Montana Historical Society
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Buford, Simeon R.,
1846-1905
Simeon R. Buford papers
1872-1911
48 linear feet of shelf space
Simeon R. Buford was a Virginia City, Montana, merchant,
stage line operator, and rancher. Papers include incoming correspondence (1872-1911) and
outgoing correspondence (1878-1906) concerning his various business enterprises, and with
family and friends. In addition, there are financial records (1872-1912), legal documents
(1879-1903), and other records. There are subgroups for Buford's political activities
(1886-1904), for his brother C.H. Buford (1884-1909).
13:4-2
7:3-5 (Oversize Box 47)
147:3-3 (Volumes)
English
Some material extrememly fragile. Access restricted to use copies for portions of collection. See
inventory below for more information.
Biographical Note:
Simeon R. Buford was born on a farm in Lewis County, Missouri, on March 2, 1846. He was
the third of fifteen children of Wellington and Amanda (Staples) Buford. In 1865 he drove an
ox team across the plains to Virginia City, Montana Territory. He established a freighting
business driving ox teams between Virginia City and Fort Benton. With the completion of the
Union Pacific Railroad he shifted his freight business to the profitable Virginia City to
Corinne, Utah, route. In 1872 he began working as a clerk in the Raymond Brothers store.
Using experience gained in this job, he opened his own store in 1878 in partnership with
Henry Elling. S.R. Buford and Company became the largest store in Virginia City, gradually
expanding its trade from wholesale groceries and liquor to general merchandise. Buford and
Elling were close personal friends and became partners in other enterprises as well as the
store. Buford was one of the founders of the Elling State Bank and served as its president
after the death of Henry Elling in November 1900. The two men also operated a hardware store
under the name Elling, Knight and Buford and were partners in a stage line, a horse and
cattle ranch in Custer County, and hay and sheep ranches at Valley Garden and the #9 Ranch
in Madison County.
During the Nez Perce War of 1878, Buford served under General Howard at the Battle of
Camas Creek. In politics, Simeon Buford was an active Democrat. He was a member of the 1889
Constitutional Convention and served in the 1891 and 1893 Legislatures. In the Senate he
promoted the location of the State Orphanage at Twin Bridges. For fourteen years he headed
the Madison County Democratic Central Committee. Simeon Buford was also active in several
fraternal orders, including the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Simeon R. Buford's younger brother Charles H. Buford (1860-1926) assisted his brother in
his freighting business and had a livery stable in Virginia City. He took over the
mercantile business, under the name Buford Mercantile Company, on the death of his
brother.
On January 4, 1877, Buford married Kate Cooley, daughter of William A. Cooley. The couple
had eight children of whom four survived to adulthood: Henry W., Effie, Simeon R. Jr., and
Ruth. Simeon R. Buford died January 15, 1905.
Henry W. Buford, (b.1878) oldest son of Simeon R. Buford, was an active participant in his
father's business helping to run the store and managing the Valley Garden Ranch.
This collection documents the transition of Virginia City, Montana, from mining camp and
territorial capital to marketing center for the ranching and mining region of Madison County
and southwest Montana.
The major portion of the collection consists of incoming correspondence (1872-1911) and
outgoing correspondence (1878-1906) of Simeon R. Buford and of several of his business
enterprises. The businesses include S.R. Buford and Company general mercantile; the Buford
Horse and Cattle Company; Buford and Elling cattle business; The Virginia City and
Sappington Stage Line, his sheep ranches at Valley Garden, Norwegian Gulch, and #9 Ranch;
and Buford's postal contract. The largest portion of the correspondence is with merchandise
suppliers and with rural customers. There is considerable correspondence with the managers
of the Valley Garden and #9 Ranches concerning operation of the sheep and hay
businesses.
Financial records include cash books (1881-1920), cash sales books (1880-1897), general
ledgers (1878-1914), journal/daybooks (1880-1905), and documenting the day-to-day operations
of the S.R. Buford and Company store. In addition there are bills of lading and freight
bills (1878-1911) from several freighting companies and railroads. These document who the
drivers were, what merchandise was transported by what route, and how much it cost. There
are also invoices, orders, price lists from wholesale suppliers, receipts, and other
scattered records.
The Simeon R. Buford Political Subgroup consists primarily of correspondence (1886-1904)
concerning Buford's service in the Constitutional Convention and Legislature and his work
for the Democratic Party.
The Charles H. Buford Subgroup consists of incoming correspondence (1885-1886, 1905-1909)
primarily concerning his handling of the financial affairs of R.N. Hawkins.
The Buford Stage Lines Subgroup includes items from the Montana Stage Company, the
Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage and Express Company, and the Virginia City and Sappington
Stage Line, all owned by S.R. Buford and Company.
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Manuscript Volumes and Oversize Box.
See inventory below for more information. NOTE: Volumes are not arranged in numerical order.
See shelf listings in Manuscript Volumes.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection.
In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright
owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
The Simeon R. Buford Papers are a portion of the manuscript material collected by Charles
Bovey in Virginia City. Bovey and his staff intermingled the papers of Buford, Henry Elling,
Flora McNulty, and others, and arranged the correspondence by town of origin. The original
provenance of the records was thus destroyed. The staff of the Montana Historical Society
Archives has attempted to restore the original order of the papers, but many errors are
possible. It is not known how Buford maintained his correspondence files. There is no way of
knowing whether he kept the files of his various businesses and personal interests separate
or interfiled them. It is probable that, like most 19th century businessmen, he kept
incoming correspondence in letterboxes, arranged alphabetically within a variety of date
spans depending on the quantity of correspondence. It was decided to arrange the letters
entirely by alphabet to maintain continuity of individual correspondents. There are several
peculiarities to the arrangement that researchers should be aware of:
Buford died in 1905. After his death his brother and son continued the business under
the name Buford Mercantile Company. Records of the company before and after Buford's death
are intermingled since the business was continuous.
Buford carried on several other businesses in conjunction with the store. He was a
partner in Henry Elling's bank and in his hardware store; he had a stage and express
business; he had a sheep ranch with headquarters at several locations; and he had a horse
and cattle business. Correspondents wrote to Buford addressing the letters to him as an
individual or under any one of the various corporate names, without regard to which of the
businesses were involved. Correspondents, including family and friends, often intermingled
business and personal matters in the same letter. For this reason all of the correspondence
has been interfiled.
The one exception is Buford's political correspondence which has been filed separately
as the SIMEON R. BUFORD POLITICAL SUBGROUP.
The incoming correspondence includes a small number of outgoing letters, primarily those
returned by the post office as not deliverable and those in which the correspondent wrote
his reply on the original letter.
The subgroup for Charles R. Buford includes some of his personal business
correspondence, but also includes some Buford Mercantile Company correspondence.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Buford, Simeon R.,
1846-1905
Butte (Mont.)--Commerce
Cameron (Mont.)
Dillon (Mont.)--Commerce
Ennis (Mont.)--Commerce
Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
Madison County (Mont.)--Commerce
Madison County (Mont.)--Politics and
government
Meadow Creek (Mont.)
Norris (Mont.)--Commerce
Pony (Mont.)--Commerce
Red Bluff (Mont.)
Sheridan (Mont.)--Commerce
Silver Star (Mont.)--Commerce
St. Paul's Church (Virginia City, Mont.)
Utah--Commerce
Virginia City (Mont.)--Commerce
Flatwillow Ranch (Mont.)
Puller Springs (Mont.)
Valley Garden Ranch (Mont.)
