Abstract Samuel T. Hauser (1833-1914) was a Helena, Montana, Territory, pioneer, territorial governor (1885-1886), and entrepreneur in the fields of banking, mining, smelting, ranching, railroads, irrigation, and hydro-electric power. More than fifty percent of the collection is incoming correspondence (1864-1914). There are also outgoing correspondence, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, and reports. Included are thirty-eight subgroups of the Hauser family and Hauser's...

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The Second National Bank of Helena, Montana, headed by Erastus D. Edgerton, opened in 1882 and merged with the Helena National Bank in 1893 as a result of the financial panic. Collection (1881-1896) includes correspondence, court papers, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, and miscellany.