Content Description

O'Brien family papers (ca. 1889-1982) collection includes family and business papers created and kept by the John and Ellen O'Brien family of Newlon, MT. Includes biographical material, correspondence, court papers, financial records, legal documents, printed material, clippings, and ephemera. Material related to family, the family run store/stage stop/hotel, and son Ted, who served as sheriff in Richland Co., including material related to the 1929 Fairview Bank robbery.

Content Description Includes 29 black and white photographic prints from the O'Brien family of Newlon, Montana. The collection includes views of the O'Brien family homestead, 1890 to 1910; a class photo with James and Ted O'Brien; James O'Brien with friends, circa 1905; a man with horses advertising an O'Brien Hardware store; the Sidney Hospital, circa 1906; Mrs. Margaret McBride, circa 1870; Mr. Siward on horseback, 1910s; views of unidentified men with horses; Gerald O'Brien, son of George and Bertha...