urn:taro:utexas.cah.02188 A Guide to the O.A. Gus Hansbrough Narrative, 1860-1920 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. January 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Hansbrough, O.A., b. ca. 1870 Hansbrough, O.A., Narrative 1860-1920 Materials are written in English. 1 vol. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consisting of a typescript entitled, Gus You Ought to Write a Book, the O.A. Gus Hansbrough Narrative, 1860-1920, documents Hansbrough’s family history and experiences as a gold miner, saloon bartender, and electrician in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Biographical Note

Born in Abilene, Texas, during the 1870s, O.A. Gus Hansbrough was the son of Gus Hansbrough, Sr., an Indian agent for a Pottawatomie tribe and a professional gambler, and Susan Emeline Scott, the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary. Raised in Rocky Ford, Colorado, Hansbrough worked as a gold miner in Cripple Creek, as a saloon bartender, as a farmer, and as an itinerant electrician in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

Scope and Contents

Consisting of a typescript entitled, Gus You Ought to Write a Book, the O.A. Gus Hansbrough Narrative, 1860-1920, documents Hansbrough’s family history and experiences as a gold miner, saloon bartender, and electrician in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The narrative describes his family’s encounters with Native American tribes on the frontier, as well as life in cattle-herding camps, gold mining towns such as Cripple Creek, and saloons in boomtowns throughout the Southwest.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Hansbrough, O.A., b. ca. 1870 -- Archives Subjects Bars (Drinking establishments) -- History -- 19th century Frontier &pioneer life -- History -- 19th century Gold mines and mining -- History -- 19th century Indians of North America -- History -- 19th century Places Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century Cripple Creek (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century Galveston (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century Rocky Ford (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century Santa Fe (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century Taos (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century Preferred Citation

O.A. Gus Hansbrough Narrative, 1860-1920, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2R28 Three typescripts of narrative, 1860-1920