Coffeen Family Collection of Historic Papers
Guest book from The Teepee Store featuring drawings, notes, signatures, etc., of several Western artists including William Gollings, Edward Borein, Joseph Henry Sharp, Frederic Remington and George Bird Grinnell. Dates range from 1908 to 1916. Includes a replica copy of the book. Also included are several copies of The Teepee Book, published by Herbert A. Coffeen in 1915-16. Original copies and reprint copies (1926), along with original postcards of Natives included. Photograph of original Coffeen general mercantile store in Big Horn, WY, opened by prominent figure Henry Asa Coffeen, who was a pioneer of Wyoming and later because a WY congressman. Photograph of a parade in Sheridan, WY in 1914 with a Coffeen store in the background, presumably The Teepee Store, opened by Herbert Coffeen.
$8,000-12,000 

Herbert Allen Coffeen, son of Wyoming Pioneer and Congressman Henry Asa Coffeen, opened and operated The Teepee Store in Sheridan, Wyoming where he bought, sold and displayed Indian artifacts. His father, Henry, had established a general mercantile store in Big Horn, which Herbert later took over and expanded to Sheridan as The Teepee Store. Herbert had an extensive collection of Native artifacts and the knowledge to match. He was well acquainted with the Indians and Westerners,
forming close relationships with prominent artists of the time, including but not limited to, Frederic Remington, William Gollings, Edward Borein, Joseph Henry Sharp and Dr. George Bird Grinnell, who help found the Audubon Society. Already a prominent figure in his own right, Herbert continued on his family’s pioneering path and began publishing The Teepee Book, a rare series of monthly publications highlighting the American West, the Native Americans and the Custer Battle. The first
publication was released in 1915, running only through 1916. After Coffeen’s passing, publication ceased and later, in 1926, The National Custer Memorial Association in Sheridan, WY reprinted copies of the magazine to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Battle of Little Bighorn. Original issues are rare and treasured.

Fine condition.