| Code | DS/UK/1494 |
| Dates | 1832-1898 |
| Person Name | Wetherill; Benjamin Kite (1832-1898) |
| Surname | Wetherill |
| Forenames | Benjamin Kite |
| Activity | Trader and guide for explorations: operated trading posts throughout the Colorado Plateau in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. |
| Relationships | Married (1856) Marion Wetherill, née Thompson; father of Richard Wetherill (1858-1910), Benjamin Alfred Wetherill (1861-1950), Clayton Wetherill (1861-1921), Anna Wetherill (1865- 1935), John Wetherill (1866-1944), Winslow Wetherill (1870-1939), and Alice Wetherill. |
| History | Moved to Colorado in 1879, began homesteading near the Mancos River in Colorado (1880), joined by family (1881); build family home, Alamo Ranch (1882). |
| Source | "Wetherill Family collection" in Arizona Archives Online; URL: <http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/mna/WetherillFamily.xml;query=;brand=default> [accesssed 01/07/2011]. |
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