Wyoming--Commerce
Agricultural implements--Trade and
manufacture--Montana--Virginia City
Capitals (Cities)--Montana
Chinese--Montana--Virginia City
Coffee trade--Montana--Virginia City
Farmers--Montana--Madison County
Freight and freightage--Montana--Madison
County
Grocery trade--Montana--Virginia City
Horse Industry--Montana--Madison County
Liquor industry--Montana--Virginia City
Postal service--Montana--Virginia City
Ranches--Montana--Madison County
Retail trade--Montana--Sheridan
Retail trade--Montana--Virginia City
Sheep ranches--Montana--Madison County
Sheep dogs--Montana
Wholesale trade--Montana--Virginia City
General Stores--Montana--Virginia City
Montana
Retail
Trade
Detailed Description of the Collection
S.R. Buford Business and Personal
Biographical Material
1 / 1
Biographical sketches and obituary
undated
Incoming Correspondence
1 / 2
American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company [Helena]
1893-1898
1 / 3
American Cereal Company [Chicago]
1894-1906
1 / 4
American Cigar Company [New York]
1905, 1908
1 / 5
American Clydesdale Association
1893-1895
1 / 6
American Sheep Breeder and Wool Grower [Chicago]
1898-1901
1 / 7-10
American Tobacco Company [New York] (primarily
circular letters)
1891-1910
1 / 11
American ... (includes American Baking Powder
Association, American Cattle Growers Association, American Institute of Bank Clerks,
American National Bank of Helena, American National Live Stock Association, American
Reciprocal Tariff League, American Short-Horn Breeders Association, American
Spectacle Company)
1891-1910
1 / 12
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1903-1909
1 / 13
Anderson, Bumby and Kirby; Bumby and Kirby [Silver
Star: merchants] (see also Blackman and Bumby; Joseph Kirby)
1879-1881
1 / 14
Arbuckle Brothers [San Francisco: coffee merchants]
1896-1910
1 / 15
Armitage family [Ennis and Indian Creek] (includes
C.H., E.O., Mabel, M.N., Rommel)
1893-1904, undated
1 / 16
Armour Packing Company; Armour and Company [Kansas
City; Chicago; Butte]
1885-1910
1 / 17
J.K. Armsby Company [San Francisco: commission
merchants]
1898-1906
1 / 18
S.C. Ashby and Company [Helena: agents for Mitchell
wagons]
1880-1891
2 / 1
Henry Ayotte [Valley Garden Ranch]
1898-1901
2 / 2
Ayres Brokerage Company [Sioux City, Iowa]
1906-1909
2 / 3
Ab-Al (includes Sumner Abernathy, L.R. Alderson,
Jeff Allingburg, Eli Allen, F.B. Alley, Allivine Company, W.M. Alward)
1880-1910
2 / 4
Am-Ay (includes Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company;
Apex Company; N. Armstrong; Miles Arnold; Associated Wool Growers Company; J.C. Auld
and Company; Aultman, Miller and Company; Aurora Distilling Company; Aurora Wool
Scouring Mills; W.S. Austin; E.E. Ayers)
1880-1910
2 / 5
Baker and Harper [Butte: civil engineers] (includes
Thomas T. Baker and James H. Harper)
1887-1899
2 / 6
J.H. Baker [Lyon]; John Baker [Helena]
1887-1908
2 / 7
Thomas Baker [Helena] (re rental property)
1891, 1899-1900
2 / 8
Barnes, Lewis and Company [Salt Lake City: general
mercantile]
1888-1895
2 / 9
Jacob Bauer [Ennis; Meadow Creek]
1893-1904
2 / 10
Bemis Brothers Bag Company [Minneapolis]; Bemis
Omaha Bag Company [Omaha]
1897-1910
2 / 11
Benepe-Owenhouse Company [Bozeman: grain elevator]
1893-1902
2 / 12
Bennett Brothers Company [Butte: agricultural
implements]
1887-1896
2 / 13
A.M. Berry; Ida Berry [Meadow Creek]
1879-1899, undated
2 / 14
George B. Bess [Meadow Creek: postmaster]
1886-1897
2 / 15
Binghamton Wagon Company [Binghamton, N.Y.]
1892
2 / 16
William Black [Black's Ranch]
1875-1891
2 / 17
Blackman and Bumby; G.W. Blackman [Silver Star:
merchants] (see also Anderson, Bumby and Kirby)
1879-1880
2 / 18
Blackman and Griffin [Ogden, Utah: seed merchants]
1900-1902
2 / 19
Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company (includes M.E.
McDowell and Company, agents)
1886-1907
2 / 20
Helen K. Blackmer [Willow Creek] (re Bert Ford)
1902
2 / 21
Blodgett Milling Company [Janesville, Wis.]
1901-1908
2 / 22
J.C. Boardman [Ennis]
1889-1904
2 / 23
Robert T. Boatman [Dillon; Home Park: horses and
mules]
1893-1905
2 / 24
Dan Bock; J.C. Bock [Point of Rocks; Laurin]
1894-1899
2 / 25
A. Booth Packing Company; A. Booth and Company
[Salt Lake City: fish merchants]
1903-1908
2 / 26
John T. Borrell [Moore's Creek; Valley Garden, et
al.] (re ranch business)
1894-1895
3 / 1
A.M. Bower; Alton G. Bower [Ennis] (re egg
business)
1880-1909
3 / 2
Bowles Live Stock Commission Company [Chicago]
1904-1905
3 / 3
W.N. Bowman [Ferguson] (re sale of oats and
purchase of supplies)
1896-1903
3 / 4
Bozeman Milling Company
1900-1910
3 / 5
M.J. Brandenstein and Company [San Francisco: tea
importers]
1896-1909
3 / 6-8
A.F. Bray [Butte: wholesale grocer]
1895-1908
3 / 9
L.S. Briggs [Ennis: sheep breeder]
1897-1905
3 / 10
Bronner family [Meadow Creek] (includes S.M.,
Catherine, C.F.)
1886-1905
3 / 11
E.G. Brooke; C.W. Brooke [Whitehall] (re purchase
of supplies)
1877-1895
3 / 12
William Brookman [Ruby] (re purchase of supplies)
1901-1909
3 / 13
P.J. Brophy and Company [Butte: wholesale and
retail grocers]
1889-1905
3 / 14
Bryant family [Home Park] (includes Dave; J.B.;
M.D.; S.H.)
1886-1902
3 / 15
L.E. Buell [Bozeman] (re freight shipments)
1893-1897, undated
3 / 16
Buffalo Specialty Manufacturing Company [Buffalo,
N.Y.]
1902-1904
3 / 17
Clarence A. Buford; Charles H. Buford (brother)
1888-1902
3 / 18
Effie Buford (daughter)
1899-1903
3 / 19-20
Henry Buford [Virginia City; Valley Garden; Norris]
(son; re school, ranch, Buford and Curteman stable)
1893-1901
4 / 1-4
Henry Buford [Ennis; Valley Garden] (son; re ranch)
1902-1904, 1908-1910
4 / 5-7
Joe L. Buford [Ennis; #9 Ranch]
1897-1904, undated
4 / 8
Kate Buford (Mrs. S.R.)
1887, 1893-1902
4 / 9
Simeon R. Buford (while in Constitutional
Convention and Legislature; re store business)
1889, 1893
4 / 10
Simeon R. Buford (while out of town; re store
business and rheumatism treatment)
1879, 1886, 1896-1901
4 / 11
Wellington and Amanda Buford [Colony, Mo.]
