Ed Thistlethwaite

man with pan

man with pan

man with pan

man with pan

man with pan

man with pan

man with pan

(Photo courtesy of Mary Jefferson)

Ed Thistlethwaite
1900 - 1958
Cowboy, MWPT Packer, Artist, Illustrator, Author

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1947 - Sierra Club High Trip at Salley Keyes Lake
L to R (back row): Charley Gilmore, Bud Steele, Murt Stewart, Tommy Jefferson, Paul Vischer, Pete Garner, Ike Livermore, Ed Thistlewaite, Smokey Bye

L to R (front row): Ivan Hanson, Bill Smart, Bob Steele, Ted Ortt

Ed Thistlethwaite Paintings
Courtesy of Cathleen Burns	Courtesy of Cathleen Burns
The paintings once owned by Cathleen are now on display in the Eastern California Museum in Independence, CA
Courtesy of Cathleen Burns	Courtesy of Cathleen Burns
Courtesy of Dan Bostrom	Courtesy of Dan Bostrom
Postcard from the 20-Mule-Team Museum in Boron, CA	Courtesy of Paul Lamos
1934 - The Ventura County Star - Article about Ed Thistlethwaite	Ed Thistlethwaite (Photo courtesy National Museum of Forest Service History)

Ed Thistlethwaite Letters to Bill Smart (Courtesy of Paul Lamos)	Bill Smart (Photo courtesy Paul Lamos)
July 1940 - Onion Valley, Archie Dean, waiting for Bill Page 1
November 1940 - Tule Lake, Tapo Ranch, Archie Dean, horse shoeing, Lone Pine Page 1, Page 2
September 1943 - Air Force, Panamint Valley, Snake River, rodeo, Rio Blanco, Archie Dean Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6
October 1946 - Ed writes from Archie Dean's Onion Valley pack station Page 1, Page 2
February 1947 - Ed writes from Archie Dean's Onion Valley pack station Page 1, Page 2
April 1947 - Ed talks about his "nighthawk" commitment to Ike Livermore Page 1, Page 2
February 1948 - Archie Dean, packing in Alaska, painting Page 1, Page 2

January 1951 - Elko jail, marriage, Carson City, broken ribs from horse Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6
June 1952 - Congratulations for "Doc Smart", painting, Sam Lewis, Charles Morgan Page 1, Page 2
October 1953 - Charles Morgan, Archie Dean, painting Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
March 1957 - Lompoc, Convict Lake Page 1
February 1959 - Letter to Bill from Dorothy Thistlethwaite on Ed's passing Page 1, Page 2

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