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  1. Shortly after receiving a law degree from the State University of Iowa in 1883, Hough was invited by a friend, Eli H. Chandler, to join his law firm in White Oaks, New Mexico.

  2. The papers of Emerson Hough consist of essays and articles written by and about Hough, photographs, advertising and promotional materials, several letterpress books, and miscelleneous materials.

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  3. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880 and pursued the study of law with a firm in Newton. Looking for a new start, Hough moved west to White Oaks, New Mexico where he opened a law firm and worked as a reporter for The Golden Era, the White Oaks newspaper.

  4. He graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1880 and then began to study law with a firm in Newton. After completing his studies, Emerson moved west to White Oaks, New Mexico, where he practiced law for a time and worked as a reporter for the local newspaper, The Golden Era. He returned to the Midwest in 1886, where he focused on writing.

  5. Emerson Hough (June 28, 1857 – April 30, 1923) was an American writer best known for writing western stories and historical novels. His early works included Singing Mouse Stories and Story of the Cowboy .

  6. “The ancient law of individualism and of the survival of those who ought to survive, was the actual law of the land,” Hough wrote of the West he had known in the 1880’s, and he firmly believed and ad­ vocated the idea that “environment produced the creature.”10 To a great extent Hough’s life in White Oaks determined the kind of values

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  8. Writer: The Broken Coin. American novelist Emerson Hough was born in Newton, IA, in 1857. After graduating from Newton High School in 1875 he attended the University of Iowa, attaining a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1880.

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