William Turrentine Jackson Explained

W. Turrentine "Turpie" Jackson (1915, Ruston, Louisiana – May 28, 2000) was an American professor of history, specializing in Western U.S. history.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Jackson grew up in El Paso, Texas.^[3] He graduated in 1935 with B.A. from Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) and in 1940 with Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, where his thesis advisor was Walter Prescott Webb.^[1] Jackson taught at UCLA, Iowa State University, the University of Chicago,^[3] the University of Glasgow, and four other universities and also served in the intelligence division of the U. S. Navy, before he joined in 1951 the faculty of the history department of the University of California, Davis. He taught there until he began phased retirement in 1982 with full retirement in 1985.^[1]

Jackson's research covered policy history and social history.^[1] He debunked the stereotype of rugged individualism and small property owners in the Old West with evidence for development involving U.S. government surveys,^[3] U.S. federal subsidies, and international capital.^{[1] [4]} He published extensively and served on the editorial boards of several academic journals. Three of his books won prizes.^[3]

Wells Fargo hired Jackson as a consultant and corporate historian.^[5]

Awards and honors

• 1957 — Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1957–1958^[6]
• 1964 — Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1964–1965^[6]
• 1977 — elected president of the Western History Association

Selected publications

Articles

• 1896270. The Creation of Yellowstone National Park. Jackson. W. Turrentine. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 1942. 29. 2. 187–206. 10.2307/1896270.
• 3739523. The Wyoming Stock Growers' Association: Its Years of Temporary Decline, 1886-1890. Jackson. W. Turrentine. 2. Agricultural History. 1948. 22. 4. 260–270.
• 20611894. Jackson. W. Turrentine. 2. Federal Road Building Grants for Early Oregon. Oregon Historical Quarterly. 1949. 50. 1. 3–29.
• 45057846. The Infamous Emma Mine: A British Interest in the Little Cottonwood District, Utah Territory. Jackson. W. Turrentine. 2. Utah Historical Quarterly. 1955. 23. 4. 339–362. 10.2307/45057846 . 254440133 .
• 45058368. British Impact on the Utah Mining Industry. Jackson. W. Turrentine. 2. Utah Historical Quarterly. 1963. 31. 4. 347–375. 10.2307/45058368 . 254443232 .
• 10.2307/25154156. 25154156. A New Look at Wells Fargo, Stage-Coaches and the Pony Express. 1966. Jackson. W. T.. 2. California History. 45. 4. 291–324.
• 967112. Jackson. W. Turrentine. 2. Wells Fargo: Symbol of the Wild West?. The Western Historical Quarterly. 1972. 3. 2. 179–196. 10.2307/967112.

Books

• Book: Wagon Roads West. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1952. ^[7] 1979 pbk reprint
• with Maurice Frink and Agnes Wright Spring: Book: When Grass Was King. Boulder. University of Colorado Press. 1956. ^{[8] [9]}
• Book: Treasure Hill: The Portrait of a Silver Mining Camp. Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1963. ^[10] 2016 ebook
• Book: The Enterprising Scot: Investors in the American West after 1873. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh University Publications: History, Philosophy and Economics, no. 22. 1968. ^[11]

as editor

• Book: Eno, Henry. Twenty years on the Pacific Slope; letters of Henry Eno from California and Nevada, 1848-1871. Edited and with an introd. by W. Turrentine Jackson. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1965. ^{[12] [13]}
• Book: Windeler, Adolphus. California Gold Rush diary of a German sailor. Illustrated with pencil sketches by his inseparable partner Carl (Charley) Friderich Christendorff. Edited and with an introd. by W. Turrentine Jackson. Berkeley, California. Howell-North Books. 1969. ^[14]

References

1. Web site: Margadant, Ted. Bauer, Arnold. Warren, Louis. William Turrentine Jackson, History: Davis; 1915–2000, Professor. Calisphere, University of California.
2. Jackson. W. Turrentine. Russell. David E.. Practicing Public History: A Conversation with W. Turrentine Jackson. The Public Historian. 20. 1. 1998. 21–48. 0272-3433. 10.2307/3378866. 3378866.
3. Web site: Easley, Julia Ann. UC Davis. Historian Jackson dies at age 85. 2 June 2000.
4. Web site: William Turrentine Jackson, Professor of History UC Davis, 1915–2000. In Memoriam: Davis Campus, University of California.
5. Book: Philip L. Fradkin

   . Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West. 9780743227629. Fradkin. Philip L.. Philip L. Fradkin. 24 April 2002. Simon & Schuster.

6. Web site: W. Turrentine Jackson. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
7. 10.2307/1897567. 1897567. Review of Wagon Roads West; A Study of Federal Road Surveys and Construction in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1846-1869 by W. Turrentine Jackson. 1953. Hafen. LeRoy R.. LeRoy R. Hafen. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 40. 138. 2027/uc1.$b97819. free.
8. Ubbelohde, Carl. Frink, Jackson, and Spring, When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry (Book Review). Pacific Historical Review. 26. 3. 1957. 296. 10.2307/3636221. 3636221.
9. 10.2307/1898704. 1898704. Review of When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study by Maurice Frink, W. Turrentine Jackson, and Agnes Wright Spring. 1957. Frantz. Joe B.. Joe Bertram Frantz. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 44. 158.
10. Smith. Dwight L.. Review of Treasure Hill: Portrait of a Silver Mining Camp by W. Turrentine Jackson. Pacific Historical Review. 34. 1. 1965. 96–98. 0030-8684. 10.2307/3636751. 3636751.
11. The Enterprising Scot: Investors in the American West After 1873. By W. Turrentine Jackson. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1968. Pp. Xiii + 415. $12.50. 10.2307/3112513. 3112513. 1968. McFarlane. Larry. Business History Review. 42. 3. 367–369. 154545792 .
12. Hardeman. Nicholas P.. Review of Twenty Years on the Pacific Slope: Letters of Henry Eno from California and Nevada, 1848-1871, edited by W. Turrentine Jackson. The Journal of American History. 53. 1. 1966. 136. 0021-8723. 10.2307/1893956. 1893956.
13. Porter, Kenneth Wiggins. Kenneth Porter (poet). W. Turrentine Jackson, ed., Twenty Years on the Pacific Coast: Letters of Henry Eno From California and Nevada, 1848-1871 (Book Review). Northwest Review. 8. 1. 1966. 117.
14. Greever. William S.. William S. Greever. Review of The California Gold Rush Diary of a German Sailor. The Western Historical Quarterly. 1. 2. 1970. 199–200. 0043-3810. 10.2307/967870. 967870.

External links

• Web site: Western History Association - W. Turrentine Jackson Book Prize.