(parents)
1872-1876, 1885
4 / 12
Buford family (includes Bess, George, J.H., Loss,
M.F., Nannie, R.W., Sam, Sarah)
1872-1904
4 / 13
Buford and Curteman [Norris: stables] (Henry Buford
and Walter Curteman: see their names also)
1900-1902
4 / 14
Buford and Leinenweber [Alder: hardware] (Charles
H. Buford and George P. Leinenweber: see their names also)
1903-1906
4 / 15
S.R. Buford and Company (to S.R. Buford while he
was out of town; correspondents include Lawrence Hauck; R.N. Hawkins; J.H. Powell)
1888-1904
5 / 1
A.N. Bull; Horace Bull [Ennis]
1888-1900, undated
5 / 2
F.S. Burch and Company [Chicago: wool growers'
supplies]
1895-1896
5 / 3
Burger family [Meadow Creek; Joliet] (includes
Elmer; Oscar; Ralph; William)
1892-1899
5 / 4
G.W. Burns [Ennis]
1888-1899
5 / 5
Butte Potato and Produce Company
1905-1910
5 / 6
Butte Wholesale Grocery Company
1906-1910
5 / 7
Butte ... (includes Butte and Montana Trading
Company; Butte Broom and Brokerage Company; Butte Electric Railway Company; Butte
Paper Company; Butte Wholesale Meat Market)
1888-1910
5 / 8-9
Ba (includes Bailey and Barton, Ennis; Baldwin and
Stevenson, Butte; W.R. Baldwin, Lyon; R.T. Ballard, Helena; George A. Barnard, Lyon;
G.W. Barnes, Norris; H.E. Barney; W. Barton, Valley Garden; R.P. Bateman, Butte;
Martin Battle, Home Park)
1876-1910
5 / 10
Be (includes Henry Ward Beecher Memorial Committee;
William M. Bell and Company, Pittsburgh; John Bennetts, Ennis; Berg Hardware
Company, Townsend)
1878-1910
5 / 11
Bi-Bl (includes N.J. Bielenburg, Deer Lodge; Big
Blackfoot Milling Company; Billings Sugar Company; F.M. Blackford; Bliss Syrup
Refining Company, Kansas City; Blue Grass Canning Company, Owensboro, Ky.)
1876-1908
5 / 12
Bo (includes John J. Bogert, Monitor Mine; Boise
Fruit Growers Association; John L. Boland Book and Stationery Company, St. Louis,
Mo.; The Board of World's Fair Managers of the State of Montana; Bordon's Condensed
Milk Company; Thomas J. Bouton, Billings livestock; J.J. Bowker, Los Angeles; James
E. Boyd, Omaha; Bozeman Implement, Carriage, and Harness Company)
1879-1908
5 / 13
Br (includes A.L. Brewer, Radersburg; Charles
Broodwell, Ennis; R.S. Brooks and Son, Ogden livestock; M.L. Brown, Blackhawk,
Colo.; George A. Bruffey, Fish Creek)
1878-1910
5 / 14
Bu-By (includes Joseph W. Buck, Ennis; Mrs. John H.
Bulger, Argenta; Lewis Bullerdick, Sheridan; Bunker and Cochran, Livestock
Commission Merchants, Chicago; George F. Burton, Willow Creek; Butler Brothers,
Chicago; J.A. Butler, Grand Rapids, Mich.; James G. Butler Tobacco Company, St.
Louis, Mo.)
1873-1910
5 / 15
California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company
1901-1909
5 / 16-17
California Powder Works (see also: Oscar White)
1880, 1886-1905
5 / 18
Cameron family [Ennis; Cameron] (includes A.B.;
Mrs. A.B.; James B.)
1893-1904, 1910
5 / 19
Cantrell family [Dillon; Home Park] (includes
William; L.M.; Mary E.)
1888-1903
6 / 1
Carpenter and Thompson [Butte: fruit and produce]
1901-1903
6 / 2
Elmer J. Carter [Missoula: manufacturers' agent]
1898-1908
6 / 3
V.B. Case [Meadow Creek]
1889-1897
6 / 4-5
Castle Brothers [San Francisco: wholesale grocers]
1878-1905, 1910
6 / 6
Chase and Sanborn [Chicago: tea and coffee]
1903-1908
6 / 7
Dan T. Chapman [Dillon] (successor to Sebree,
Ferris and White)
1889-1890
6 / 8
J.W. Chowning [Ennis: general mercantile] (also
includes C.W. Chowning)
1899-1910, undated
6 / 9
J. Shepherd Clark and Company [New York: "El
Comercio"]
1906-1907
6 / 10
John E. Clark [Butte] (agent for Royal Baking
Powder)
1894-1897, undated
6 / 11
John Clarke [New York: spice merchant]
1901-1902
6 / 12-13
Clay, Robinson and Company [Chicago; South Omaha:
livestock commission] (includes range livestock and sheep newsletter)
1888-1908
6 / 14
R.E. Cobb [St. Paul, Minn.: produce]
1901-1904
6 / 15
Code, Elfelt and Company [San Francisco:
condiments]
1879, 1886-1891
6 / 16
Coffman family [Rutledge, Mo.] (cousins: includes
C.M.; M.A.; Hugh; Lutie)
1885-1901
6 / 17
S. Cohen and Company [Helena: cigars]
1893-1896
6 / 18
G. Cohn Company [San Francisco: liquor and tobacco]
1879, 1886-1905
6 / 19
M.G. Cohn and Company; Louis S. Cohn [Butte:
produce, fruit and cigars]
1889-1909
6 / 20
W.H. Collier [Butte; Puller Springs]
1886-1897
6 / 21
Collins Land Company; J.B. Collins and Company; The
Collins Company [Helena: real estate]
1899-1907
6 / 22
Columbus Buggy Company [Columbus, Ohio]
1890-1905
7 / 1
Joseph Comley [Ennis, #9 Ranch, Valley Garden,
Pony]
1896-1902
7 / 2-3
W.H. Comley; Nan Comley [Valley Garden] (Nan was
S.R. Buford's niece)
1900-1904, undated
7 / 4
F.B. Connelly [Butte: manufacturers' agent]
1904-1910
7 / 5
Philip Conrey; Conrey Placer Mining Company [Alder]
1896-1905
7 / 6
Continental Oil Company
1879-1910
7 / 7
Continental Tobacco Company
1899-1904
7 / 8
Cooley family [Madison] (includes W.A.; W.N.;
Jennie; the Cooleys were S.R. Buford's in-laws)
mostly undated
7 / 9
Cooney Brothers; Cooney Brothers and Walsh [Butte:
merchandise brokers] (F.H. Cooney; Howard C. Cooney)
1896-1909
7 / 10
Cooperative Building Plan Associates [New York:
architects]
1899-1902
7 / 11
George F. Cope [Washington Bar; Los Angeles]
1879-1902, undated
7 / 12
Cornwall and Brother [Louisville, Ky.: candles]
1879-1880
7 / 13
Corporation Auxiliary Company (re spying on
American Federation of Labor)
1904-1908
7 / 14
William Courtney [Miles City: livestock broker]
(includes weather reports)
1897-1901
7 / 15
Clarence A. Crane [Warren, Ohio: maple products]
1902-1908
7 / 16
Francis Cropper Company [Chicago: liquor]
1898-1906
7 / 17
Crosby and Meyers [Chicago: wholesale cheese]
1905-1907
7 / 18
Crowell and Nuckolls; W.J. Crowell [Dillon:
grocers]
1889-1899
8 / 1
Cudahy Packing Company [Butte; South Omaha]
1881, 1892-1910
8 / 2
Cuddy Cheese Company [Sheboygan, Wis.]
1905-1907
8 / 3
W.F. Cummins [Helena: tailor]
1895-1896
8 / 4
George C. Cummock [Meadow Creek]
1879-1896, undated
8 / 5
Samuel Cupples Woodenware Company [St. Louis, Mo.]
1880, 1884-1905
8 / 6
Cutler and Gilbert; D.G. Cutler and Company
[Duluth: building materials]
1892-1909
8 / 7
Cutting Packing Company; Cutting Fruit Packing
Company [San Francisco]
1878-1900
8 / 8
Ca (includes Emilio Cabanzon y Cia, Havana cigars;
A.P. Callahan and Company, Chicago; G.J. Calvert, Meadow Creek; C.G. Cambron, San
Francisco; William M. Camble, Alder; Carbon County assessor; Joe Carder, Valley
Garden; M.W. Carman, Butte; J.T. Carroll, Butte; J.I. Case Plow Works, Racine; Casey
Candy Company, Butte; J.F. Castlett, Missoula)
1880-1910
8 / 9
Ce-Ci (includes Central Brokerage Company, Chicago;
Ceylon Planters Tea Company, New York; Chavez and Ramirez, Havana cigars; Chicago
Drovers Journal; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company; J.K. Cilley and Company, New York)
1879-1908
8 / 10
Cl (includes Henry Clews and Company, New York;
Jack Clifford, Ennis; J.H. Clough, Chicago)
1879-1905
8 / 11
Cob-Col (includes W.H. Coffin Fish Company,
Seattle; Frank Cole, Meadow Creek; H.E. Coleman, Salt Lake City; Colorado Smelting
and Mining Company, Butte; Columbia School of Poultry Culture, Waterville, Ky.)
