Wetherill
A History of Discovery
Wetherill Families
- Garcia
History of the Garcia family in New Mexico - Johnson
History of the Johnson family - Harvey Leake Great Grandson of John Wetherill and one of two Wetherill family Historians
- Richard Lilley Grandson of Anna Wetherill Mason. Mason and Wetherill family Historian.
- Palmer
The history of the Palmer family including the discovery of Palmerland near Antarctica. - Sanchez
The Sanchez de Inigo puzzle. New genealogical considerations. - James Shaffner
Grandson of Richard Wetherill - William Richard Shaffner
Grandson of Richard Wetherill - Robert Wetherill
Eminent industrialist and banker founded the Robert Wetherill & Company. -
Richard Wetherill
Richard Wetherill, of Chester, Pennsylvania and President of the Chester National Bank, is one of the pioneers who made possible this great industrial center of Chester Pennsylvania - Richard Wetherill
II
Richard Wetherill II was the first child born from the marriage in 1896 of Richard Wetherill and Marietta Palmer. Young Richard's father was a member of the Wetherill family of the Alamo ranch. Not simply ranchers, Richard, his brothers and brother-in-law are credited with the discovery in 1888 of Mesa Verde's ancient cliff dwellings. Together they pioneered in Southwestern archaeology and exploration of the Four Corners region. - William Wetherill
Biography of William "Bill" Wetherill. Grandson of John Wetherill
Other Links of Interest
- Music for the Wetherill web site provided by Cameron Taylor. Listen to the entire version of Arches at Twilight click here. The composition is played on a High Spirits Native American Flute, in E. This track is from the album "Flute Open Heart".
- Fred Blackburn
Fred Blackburn is an independent guide, author, and contractor responsible for organizing the donation of Wetherill family collections to the Anasazi Heritage Center. -
Andrew Gulliford
Andrew Gulliford is a photographer and historian who researches, writes, and photographs the American West. -
Ute Mountain Tribal
Park and
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde
The Wetherill family gathered at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park June 30, 2006 to view sites visited by the Wetherills between 1888 and 1890. A small group visited Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde to watch a re- enactment of the discovery of Cliff Palace. - History of The Tome Spanish Land Grant In 1739 125,000 acres were granted to 30 Town of Tome families by the Spanish Crown
- Photos of Historic Tome, New Mexico Photos around Tome, New Mexico
- Anasazi Heritage Center is a federal museum, research center, and curation facility that introduces visitors to Four Corners prehistory and the curation facility for the Wetherill family archives.
- What became of the collection made in Tsegi Canyon in the spring of 1895? It is the one major collection Richard Wetherill made which has not been traced.
- Wetherill History by Richard Lilley, grandson of Anna Wetherill Mason
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Wetherills.net
The family of Robert Wetherill 1847-present - Wetherill Corliss Steam Engine Manufactured by Robert Wetherill & Co., Pa. in 1888 and still running today at the Rough and Tumble Museum in Pa.
- East meets West, A reunion of Wetherill families.
- Old Chester, PA: Robert Wetherill & Company. The company was founded by Robert Wetherill, Sr., in 1871 as "Wetherill, Keesey and Whildey." The following year Robert formed a partnership with his brother Richard Wetherill and the name of the firm was changed to Robert Wetherill & Co
- Birds of New Mexico
- George D. Wetherill & Co., a paint manufacturer. This link contains photos of labels in an album. The original album is owned by Sidney Wetherill of Cape May, NJ.
- Wetherill Seminar of 1998, The Wetherill family meet in Cortez, Colorado to establish the Wetherill Archives.
- Marietta Wetherill home site in the Jemez Mountains. It was here that she moved after Richard Wetherill was killed at Chaco Canyon in 1910.
Robert Wetherill Home
Chester Pennsylvania
Robert Henvis Wetherill
1848
Richard Wethereld
1788-1869
The Henry Wetherill Letters of 1865
The Henry Letters were written in the mid 1800's by the brothers and sister of Henry Wetherill and some other relatives. You may click here for the history of the letters how they were found and the first transcription. These files may take more than a minute to download so be patient.
The following links are the balance of transcribed versions.