Abstract Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was a Giltedge, Montana, cattleman, Fergus County school trustee, and author. The papers (1865-1963) contain general correspondence; financial records, including mortgages and taxes; clippings; photographs; legal documents; and writings. The latter contains handwritten and typed drafts of his autobiography, We Pointed Them North (1939). The general correspondence includes letters with co-author, Helena Huntington Smith, concerning various aspects of the...

Abstract John Blake (1840-1927) was a Helena, Montana, pioneer, dentist, and livestock investor in the Townsend and Judith Basin, Montana, areas. He also built the Blake Block (103-105 Broadway) which served as the Territorial capitol when the government moved to Helena in 1875. The collection consists of incoming correspondence (1861-1925) to John Blake, and miscellaneous correspondence (1868-1933) for other members of the Blake family and non-family members. Also included are financial and legal...

Abstract Andrew Cook was a Montana railroad contractor, state auditor, and later internationally known Hereford cattle breeder and rancher. Collection (1882-1940) consists of general correspondence, primarily concerning the A.B. Cook Stock Farms in Broadwater County; financial records; legal documents; reports; subject files; and financial and business records for Cook's ranching and contracting interests. There are subgroups for several of Cook's construction, ranching, and real estate...

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The James Fergus Family papers are divided into four subgroups: James Fergus; Andrew Fergus; Fergus Live Stock and Land Company; and miscellaneous. Papers (1857-1971) include biographical materials, incoming correspondence, outgoing correspondence, general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, subject files, and miscellany.

Abstract This collection is a subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Livestock records, RS 500. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Livestock records. These records of the Board of Livestock (formerly named Montana Livestock Commission), and its predecessor the Montana Board of Stock Commissioners, consist of bounty claims and payments, journals,...

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The Montana Stockgrowers Association was founded in 1884 to unite cattle and horse ranchers in Montana Territory. Records consist of account and general ledgers (1885-1907); cash books (1885-1907); a minute book (1885-1889); and a livestock brand record book (undated)

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Chattel Mortgage documents, loan documents, and receipts between Portland Cattle Loan Company and Montana ranchers in the preceding years to the US involvement in WWI. These Chattel Mortgages detail the tremendous growth of financing for ranches on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, the Big hole Basin, Helena Valley and other areas of Montana as shortages in European food supply accelerated the need for increased beef production from Western stock producers. (1912-1917)

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The Richardson Brothers Ranch was among the earliest homesteads in what is now Sheridan County, Montana. This collection includes four photograph albums containing 743 photographic prints and 180 loose photographs with views of life on the ranch, family portraits, vacation snaps, a military service album, and many other photographs from various Richardson family members from the 1880s to the 1990s.

Content Description One photograph album containing 141 black and white photographs. Montana views include: Richland Ranch in the Paradise Valley; Absaroka Mountains; Yellowstone River; Chico Hot Springs; Gardiner; ranch scenes in the Shields Valley; and various sites in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park views include: Mammoth Hot Springs; Roaring Mountain; Norris Geyser Basin; Gibbon Falls; Firehole Falls; and numerous other geysers. There are also some portraits and group shots in...