1879-1910
8 / 12
Com-Con (includes W.N. Conley, Ennis; J.T. Connor;
J.H. Conrad and Company, Billings; John M. Conway, Lyon)
1887-1905
8 / 13
Coo-Cow (includes H.M. Coons, Ennis; Walter Cooper,
Bozeman; A.V. Corry, Butte; Cortland Wagon Company, Cortland, N.Y.; R.T. Courtney,
Norris; William F. Covely)
1879-1909
8 / 14
Cr-Cu (includes Crescent Creamery Company, St.
Paul, Minn.; Crescent Macaroni Company, Davenport, Iowa; R.B. Crouch and Company,
Chicago; "E.B.C.")
1874-1908
9 / 1
Daems family [Virginia City; Ennis; Madison Valley]
(includes Henry; Paul; L.S.; Mary)
1889-1910
9 / 2
Dallemand and Company [Chicago: liquor]
1886-1907
9 / 3
A.J. Davidson and Company [Helena: saddlery and
wagons]
1879-1897
9 / 4
A.M. Davidson [Cameron]
1894-1910
9 / 5-6
Davidson Grocery Company [Butte]
1897-1910, undated
9 / 7
Davis and Company; John E. Davis [Butte: wholesale
grocer]
1886-1896
9 / 8
Davis ... (includes D.J. Davis, Ennis; Doug Davis,
Blackfoot, Idaho; E.U. Davis, Cameron; Oscar Davis, Ennis)
1881-1910
9 / 9-12
J.W. Decker [Valley Garden; McAllister]
1896-1904
9 / 13
Deering Harvester Company [Chicago] (Montana agents
include E.C. Drum; A.G. West)
1898-1902
9 / 14
Delafield, McGovern and Company [Chicago: raisins
and salmon]
1888-1901
9 / 15
Diamond Wall Finish Company [Grand Rapids, Mich.]
1893-1908
9 / 16
Albert Dickinson Company [Chicago: seed merchant]
1901-1908
9 / 17-18
Dillon Implement Company
1883-1904
9 / 19
August Dipple [Portland, Ore.: agent for Winona and
Harrison wagons]
1897-1906
9 / 20
Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company [Peoria,
Ill.]
1893-1895
10 / 1
Dodge and Starkel [Chicago: fish commission]
1905-1907
10 / 2
Dodson, Fisher, Brockmann Company [Minneapolis:
harness and saddlery]
1902-1910
10 / 3
Philip Dodson [Bozeman: tobacco]
1883-1890
10 / 4
Drummond Tobacco Company [St. Louis, Mo.] (includes
Denver agent Aloys Jacobs; see also Aloys Jacobs)
1880-1899
10 / 5
M.P. Dunham [Cameron]
1889-1895
10 / 6
Dunigan family [Puller Springs] (includes Agnes,
J.C., Julia: also spelled Donigan)
1887-1903
10 / 7
John Dunn; R.W. Dunn [Ennis; Rockvale; Red Lodge]
1887-1901, undated
10 / 8
Dr. W.D. Dunn; Mary Dunn [Black's Ranch]
1880
10 / 9
E.I. DuPont de Nemours Power Company
1907-1910
10 / 10
F.W. Dustan (agent for Sprague, Warner and Company
and others)
1903-1910
10 / 11
Da (includes C.L. Dahler, Helena; Eph Davidson,
Ennis; E.H. Davison, Bozeman; Day and Company, Salt Lake City)
1879-1910
10 / 12
De (includes Deere and Webber Company, Minneapolis;
Delaney and Anderson, Silver Star; T. Denoon and Company, Butte; Deputy and
Staudaher, Dillon; Dewey, Gould and Company, Boston)
1879-1910
10 / 13
Di (includes Diamond Match Company, Chicago; J.E.
Dickey, Rochester, Mont.; Dillon Furniture Company; S.R. Dillon, Lyon)
1886-1904
10 / 14
Do-Dw (includes Pat Dorby, Sheridan; Michael Doyle
and Company, Rochester, N.Y.; Ben F. Drake and Company, Billings; J.F. Drew, Meadow
Creek and Valley Garden)
1880-1910
10 / 15
John B. Egan [Ennis; Billings: agent for Griggs,
Cooper and Company]
1902-1910
10 / 16
M. Ehrman and Company [San Francisco: wholesale
grocer]
1888-1906
10 / 17
Eichengreen and Kennedy [Chicago: wool dealers]
1895-1896
10 / 18
Henry Elling [Virginia City] (includes condolences
to S.R. Buford on death of his partner Elling)
1879-1900
10 / 19
Henry Elling, Banker [Virginia City]
1889-1900
10 / 20-21
Henry Elling and Company [Sheridan: merchants] (see
also: predecessor O.F. Parmeter and Company)
1890-1908
10 / 22
Elling and Hyndman [Sheridan: flour mill] (see
also: Silver Spring Roller Mills; Archie Hyndman)
1887-1902
10 / 23
Elling family [Ennis] (includes Horace, Karl, Mary,
Theodore, William)
1886-1902
11 / 1
E.M. Ellis (re proposed Sunday closing law)
1897-1898
11 / 2
James H. Ellsworth [Washington, D.C.: attorney for
mail contractors]
1894-1902
11 / 3
Energy Food Company (includes agents from many
cities)
1906
11 / 4
William Ennis [Ennis: grocer]
1880-1905
11 / 5
A.J. Erickson
1871-1892
11 / 6
Evans family [Ennis; Washington Bar] (includes
Emma, George, James G., Joseph, Noah, Susan, William)
1891-1908
11 / 7
Evans-Snider-Buel Company [South Omaha: livestock
commission agent]
1897-1906
11 / 8
E (includes J.B. Edwards, Pony; Electric Wheel
Company, Quincy, Ill.; Herman Engelke, Harlem, Mont.; Ed N. Eno, Butte; S.R. Ervin,
Ennis; Frank M. Eshleman, Wyoming)
1879-1910
11 / 9
Felton and Son [Boston: rum]
1905-1907
11 / 10
R.A. Ferguson [Ferguson; Pony: general mercantile]
1900-1905
11 / 11
Finch family [Norris; Sand Creek] (includes John
J.; Loren; Marie)
1895-1900
11 / 12
Fine Brothers [St. Louis, Mo.: cigars]
1882-1894
11 / 13
Fish Brothers Wagon Company [Racine, Wis.]
1886-1907
11 / 14
W.B. Fisher [Pony; Revenue Mine]
1886-1896
11 / 15-16
Fitzgerald family [Valley Garden] (includes Frank
M.; Ella; R.E.; Stout)
1892-1904, undated
11 / 17
Samuel Fletcher; William Fletcher [Meadow Creek]
1883-1905
11 / 18
Folger, Schilling and Company; J.A. Folger and
Company [San Francisco: coffee] (includes 1 letter re San Francisco earthquake)
1880-1909
11 / 19
Fond du Lac Cheese and Butter Company [Wis.]
1904-1907
11 / 20
A.J. Fort; H.T. Fort [Harrison; Ferguson]
1894-1900
11 / 21
Fort Scott Sugar and Sorghum Syrup Company [Kansas]
1905-1906
11 / 22
R.H. Foster; H.U. Foster [Red Bluff]
1880-1901
11 / 23
Franklin, MacVeagh and Company [Chicago] (see also:
G.D. Lounsbery; Sleeper and Flanley)
1892-1910
11 / 24
C.C. Fuller Company [Bozeman: wholesale fruit and
produce]
1891-1892
11 / 25
R.E. Funsten, Dried Fruit and Nut Company [St.
Louis, Mo.]
1903-1907
11 / 26
L.C. Fyhrie and Company [Dillon: general
mercantile]
1880-1891
11 / 27
Fa-Fe (includes Fairbanks, Morse and Company, St.
