Ora Haley (1845 - 1919)

Born 4 Dec 1845 in East Corinth, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta M (Pfeiffer) Haley — married 8 Jan 1872 in Omaha, NE

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1919 at age 74 in Denver, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Ora Haley served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jul 07, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 1st Maine Militia State Guards

Ora Haley was involved in the "Wild, Wild West," part of the westward expansion of the United States. Join the Wild Wild West Project.

Ora Haley began his life in East Corinth, Maine, just under 20 miles outside of Bangor. At 19, in 1864, he served in the 1st Regiment, Maine Militia State Guards, Company A.^[1][2] Company A served for 3 months stationed at Fort McClary.

After completing his service, he went to Iowa, and eventually found live as a bullwhacker enjoyable. In 1865, he drove the bull team west to Denver, staying on in Denver. By 1868, he found himself settled in Wyoming and beginning to help shape the political landscape of the territory.^[3]

In 1880, he founded the Two Bar brand, and over the next decade grew the Two Bar Ranch to become the largest individual range and cattle owner in Wyoming and western Colorado^[3]. He was one of the primary cattle barons who struggled with the infamous Ann Bassett, including the hiring of Tom Horn for the suspected murder of Matt Rash and Isam Dart. When Ann Bassett was placed on trial in 1913 for cattle rustling, it was Ora Haley's cattle she was accused of stealing.

He was a political leader in Wyoming, elected to the 2nd legislative assembly of House of Representatives for the Territory of Wyoming in 1869^[4][3]. He also served on the first Wyoming state senate from November 12, 1890 through January 10, 1891. ^[5] He remained a firm Republican throughout his life.^[3]

In 1913, he sold most of his range and other businesses and retired to the Haley House in Denver, Colorado^[3], where he passed away in 1919.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ National Park Service Civil War Database. (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C7EC59A4-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A) Accessed December 4, 2016
2. ↑ "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246N-YRZ : 4 December 2014), Ora Haley, 07 Jul 1864; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Stone, Wilbur Fiske, "History of Colorado, Volume 4" (S. J. Clarke, 1919), p 12
4. ↑ "House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming, 1871", accessed online at http://pluto.wyo.gov/awweb/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=2&awdid=1 Dec 4, 2016
5. ↑ Wyoming Legislature link
6. ↑ Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]), 28 Dec. 1919. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1919-12-28/ed-1/seq-12/>

• Steve Haley, Interviews with his grandchildren/great-grandchildren.
• National Park Service Civil War Soldier Search
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-XV3 : 9 November 2014), Ora Haley in household of Benjamin Haley, Corinth, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family 188, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-KZ4 : 30 December 2015), Ora Haley in entry for Benjamin Haley, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMK-LCJ : 10 August 2016), Ora Haley, Laramie City, Albany, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district ED 20, sheet 6D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1454; FHL microfilm 1,255,454.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3V5-H2T : accessed 2 December 2016), Ora Haley, Laramie city Ward 1, Albany, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 7B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,826.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #77750503
• http ://simpledatasys.com/Haley/Timeline.htm (link does not function; it was not archived by wayback machine at archive.org) created by Steve Storck, married to Cynthia Haley. The rest of the page is a wealth of information on Ora Haley.