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Land companies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Ernest Calvin Baxter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-156
Abstract

Ernest Calvin Baxter was a Twodot and Harlowton, Montana, banker, ranch investor and businessman who served in the state legislature, 1913-1917. This collection (1911-1948) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, court papers and subject files from Baxters' business interests in the Bank of Wheatland County, Twodot Land and Livestock Company, and Consumers' Oil Company.

Dates: 1911-1948

Butte Land and Investment Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-243
Abstract The Butte Land and Investment Company was a real estate, insurance and investment brokerage in Butte, Montana. This collection (1886-1969) consists of business records for the Butte Land and Investment Company and its affiliate companies including the Brooklyn Mining Company; Daly Addition Company; Gibson Ranch Company; Montana Land and Securities Company; Salmon River Mining and Smelting Company; South Park Mining and Realty Company; Washington-Butte Mining Company; and Western Fuel...
Dates: 1886-1969

A. B. Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-280
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...
Dates: 1882-1940

Alexander Mckay papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-112
Abstract

Alexander McKay (1832-1922), a Scottish immigrant, was a miner and businessman in Virginia City, Montana. Records (1857-1922) include correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and court papers for McKay's business interests including flour mills and mining claims. There are subgroups for Elling, Baker McKay (1887-1911); Mill Creek Mills (1878-1898); Caroline Hanson McKay (1877-1911); and Mary McKay Herhold Bothwell Swanze (1876-1925).

Dates: 1857-1925

Miller Brothers, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-121
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1894-1966

Montana Mercantile Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-168
Abstract

The Montana Mercantile Company operated a grocery store, a feed mill, and a seed and fertilizer retail outlet in Dillon, Montana. Records include general correspondence (1933-1939) and financial records.

Dates: 1933-1939

William M. Nichols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-292
Abstract

William M. Nichols was president of the Yellowstone Park Company, the H.C. Child Corporation, the Spanish Creek Ranch, and other enterprises. Papers include general correspondence (1946-1957); financial records; minutes of the Yellowstone Park Company (1955-1962); and an extensive subject file (1914-1966) maintained both by Nichols and by his son John Q. Nichols, concerning the various corporate and financial affairs of the Nichols and Child families.

Dates: 1914-1966

Park Saddle Horse Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-148
Abstract

The Park Saddle Horse Company, owned by Wilbur N. Noffsinger and later by George W. Noffsinger, was a concession in Glacier National Park, Montana. Records (1915-1947) include financial and horse-raising records, subject files, organizational papers, diaries (1933-1947) of George Noffsinger; and subgroups for the W.N. Noffsinger Company, the Big Draw Land and Stock Company, and the Big Draw Sheep Company.

Dates: 1915-1947

Powder River Land and Cattle Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-83
Abstract

The Powder River Land and Cattle Company, incorporated by John T. Murphy, A.L. Smith, and John Tucker, operated ranches in Carter and Custer counties. Collection includes interoffice correspondence (1922-1923, 1935); incoming correspondence (1935); financial records including cattle sales records (1916-1935), monthly trial balances (1919-1935), payroll (1926-1935), etc.; and organizational records, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes (1911-1943).

Dates: 1911-1944

Thomas Charles Power papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-55
Abstract T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation, mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate; and U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1895. Collection (1868-1950) includes personal, business, and political correspondence plus financial and legal papers of many of his business enterprises. Collection documents Power's involvement in military and Indian trade, steamboating, freighting, stage coach lines, mail contracts, cattle and sheep ranching, mining, banking, bridge...
Dates: 1868-1950