Paul, Minn.; Hiram Faris, Lewis and Red Bluff; Farrell and Varney, Ennis; James H.
Feber, Dillon; Federal Reporter, New York; Felix and Marston, Chicago)
1880-1907
12 / 1
Fi (includes Financial Red Book of America; A.J.
Firkins, Norris; First National Bank, Dillon; A.A. Fisher, Revenue Mine)
1878-1906
12 / 2
Fl-Fo (includes James Floyd, Ennis; Aaron Flynn,
Red Bluff; Force Food Company, Buffalo, N.Y.; Lewis L. Fowler, Cameron)
1876-1908
12 / 3
Fr-Fu (includes Birdie Fraser, Ferguson; W. Frese
and Company, San Francisco; James A. Frisbee, Bozeman; Lewis Fullhart, Silver Star;
Fulton Market, Butte)
1878-1909
12 / 4
E.J. Gainan [Philippines] (re service in
Spanish-American War)
1898-1899
12 / 5
H.F. Galen's Stage Line; H.F. Galen Stage and
Express Line
1879-1882
12 / 6
Gallatin Valley Milling Company [Belgrade]
1903-1904
12 / 7
B. Gallick [Butte: liquor and cigars]
1898-1907
12 / 8
James Galusha [Sheridan; Ramshorn]
1879-1900
12 / 9
Garry Iron and Steel Company [Cleveland]
1897-1907
12 / 10
Charles L. Gay [Crockett, Calif.] (re location of
his father William Gay)
1903
12 / 11
Joseph Geoghegan [Salt Lake City: merchandise
broker]
1901-1903
12 / 12
John Gibb; Gibb and Rhoades [Miles City: livestock
broker]
1901-1903
12 / 13
Gibbs Candy Company; Gibbs Preserving Company
[Boston]
1897-1906
12 / 14
Gibson family [Meadow Creek; Florence] (includes
Fred L.; Guy; Mrs. E.B.)
1894-1907
12 / 15
C.M. Gilbert; J.B. Gilbert [Pony; Red Rock]
1880-1892
12 / 16-18
J.F. Gilchrest [Ennis; Valley Garden; #9 Ranch]
1892-1899
12 / 19
John Gilfoil [Twin Bridges]
1880-1886
12 / 20
Thomas P. Gillespie [Salt Lake City; Rossland,
B.C.] (includes clipping re his murder in Nye County, Nevada)
1895-1896
12 / 21
Gilmer family [Ennis; Jeffers] (includes C.; E.;
Will C.)
1891-1910, undated
12 / 22
Goetschius family [Laurin; Sheridan; Alder]
(includes Charlotte; J.F.; Lee)
1880-1905
12 / 23
Ed Gohn [Virginia City]; P.H. Gohn [Pony] (nephew
of S.R. Buford)
1888-1903
12 / 24
Goin family (includes Ed; R.H.; S.R.]
1879-1902
12 / 25
Goodhart-Hartman Company [Chicago: liquor]
1894-1909
12 / 26
Gordon Brothers Dairy; Gordon Dairy Ranch [Meadow
Creek]
1886-1910
12 / 27
Great Western Cereal Company [Chicago]
1902-1908
12 / 28
Wallace W. Green [Ennis: livery stable]
1900-1905
13 / 1
Griggs, Cooper and Company [St. Paul, Minn.:
wholesale grocers]
1895-1910
13 / 2
W.R. Guile [Norwegian Gulch]
1900-1901
13 / 3
Ga-Gh (includes Gans and Klein, Butte; August Gast
Bank Note and Lithographing Company, St. Louis, Mo.; Gates and Snow, Helena; M.A.
Gedney Pickling Company, Minneapolis)
1880-1910
13 / 4
Gi-Gl (includes Paris Gibson, Great Falls; Joseph
Glasser, Sheridan; Glenwood Canning Company, Glenwood, Iowa; Globe Tobacco Company,
Detroit)
1883-1908
13 / 5
Go-Gu (includes William Golls, Ennis; Jeff Gowin,
Jefferson Valley; Arthur P. Greeley, Washington, D.C.; J. Gregory, Sacramento; H.L.
Griffin Company, Ogden, Utah; Griffin and Shelley, San Francisco; Mrs. J.J. Grim,
Carlin, Nev.; A. Guckenheimer and Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Gutmann and Rice, New
York)
1879-1909
13 / 6
Joe I. Haines [Red Bluff; Meadow Creek]
1878-1905
13 / 7
William Hamilton [Valley Garden; Home Park]
1893-1900
13 / 8
Hammond Packing Company; G.H. Hammond Company
[Chicago; Butte]
1897-1908
13 / 9
J.E. Hample [Butte: hides, tallow, wool]
1888-1903
13 / 10
M. Hanley; Paul Hanley [Sheds Bridge]
1878-1880
13 / 11
Hannah and Hogg [Chicago: liquor]
1904-1905
13 / 12
Hardwood Manufacturing Company [Minneapolis: burlap
bags]
1903-1910
13 / 13
H.C. Harrison; Mrs. H.C. Harrison [Harrison, Mont.]
1878-1899
13 / 14
Charles Hartman [Washington, D.C.: Montana
Congressman]
1894-1899
13 / 15
John L. Hartman; Mrs. John L. Hartman [Ennis];
Simon Hartman [Virginia City]
1889-1902
13 / 16
D.T. Haskett [Butte: agent for Reid, Murdoch and
Company] (see also: Reid, Murdoch and Company)
1889-1900
13 / 17
Hawkins and Higbee [Washington Bar; Meadow Creek:
lumber dealers] (J.C. Hawkins; E.P. Higbee)
1889-1902
13 / 18
R.N. Hawkins [Pony]
1886-1901
13 / 19
P.D. Hayward [Lewis]
1878-1881
13 / 20
Helvatia Milk Condensing Company [San Francisco]
1902-1907
13 / 21
D.J. Hennessy Mercantile Company [Butte]
1896-1910
13 / 22
Henningsen Produce Company [Butte]
1899-1910
13 / 23
William Henry [Meadow Creek]
1888-1895
13 / 24
H.M. Herrin and Company [Butte: commission
merchants]
1894-1895
13 / 25
Herman Heyneman [San Francisco: tobacco]
1899-1903
14 / 1
R.J. Hillier; Hillier and Thomas [Philadelphia:
cigars]
1891-1910
14 / 2
A.M. Holter Hardware Company [Helena]
1901-1906
14 / 3
Hoover and Allison Company [Minneapolis: twine and
cordage]
1900-1903
14 / 4
George A. Hormel and Company [Austin, Minn.: pork
packers]
1900-1908
14 / 5
H.S. Howell [Helena] (re Weisenhorn wagons)
1891
14 / 6
W.J. Hunt [Sabastapol, Calif.: fruit]
1879-1903
14 / 7
S.W. Hurst; Hurst and Olds [Red Bluff]
1878-1881
14 / 8
Israel A. Hutchins [Lyons]
1889-1911
14 / 9
Homer F. Hutton [Madison Valley; Ennis]
1880-1904, undated
14 / 10
Archie Hyndman [Sheridan] (see also: Elling and
Hyndman; Silver Spring Roller Mills)
1880-1904
14 / 11
Ha-Hap (includes G.F. Hadzor, Norris; D.M. Hagerty,
Red Bluff; John A. Hall, Ennis; Hamburger Brothers, Chicago; Hugh Hamilton, Ennis;
Hans Hanson, Martinsdale)
1878-1907
14 / 12
Har-Hay (includes Peter Harding, Puller Springs;
L.A. Harkness, Pleasant Valley, Idaho; John H. Harper, Butte; Willis Harwood, Willow
Park; Hayner Distilling Company, St. Paul, Minn.)
1876-1909
14 / 13
He-Hi (includes Robert Hedge, Washington Bar;
Helena Hardware Company; S.C. Herbst Importing Company, Milwaukee, Wis.; J.R.
