The 22 April letter is addressed to Stone's brother Fred. The 2 May letters are written from Atlanta, Georgia, where Stone is seeking work (though still employed by Pharr).

Additional letters from Atlanta.

Letters from Felsenheim.

Letters from Felsenheim.

The first of Stone's letters from Colorado, written from North Farm ranch near Monte Vista, where he is initially employed.

Stone writes of digging irrigation canals and cutting alfalfa at North Farm.

Stone leaves the "hard crowd" at North Farm and heads for La Jara.

Stone writes from La Jara, where he has begun work at the Ferro del Ojito ranch.

Letters from La Jara.

Letters from La Jara.

Letters from La Jara.

Letters from La Jara.

Letters from La Jara.

Letters from La Jara.

Stone begins developing his claim in earnest, while living at the neighboring Atkinson ranch.

By 18 April Stone, having completed construction of a one-room house, is settled on his claim and has begun planting.

Letters from La Jara.

Stone continues to put in crops and dig ditches for irrigation. From the beginning of June he is alone on the ranch.

By 23 June Fred Stone is on his way to Colorado to join his brother. In the 27 June letter Stone discusses the Alamo Ditch Company and water rights in general.

Fred has arrived in Colorado safely. Continued problems with irrigation.

Correspondence with Seymour and Frederick Stone.

Stone writes of his loneliness, and of his disillusionment with the valley and with farming.

Stone agrees to an apparent proposal from his father that he return east.

Stone writes of selling his team and wagon, and making other preparations for his departure.

Stone further details his preparations to move back east.

Nearly five years after leaving Colorado Stone writes from Barstow, Florida, where he is employed by the Pharr Phosphate Company. Stone tells his father of the company's precarious financial situation, and seeks his advice on a personal course of action.

Prospects for employment elsewhere in the phosphate industry.