34. Harold J. Cook to Roy Cochran, letter, 26 June 1931, box 24, Cook Papers; and Ron Cockrell, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An Administrative History, 1960-1983 (Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1983), pp. 15-16.

35. Harold J. Cook to G. N. Burnett, letter, 26 June 1932, box 22, Cook Papers.

36. Harold J. Cook to Horace Albright, Director, National Park Service, letter, 9 July 1932, box 17, Cook Papers.

37. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D.C., letter, 26 September 1935, box 46, Cook Papers; and Ron Cockrell, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An Administrative History, 1960-1983 (Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1983), pp. 16-17.

38. A. E. Demaray, Acting Director, National Park Service, to Harold J. Cook, Acting Custodian, Scotts Bluff National Monument, telegram, 11 December 1934, box 26, Cook Papers.

39. Harold J. Cook to A. E. Demaray, telegram, 14 December 1934, box 26, Cook Papers.

40. Harold J. Cook to Governor Roy Cochran, letters—official and private, 4 February 1935, box 24, Cook Papers.

41. Arthur A. Woodward, Associate Laboratory Technician, National Park Service, Field Division of Education, University of California-Berkeley, to Captain James H. Cook, letters, 19 April and 2 May 1935, box 58, Cook Papers.

42. Harold J. Cook to A. E. Demaray, letter, 19 May 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

43. A. E. Demaray to Harold J. Cook, letter, 24 May 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

44. A. E. Demaray to Harold J. Cook, telegram, 4 June 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

45. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D.C., letter, 26 September 1935, box 46; and Harold J. Cook to A. E. Demaray, letter, 6 June 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

46. Harold J. Cook to A. E. Demaray, letter, 6 June 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

47. Harold J. Cook to A. E. Demaray, letter, 16 June 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

48. A. E. Demaray to H. A. Tolson, Assistant Director, National Park Service, telegram, 4 July 1935, box 26, Cook Papers.

49. Howard W. Baker, (former Midwest Regional Director), interview with author, Omaha, Nebraska, 13 May 1986, transcript, pp. 1-2.

50. Harold L. Ickes to Harold J. Cook, telegram, 15 July 1935, box 34, Cook Papers.

51. Harold J. Cook to Harold L. Ickes, telegram, 17 July 1935, box 34, Cook Papers.

52. Mrs. Margaret C. Cook to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D.C., letter, 26 September 1935, box 46, Cook Papers.

53. Ron Cockrell, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska: An Administrative History, 1960-1983 (Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1983), pp. 19-20; Cockrell, An Interview with Historian Merrill J. Mattes on Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds, Grand Portage National Monuments and Other Areas, 24-25 May 1983, Littleton, Colorado (Omaha: National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, 1983), pp. 2-3; and Merrill J. Mattes to author, 20 July 1985, letter, H1417, Midwest Regional Office Files.

54. Zimmerman, The Cook Papers Collection, 1984.

55. Harold J. Cook to Earl A. Trager, Chief, Naturalist Division, Washington Office, letter, 2 May 1938; and Trager to Cook, letter, 18 November 1938, box 53, Cook Papers.

56. Merrill J. Mattes to author, 20 July 1985, letter, H1417, Midwest Regional Office Files.

57. Merrill J. Mattes, Custodian, Scotts Bluff National Monument, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 6 August 1942, box 38; and David L. Hieb, Superintendent, Fort Laramie National Monument, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 18 December 1949, and attached memorandum by Harold J. Cook, 8 February 1950, box 32, Cook Papers.

58. Zimmerman, The Cook Papers Collection, 1984.

59. Harold J. Cook, Consulting Geologist, "Statement on the Ownership and Control of Agate Springs Fossil Quarries, Sioux County, Nebraska," to To Whom It May Concern, 30 April 1955, Cook Papers.

60. Chester C. Brown, Regional Chief of Recreation Resource Planning, to Harold J. Cook, letter, 5 August 1960, box 22, Cook Papers.