Heryford, Norwegian Gulch; Emerson Hill, Red Rock)
1879-1908
14 / 14
Ho (includes Sim Holstein, Deming N.M.; D.W.
Horner, Heppner, Ore.; Howard Publishing Company)
1873-1908
14 / 15
Hu-Hy (includes Hughes and Langley, New York; Hull
and Fitch, Oskaloosa, Iowa; J.R. Hunter, Ferguson; C.W. Hutton, Constantine, Mich.;
George Hyer, Meadow Creek)
1880-1910
14 / 16
Idaho Falls Milling Company
1900
14 / 17
Iler and Company [Omaha: liquor]
1879-1901, undated
14 / 18
International Harvester Company (formerly Deering
and McCormick companies)
1902-1910
14 / 19
Inter-state Live Stock Commission Company (includes
lists of sales of western cattle)
1891
14 / 20
N.J. Isdell; Isdell Mercantile Company; [Norris;
Pony]
1872-1901
14 / 21
I (includes Illinois Sewing Machine Company;
Implement Age; Indiana Bicycle Company; International Law and Collection Company;
International Mining Congress; Inter-State Irrigation Association)
1881-1910
15 / 1
P.V. Jackson [Sterling; Red Bluff; Norris]
1881-1901
15 / 2
Aloys Jacobs "Horseshoe Jake" [Denver: tobacco
agent] (see also: Drummond Tobacco Company)
1891-1904
15 / 3
O.W. Jay; Helen Julia Jay [Pony]
1893-1902
15 / 4
Jeffers family; Jeffers and Switzer [Ennis]
(includes J.B.; M.D.; Mrs. T.E.)
1889-1910
15 / 5
B.J. Johnson Soap Company [Milwaukee, Wis.]
1904-1905
15 / 6
Johnson ... (includes E.S. Johnson, Helena; Fred S.
Johnson, Norris; J.H. Johnson, Norris; John E. Johnson, Ennis; W.L. Johnson,
Sterling)
1889-1908
15 / 7
Jones Fruit Company [Butte]
1906-1908
15 / 8
Jones of Binghamton [Binghamton, N.Y.: scales]
1905-1907
15 / 9
Jones ... (includes D.N. Jones, Ennis; R.E. Jones,
Chicago; W. Northey Jones, Livingston)
1879-1906
15 / 10
Justice, Bateman and Company [Philadelphia: wool
commission]
1899-1908
15 / 11
Ja-Je (includes Hy S. Jacobs, Salem, Idaho;
James-Force Company, San Francisco; P.H. James, Washington Bar; Jameson, Hevener and
Griggs, St. Paul, Minn.; Jefferson Valley Trading Company, Whitehall)
1880-1911
15 / 12
Jo-Ju (includes Johnston Harvester Company,
Batavia, N.Y.; William H. Jordan and Company, Gloucester, Mass.; John Judge, Home
Park; Joseph I. Judy, Marshall, Mo.)
1884-1908
15 / 13
Keenan and Sons [Chicago: live stock commission
merchants] (includes lists of sales of western cattle)
1892-1894
15 / 14
Keller family [Ennis; Cameron; Jeffers] (includes
E.A.; E.E.; Bert)
1894-1910
15 / 15
J.F. Kelly Company [Butte: fruit]
1889-1896
15 / 16
Kennett Mining Company [Virginia City; Ennis]
1897-1903
15 / 17
Fred J. Kiesel and Company [Ogden, Utah; terminus
Utah Northern Railroad: bank and groceries]
1878-1880
15 / 18
C.M. Kiggins [Boise, Idaho]
1901-1905
15 / 19
Grace Kimberley [Stuart, Iowa] (re Virginia City
school)
1902
15 / 20
Frank B. Kirby; Alpharetta Wright Kirby [Cameron]
1891-1902
15 / 21
Joseph D. Kirby [Silver Star] (see also: Anderson,
Bumby and Kirby)
1878-1880
15 / 22
James S. Kirk and Company [Chicago: soap]
1879-1891, 1895, 1909
15 / 23
Kleinschmidt and Brothers [Helena: groceries and
hardware]
1879-1896
15 / 24
Conrad Knievel [Butte: produce merchant]
1901-1908
15 / 25
S.K. Knox [Revenue, Mont.]
1893-1896
15 / 26
Ka-Ke (includes Mary Keeler, Sterling; Keith
Brothers and Company, Chicago; William B. Kelly, Chicago; Kennedy Furniture Company,
Butte; John Kennedy, Sterling; Keokuk Canning Company, Iowa)
1879-1910
15 / 27
Ki-Ky (includes Morris H. Kilmer, Cameron; F.H.
Kingrey, Adobetown; H.L. Kingsley, Helena; Charles Kinkead, Home Park; Perry P.
Kline, Helena; Albert B. Knight, Butte; Henry Knippenberg, Glendale; Charles A.
Skodle, Butte)
1879-1910
16 / 1
Henry B. Lake [Norris]
1888-1902
16 / 2
Gertie Lancaster [Los Angeles] (former fiancee)
1873-1876
16 / 3
W.D. Langford [Ennis]
1899-1902
16 / 4
C.M. Larimore [Home Park]
1893-1894
16 / 5
George Lawrence Company [Portland, Ore.: saddlery]
1905-1910
16 / 6
H.L. Lee [New York: tobacco]
1899-1900
16 / 7
James Levy and Brother [Cincinnati: liquor]
1886-1894
16 / 8
G.T. Lewis [Twin Bridges]
1879-1880
16 / 9
Lievre, Fricke and Company [San Francisco; Butte:
tea and coffee]
1889-1896
16 / 10
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company [St. Louis, Mo.]
1891-1899
16 / 11
M.F. Lindon [Butte]
1901-1904
16 / 12
Livingston and Company [San Francisco: liquor]
1879-1910
16 / 13
Lockey's Steam Cracker Bakery; Richard Lockey
[Bozeman]
1878-1880
16 / 14
Long family [Ennis] (includes C.W.; James; Richard;
T.B.; Walter; William)
1890-1904
16 / 15
Perry Longfellow [Meadow Creek; Pony]
1892-1902
16 / 16
P. Lorillard and Company [Jersey City, N.J.:
tobacco]
1886-1899
16 / 17
G.D. Lounsbery; Lounsbery, Casey and Lanphier
[Butte: manufacturers' agent]
1902-1910
16 / 18
George A. Lowe [Salt Lake City: agent for Schuttler
wagons]
1879-1899
16 / 19
Johnson Lowe [St. Charles, Ill.: collie breeder]
1901
16 / 20
William S. Lowe [Ennis: groceries]
1889-1900
16 / 21
John J. Lowe [Red Bluff]
1888-1898
16 / 22
Luce and Luce [Bozeman: attorneys] (re land
application)
1887-1888, 1894
16 / 23
George P. Luckhardt [Oregon, Mo.: fruit grower]
1886
16 / 24
M.D. Lytle [Home Park]
1899-1908
16 / 25
La (includes William Lambert, San Francisco; David
Landreth and Sons, Philadelphia; Laramie Broom Works, Ogden, Utah; P.A. Largey and
Company, Iron Rod; C.X. Larrabee, Brook Nook Ranch and Fairhaven, Wash.; J.B.
Laurin, Laurin, Mont.)
1876-1907
16 / 26
Le (includes Leader Washboard Company, St. Louis,
Mo.; L.E. LeBolt, Butte; A.A. Leland, Johnson, Vt.; Leopold, Solomon and Eisendrath,
Chicago; J.H. Levy, Washington Bar and Ennis; George M. Lewis, Myersberg)
1879-1909
16 / 27
Li-Ll (includes Lincoln Poultry, Butter and Egg
Company, Lincoln, Neb.; Lincoln Union Stock Yards; Lindsay and Company, Helena;
Little Missouri Horse Company, Gladstone, N.D.; A. Livingston, Belmont Park; W.W.
