One of Fred Watson's spurs, Biddeford, ca. 1885

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Description

These spurs belonged to Fred C. Watson of Biddeford. He was a blacksmith, and as a young man traveled to the western frontier to work at the Elkhorn Ranch, which was owned by Theodore Roosevelt. The ranch was run by two men from Maine, Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow, and that may be how Watson ended up working there. The ranch's blacksmith shop was completed in the spring of 1885, when Watson was 20 years old. Upon returning to Maine, Watson worked at Townsend Brothers carriage makers in Biddeford, and eventually was the foreman of the blacksmith shop at Saco-Lowell. He retired from Saco-Lowell in 1937.

About This Item

Title: One of Fred Watson's spurs, Biddeford, ca. 1885
Creator: Fred C. Watson
Creation Date: circa 1885
Subject Date: circa 1885
Locations:
- Biddeford, York County, ME
- Elkhorn Ranch, Medora, Billings County, ND
Media: Metal and leather
Dimensions: 5 cm x 21 cm x 10 cm
Local Code: 2006.35
Collection: Special Collections
Object Type: Physical Object

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