Nevada Moore

1852, born in Seneca Falls, New York.
1854, brother Charles was born in Newburgh, New York.
1856, sister Evangeline was born in Newburgh, New York.
1857, moved to Fulton Missouri with parents and siblings.
In 1861-1865, father Hiram was in the War of the Rebellion (Civil War) on the Confederate side.
1866, sister Carrie was born in Maquoketa, Iowa.
1870, father Hiram was a census taker and clerk for the city and his name can be found on the 1870 census for Fulton, Missouri.
1871, father Hiram was a farmer in Fulton, Calloway County, Missouri.
1872, Nevada came to Wyoming to tutor the children of Richard and Mary Carter at Carter Station, near Fort Bridger. Carter employed Nevada Cornell, from Fulton, Missouri, to serve as tutor, governess, nurse, and whatever other duties needed doing. The 20-year old took up her post in 1872, and soon caught the eye of at least three suitors, including James K. Moore, who met her during his visits to the Carter Station to obtain supplies and goods for his store. Called Veda by her friends, was a beloved figure in the Carter household. The Carters eventually had five more children and named one of them Veda in honor of her.

September 1, 1875, Veda married James Moore at her parent’s home in Ft. Howard, Brown, Wisconsin. By that time, Moore was well established as the Post and Indian Trader at Camp Brown and could also provide his new bride a home separate from the store and post office. The couple eventually had five children:
1876, James (Jimmie) was born in Camp Brown, Wyoming
1878, daughter Anne (Annie) was born in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming
1880, son Charles (Charley) was born in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming
1882, daughter Lilly was born in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming (died in infancy in 1883)
1887, daughter Mary "Virginia" was born in Ft. Washakie, Wyoming

In the late 1880s, rumors circulated that the government might close Fort Washakie, so Moore and his family begin to make plans for that possibility. Veda’s sister and niece, Elma and Laura Leffingwell, visited the Moore family in 1888 through the fall of 1889. Veda and Elma then took their respective children on a winter vacation via train to San Jose, California, with a letter of introduction from James written to H. Mersing & Son, saddle and harness makers. While on the train, the suggestion was made that the family visit Lodi. Thus, after visiting for a short time in San Jose, they traveled to Lodi and wintered in a rented house. Once he could free himself from Fort Washakie, James rejoined his family and then purchased 160 acres in Acampo. In spring 1890, James brought his brother-in-law, Albert P. Bellows (married to Margaret), to oversee a 40-acre plot of Tokay grapes that James had had planted on the Acampo land.

In 1891, sister Carrie's son Franklin Lee Davis was born in Fort Washakie, Wyoming.

In 1893, Veda and the children were back in Fort Washakie in 1893 and did not return to California for several years.

In the meantime, husband James continued to expand and improve the California property, eventually buying the rental house and another 80 acres of land, all of which adjoined his original purchase. In addition to the Tokay grapes, the farm grew peaches, apricots, almonds, prunes, and Emperor grapes.

In 1906, when it became clear to husband James that the military outpost of Fort Washakie was not going to remain open for much longer, he sold his holdings at the post, although the new buyers continued to operate the facility as the J.K. Moore Company. J.K., Jr., also had an interest in the business as well as in the ranching operations and continued to work as a clerk in the store. James, Veda, and Annie finally moved to their Acampo home in 1907. By 1909, when the government closed Fort Washakie as a military post, James had basically divested himself of the majority of his business interests in Wyoming, including his position as Postmaster of Fort Washakie.

For about a decade, James and Veda continually improved on their holdings in California, running a profitable fruit orchard business. But in 1917 and in failing health, James suffered a collapse at home. In order to help out, James, Jr., moved his family to Berkeley (Charles by this time was in the process of creating what would become the CM Ranch near Dubois, Wyoming). James, Sr., was moved to the Alder Sanatorium in San Francisco, but the family decided to move him south in hope a warmer climate would improve his health. Eventually, they settled in San Diego. There husband James died on January 20, 1920, a few week shy of his 77th birthday.

1935, Nevada died in Berkeley, Alameda, California.