Livingston, Bozeman; M.R. Lloyd, Pony)
1878-1909
16 / 28
Lo-Ly (includes Lofton and Thompson, California
Gulch; John Lovell, Dillon; Lufkin Stock Yards, Chicago; T.J. Lynch, Adobetown;
George H. Lyon, Lyon, Mont.; I.L. Lyon, Dillon)
1878-1910
17 / 1
MacDonald family [Revenue, Mont.] (includes A.G.;
D.H.; Hugh; J.A.; Mrs. J.A.; W.G.)
1889-1894, undated
17 / 2
E.G. Maclay and Company; Overland Freight Line
[terminus of Utah Northern Railroad]
1878
17 / 3
Macondray and Company [San Francisco: tea
importers]
1879-1905
17 / 4
Madison County government
1887-1904
17 / 5
Malad Co-operative Company [Malad, Idaho: general
mercantile]
1896-1904
17 / 6
H.C. Manley [Ennis]
1893-1909
17 / 7
W.D. Manley [Pony]
1886-1902
17 / 8
William Mann Company [Philadelphia: blank book
manufacturer]
1894-1905
17 / 9
Maplehurst Kennels [McLane, Pa.; collie breeder]
1901
17 / 10
William Marr [Pony, Virginia City]
1881-1898
17 / 11
Frank C. Marshall and Company [Chicago: importers]
1905-1907
17 / 12
I.M. Marshall [Ferguson]
1902-1904
17 / 13
Marshall-Wells Hardware Company [Duluth]
1908-1910, undated
17 / 14
J.C. Maslin [Butte: agent for Sprague, Warner and
Company]
1890-1896
17 / 15
L.B. Mattison [Salt Lake City: agent for Mitchell
wagons]
1879-1881
17 / 16
R.F. May [Bozeman]
1880-1881
17 / 17
May family [Ennis] (includes Bert; E.A.; U.J.)
1886-1910
17 / 18
J.H. McAllister [Meadow Creek; McAllister; Malad,
Idaho]
1886-1904, undated
17 / 19
McAllister family [Meadow Creek; McAllister]
(includes James; J.A. McAllister; Alex McAllister)
1886-1908
17 / 20
W.H. McAtee; McAtee and Gilmer [Ennis; Norris]
1896-1904
17 / 21
Mack M. McColley; Mrs. J.M. McColley [Ennis]
1886-1899, undated
17 / 22
McCord-Brady Company [Omaha: wholesale grocers]
1892-1895
17 / 23
Pat McCoy [Ennis]
1887-1903, undated
17 / 24
McDonnell family [Cameron; Meadow Creek; Ennis]
(includes A.J.; Felix; J.F.; Patrick; Terrence)
1888-1909
17 / 25
M.E. McDowell and Company [Philadelphia: tobacco]
1880-1889
17 / 26
J.A. McIntosh [Boise, Idaho]
1902-1904
17 / 27
John McKelvey; Little Kid Mining Company [Norris;
Washington Bar]
1890-1896
17 / 28
William McKimens [Ennis]
1880-1889
17 / 29
W.F. McLaughlin and Company [Chicago: coffee]
1894-1908
17 / 30
James McMillan and Company; McMillan Fur and Wool
Company [Minneapolis]
1890-1906
17 / 31
Fred Mercer [Twin Bridges; Ennis]
1893-1897
17 / 32
Merchants and Shippers Agency [Chicago]
1891-1896
17 / 33
Merchants Produce Company [Butte]
1904-1908
17 / 34
Metropolitan Meat Market; Tinsley and Hanson [Pony]
1900-1903
17 / 35
Metzel family [Puller Springs] (includes Alex;
Charles; Frank; L.A.; T.A.; W.O.)
1892-1904
17 / 36
Meyer, Bannerman and Company [St. Louis, Mo.:
saddles]
1902-1907
18 / 1
Michalitschke Brothers and Company [San Francisco:
tobacco]
1881-1905
18 / 2
Michener family [Meadow Creek] (includes E.F.; Guy
C.; Lewis)
1881-1901
18 / 3
Michigan Buggy Company [Kalamazoo, Mich.]
1899
18 / 4
George R. Milburn [Miles City: attorney]
1898, 1903
18 / 5
Miller and Hart [Chicago: packing house]
1902-1906
18 / 6
A.G. Miller [Valley Garden; Twin Bridges]
1893, 1898, 1900
18 / 7
Louis Miller [Ruby]
1892-1902
18 / 8
E.H. Mills [Sabastapol, Calif.: fruit]
1904-1905
18 / 9
Mitchelhill and Ramsey; Mitchelhill and Company
[St. Joseph, Mo.: seed merchants]
1896-1906
18 / 10-11
Mitchell and Lewis Company; Mitchell-Lewis Motor
Company [Racine, Wis.: wagons, automobiles]
187_, 1886-1910
18 / 12
William Mitchell [Ennis]
1886-1902
18 / 13
Moline Plow Company; Minnesota Moline Plow Company;
Western Moline Plow Company
1895-1910
18 / 14
Monopol Tobacco Works [New York]
1904-1908
18 / 15
Montana Commission Company [Butte]
1893, 1902-1903
18 / 16
Montana Hardware Company [Butte]
1899-1909
18 / 17
Montana Implement Dealers Association
1899-1903
18 / 18-20
Montana Mercantile Company [Dillon] (correspondents
include O.M. Best; W.A. Jones)
1893-1909
18 / 21
Montana Stock Growers Association (includes letters
re strays sold)
1886-1902
18 / 22
Montana Wool Growers Association
1895-1908
18 / 23
Montana [government] (includes Bureau of
Agriculture, Labor and Industry; Auditor's Office; Register of State Lands; Recorder
of Marks and Brands; State Orphans' Home; Board of Stock Commissioners;
Veterinarian's Office; Board of World's Fair Managers)
1887-1908
18 / 24
Montana ... (includes Montana Anchor Fence Company,
Helena; Montana Boy Consolidated Mines Company, Newhouse; Montana Children's Home
Society; Montana Dressed Meat Company, Anaconda; Montana Grocers Association;
Montana Live Stock Commission Company, Helena; Montana Mineral Water Company, White
Sulphur Springs; Montana Retail Lumbermen's Association; Montana Vinegar Works,
Butte)
1896-1908
19 / 1
D.H. Montgomery [Helena] (re Western Union Mail and
Stage Company; Helena Live Stock Exchange)
1886-1890
19 / 2
O.P. Moore [Cherry Creek]
1879-1898
19 / 3
H.E. Morier Produce Company [Butte]
1906-1908
19 / 4
J.E. Morse [Dillon] (re cooperation among implement
dealers)
1886, 1900
19 / 5
A.H. Motley Company [Reidsville, N.C.: tobacco]
1894-1897
19 / 6
Ed F. Murphy [Butte: agent for Sprague, Warner and
Company and other companies]
1899-1909
19 / 7
Maa-Man (includes Madison Valley Butter Company,
Ennis; J.C. Mahony, Silver Star; Mandeville and King, Rochester, N.Y.; Mantle Lamp
Company of America; Lee Mantle, Washington, D.C.)
1873-1909
19 / 8
Mar-May (includes T.B. Marquis, M.D., Ennis; Martin
and Page, Glendale; Massasoit Whip Company, Westfield, Mass.; J.A. Masters, Laurin;
Frederick Maurer, San Francisco)
1879-1910
19 / 9
Mc (includes Con McClurg, Summit; Alex McKay,
Sheridan; McKinley National Memorial Association; John McVoy and Company, Chicago)
1878-1909
19 / 10
Me (includes Meaker and Cochran, Spokane, Wash.;
E.J. Meier, Cameron; T.S. Merchant, Healdsburg, Calif.; Merchants National Security
Insurance Company)
1878-1909
19 / 11
Mi (includes Minnesota Harvester Works; Minnesota
Canneries Company; Missouri Valley Milling Company, Mandan, N.D.)
1886-1909
19 / 12-13
Mo (includes Charles Monigan, Gaylord; Moos and
Company, New York; Nelson Morris and Company, Chicago; Morris State Bank, Pony;
Mound City Vinegar Company, St. Louis, Mo.)
