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Collection 1263, MtBC, us
Eagle, Samuel P.
1881-1950
Samuel P. Eagle Papers
1906-1967
1 reel microfilm
The Samuel P. Eagle Papers include biographical material,
general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, reports, clippings, and
miscellaneous materials reflecting the growth of West Yellowstone as a tourist center.
Subjects include West Yellowstone's airport design and construction, postal service, skiing,
snow surveys, and the tourist trade.
Collection materials are in English
Historical Note
Samuel P. Eagle was a West Yellowstone, Montana merchant and postmaster. Eagle left his
native Pennsylvania in 1902 to come west. He worked as a seasonal hotel bartender in
Yellowstone National Park where he met his wife, Ida Carlson, who worked as a waitress. They
married in 1907 and shortly thereafter established a store at West Yellowstone which catered
to the growing tourist trade. In November 1909, Samuel P. Eagle, Jr. and Ed Eagle, began to
research materials about their family and West Yellowstone history in the 1970s. The sons
gathered the documents appearing on this microfilm for the preparation of their 1978 book,
West Yellowstone's 70th Anniversary.
The documents appearing on one roll of negative microfilm, approximately 25 feet include
biographical material, general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, reports,
clippings, and miscellaneous materials reflecting the growth of West Yellowstone as a
tourist center. Subjects include West Yellowstone's airport design and construction, postal
service, skiing, snow surveys, and the tourist trade.
This collection is open for research.
Business and family papers created or collected by Samuel P. Eagle were loaned to the
Montana Historical Society for microfilming by the Eagle family of El Cerrito, California in
1978. The Montana Historical Society donated an additional print of the film to Montana
State University the same year.
This collection was processed 2009 May 27
West Yellowstone
(Mont.)
Airports-Montana-West Yellowstone
Postal service-Montana-West
Yellowstone
Skis and skiing-Montana-West
Yellowstone
Snow surveys-Montana-West Yellowstone
Tourist trade-Montana-West
Yellowstone
Home and
Family
Sports and
Recreation
Montana
Maps
Biograpical Material
Early family history and genealogy
General Correspondence
1907-1950
Financial Records
1918-1919
Legal Documents
Deed, Grace G. Miller to Samuel Eagle
1906
Contract, Yellowstone Park Association And Samuel
Eagle
1907
Leases
1927-1932
Will of Samuel Eagle
1913
Reports
Statistics on Yellowstone National Park
usage
1921
Report of Conservation Committee
1932
Report of Commissioner of Aeronautics, as prepared for
the office of the Governor and State Relief Administration
1935
Snow Survey, by Henry Eagle, hydrographer
1936
Clippings
1935-1967
Miscellany
Lists of registered voters in West Yellowstone
Area
1916-1952
Lists of Postmasters and Post Offices
1862-1909
Lists of registered guns
1918
Petitions
1916
1931
Plats and maps
circa 1915
1933
Certificates
1909-1929
National Republican Leagues material
1924
West Yellowstone School equipment
1915