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Alexander Ross (1783-1856) was a Scottish-born Canadian fur trader and pioneer. He was head of a Hudson's Bay Company expedition, 1824-1825. in the Snake River country. In 1825 he settled in the Red River district. This collection consists of a typescript copy of a portion of his diary (March 11-April 22, 1824) documenting part of a fur trapping and trading expedition in what is now northwest Montana.

Abstract This collection consists of correspondence (1876-1935) relating to family events, mining, and real estate; court papers (1925), mostly concerning water and land rights; financial records (1875-1934) relating to her parents and her own finances; legal documents (1876-1933), primarily building and mining agreements; school notes and records (1872-1910) from Virginia City grade school through Chicago Women's Medical College; subject files (1884-1912) for women's groups and prohibition; and...

Abstract Robert Wallace (1837-1928) was a Helena, Montana, grocery store owner, and partner in the Elkhorn Queen Mining Company. Collection consists primarily of records (1884-1892) of the Davis and Wallace and the R.C. Wallace Company grocery businesses, including ledgers, invoices, and inventories. There are also subgroups for the Dearborn Land and Livestock Company, Elkhorn Queen Mining Company and the W.C. Gillette Company, and for the personal papers of Robert Wallace and his partner James L....