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George Bruffey (1842-1928) was a Livingston, Montana, rancher, Fish Creek general mercantile store owner, and Butte miner. His papers (1863-1928) include business records (1871-1889) for the George A. Bruffey Mercantile Company, and the Fish Creek Stage Station. Also included are drafts of his autobiography, Eighty-one Years in the West; diaries and writings; and miscellaneous correspondence.

Abstract The Conrad-Stanford Company was a Helena, Montana, real estate business. In November 1902, they bought the assets of the bankrupt First National Bank and Merchants National Bank, consisting of a large quantity of real estate, ranches, and mines. This collection consists of four indexed letterpress books (1902-1907) documenting the Company's operation of the Crevasse Mountain Mine and the Spokane Ranch and Water Company, and their attempt to collect on old bank accounts. Also included is a...

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...

Abstract Henry Elling was a banker in Virginia City, Montana, with extensive mercantile, mining, and ranching interests. Collection consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1864-1881). There is one outgoing letterpress book (1892), general ledgers (1873-1901), journals (1873-1901), miscellaneous financial records (1872-1880), and a property abstract volume (circa 1890). There are subgroups for Elling, Knight, and Company; Montanian Publishing Company; Silver Spring Grist Mill; William Elling;...

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Miller Brothers, Inc. was a Chinook, Cleveland, and Lloyd, Montana, sheep and cattle ranch operated by Henry G. Miller, his brother Chris D. Miller, and G.T. "Ted" Westin, son-in-law of Chris Miller. Records (1894-1966) include general correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and financial records documenting the operation of the ranch; and materials on the First National Bank of Chinook, which the Millers helped organize in 1909.

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The Milner ranch was located near Fort Benton, Montana, by Milton E. Milner. After his death in 1913 the ranch was incorporated as the Milner Cattle Company. Records (1913-1933) consist of two volumes of incorporation papers, bylaws, stockholder and directors minutes, and financial reports.

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...

Abstract The Seaton Ranch Company was organized in Cascade County, Montana, in 1922 by Frank W. Seaton and Theodora E. Seaton, and operated from 1945 to 1965 by their son Edward W. Seaton, and from 1965 to 1970 by his widow Dorothy M. Seaton. Records include financial records (1944-1968), minute and record books (1922, 1942-1968); subject files, primarily concerning the Production Credit Association from 1952 to 1968; and miscellany. There is a small subgroup of records (1939-1960) of The Sanitary...

Abstract D.W. Slayton (1862-1927) was a Lavina, Montana, sheep rancher; owner of Slayton Mercantile Company; investor in the Lavina State Bank and the Citizens State Bank of Roundup; member of the Fergus County Board of Commissioners; state legislator; and unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1920. Collection consists of diaries (1884-1889, 1907-1917, 1928-1934) kept by Slayton, his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellis Slayton, and their son Daniel E. Slayton; and correspondence (1883-1924) among the...

Abstract Granville Stuart (1834-1918) was a pioneer Montana miner and cattleman. Papers include biographical material; a diary (1894) of a trip to France; two volumes of outgoing correspondence (1868-1880, 1890-1892) concerning mining and livestock; general correspondence (1863-1918); a DHS Ranch account ledger (1881-1882); a financial account book (1865); an "Historical Sketch of Deer Lodge County" (1876); three weather journals (1867-1880); scrapbooks; and miscellany. Miscellaneous outgoing...