1876-1910
19 / 14
Mu (includes Theodore Muffly, Helena; Mumm and
Novotny, St. Paul, Minn.)
1879-1906
19 / 15
National Biscuit Company [Helena; Chicago]
1898-1913
19 / 16
National Live Stock Association
1899-1904
19 / 17-18
C.D. Neubary [Ekalaka; Miles City] (re horse and
cattle ranch)
1891-1904, undated
19 / 19
New Voice Publishing Company [Chicago] (re
prohibition literature)
1902-1906
19 / 20
Nichols, Dupee and Company [Boston: wool dealers]
1894-1901
19 / 21
Seraphin Nicolas [Twin Bridges]
1885-1900
19 / 22
Sam M. Nixon [Butte: merchandise broker]
1887-1896
20 / 1
Henry Nordinger and Company [New York: coffee]
1903-1907
20 / 2
Norris Mercantile Company
1902-1909
20 / 3
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company
1891-1910
20 / 4
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company [Alder]
(agents include W.F. Behrns; W.C. Dodd)
1902-1910
20 / 5
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company [Butte:
Traffic Dept.]
1892-1910
20 / 6
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company [Helena]
1887-1903
20 / 7-8
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company [Norris]
(agents include O.L. Miller; O.N. Darling; also includes Northern Pacific Express
Company)
1890-1905
20 / 9
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company
[Sappington] (agents include R.F. Welliver; W.D. McClellan)
1893-1902
20 / 10
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company [Twin
Bridges] (agent W.A. Rowland)
1900-1908, undated
20 / 11
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company
[Whitehall] (agents J.R. Williams, H.N. Kennedy)
1891-1895
20 / 12
Northern Pacific Railroad/Railway Company
[miscellaneous Montana]
1884-1903
20 / 13
Northrup, King and Company [Minneapolis: seed
merchants]
1900-1906
20 / 14
A.W. Noyes [Pony]
1900-1902, undated
20 / 15
Na (includes Richard Nason, Laurin; National Bank
of Cuba; National Carriage Dealers' Protective Association; National Conference of
Charities and Correction; National Protective Association; National Wool Growers'
Association; E. Naumburg and Company, New York)
1887-1910
20 / 16
Ne (includes W.M. Naegle Livery, Sale and Feed
Stable, Dillon; Nebraska Futurity Stake; T. Glover Neiler, Silver Bow; Nevada and
Utah Exploration Mining Company, Norris; Clarence Newbury, Home Park)
1886-1908
20 / 17
Ni-Ny (includes Norris Livery and Feed Stable;
Northern Rock Island Plow Company, Minneapolis; Northwestern Implement and Wagon
Company, Minneapolis; Northwestern Steel and Iron Works, Eau Claire, Wis.)
1879-1910
21 / 1
Charles F. Oliver [Valley Garden]
1884-1896
21 / 2
James F. Oliver [Ennis]
1880-1897
21 / 3
Oliver family [Meadow Creek; Ennis] (includes
Francis N.; John; William)
1893-1909
21 / 4
Oliver Chilled Plow Works [South Bend, Ind.]
1902-1909
21 / 5
Ed J. O'Neill [Butte: manufacturers' agent and
merchandise broker]
1897-1906
21 / 6
J.E. Oppenheimer [Butte: jobber of produce] (see
also Ryan and Newton Company)
1892-1902
21 / 7
Ordenstein and Company [San Francisco: tobacco]
1879-1881
21 / 8
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
1888-1900
21 / 9
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company (agents: E.M.
Stewart; T.E. Smith)
1897-1900
21 / 10
Oregon Wholesale Grocers' Association (re unfair
competition from California canners)
1905
21 / 11
John Ormiston [Meadow Creek]
1888-1901
21 / 12
D.M. Osborne and Company [Salt Lake City:
harvesting equipment]
1884-1887
21 / 13
O (includes Oakland Preserving Company; David
O'Brien, Pony; William O'Brien, Sheridan; L.B. Olds, Red Bluff; Hugh O'Neill, Home
Park; Oregon City Woolen Mills; Oregon Produce Company; William O'Sullivan, Helena)
1878-1907
21 / 14
Paris, Burghardt and Allenburg Live Stock
Commission [Chicago] (includes lists of Western livestock)
1892
21 / 15
O.F. Parmeter and Company; Elling, Parmeter and
Scott [Sheridan] (see also successor Henry Elling and Company)
1887-1889, 1893
21 / 16
Passmore Paper Company [Butte]
1901-1906
21 / 17
Erastus Paugh [Ennis; Jeffers]
1888, 1893-1910
21 / 18
Paul family [Willow Creek; Harrison] (includes
A.W.; Bill; Ella; J.M.; L.W.)
1872-1874, 1896, 1899
21 / 19
Paxton and Gallagher [Omaha: jobbing grocers]
1886-1907
21 / 20-22
C.H. Peck [Sterling; Red Bluff: postmaster,
merchant, banker]
1876-1900, undated
21 / 23
Peel family [Red Bluff; Ennis] (includes Dick;
Martin; William; Peel and Hanley)
1879-1893
21 / 24
J.C. Peppard [Kansas City, Mo.: seed merchant]
1889-1908
21 / 25
Perkins and Smith [Glendale: dry goods merchant]
1879-1880
21 / 26
Charles T. Perry and Company [Helena: soap and
candle manufacturer]
1891-1906
21 / 27
Peycke Brothers Company [Omaha: fruit and produce
commission]
1889-1892
21 / 28
Ben Pickens [Ennis]
1893-1898
21 / 29
Charles Pietsch [Mill Creek; Sheridan]
1879-1880, undated
21 / 30
C.M. Pinckney; Etta Pinckney [Washington Bar;
Meadow Creek]
1886-1901
22 / 1
Piper family [Ennis; Meadow Creek] (includes B.R.;
Clem; Georgia; Kate; Lud; Price; Sadie)
1894-1903
22 / 2
Thomas Plotney; H.C. Plotney [Red Bluff]
1880-1881, 1903
22 / 3
T.W. Poindexter and Sons; Poindexter and Orr;
Dillon Cash Grocery Company [Dillon: general merchandise]
1882-1894
22 / 4
Portland Rice Milling Company [Portland, Ore.]
1900-1903
22 / 5
Postum Cereal Company [Battle Creek, Mich.]
1901-1908
22 / 6
Roland Potter [Billings]
1891-1894
22 / 7
J.H. Powell [Virginia City] (employee of S.R.
Buford and Company); C.A. Powell [Boise, Idaho]
1896-1902
22 / 8
T.C. Power and Company; T.C. Power Company [Helena:
agricultural implements; mining machinery]
1879-1905
22 / 9
George W. Powers [Home Park; Miles City]
1896-1900
22 / 10
Powers family [Puller Springs] (includes B.F.;
F.C.; Mary)
1888-1903
22 / 11
Joseph E. Prindle [Ennis]
1894-1899
22 / 12
E.M. Prouty and Company [South St. Paul, Minn.:
livestock commission]
1899
22 / 13
Prudential Book Company [New York]
1901-1902
22 / 14
Amos Purdum; Purdum and Shannon [Salisbury: general
mercantile]
1879-1881
22 / 15
Pa (includes Pacific Coast Steamship Company;
Pacific Manifolding Book Company, Emeryville, Calif.; Page and Son, Portland, Ore.;
Parchen Drug Company, Helena; A.M. Parker, Sappington; W.L. Parkinson, Washington
Bar; D.D. Patten, Three Forks; R.A. Patterson Tobacco Company, Richmond, Va.)
1879-1911
22 / 16
Pe-Pf (includes Pease and Steffens, Bozeman; C.W.
Pendarvis, Puller Springs; Lewis Penwell and Company, Helena; James F. Pershing,
Chicago)
1880-1910
22 / 17
Ph-Pl (includes Pigott and Muffly, Virginia City;
Willis Pike Raisins, Fresno, Calif.; George F. Pitts, Meadow Creek; M.D. Platner,
Elliston; Plymouth Cheese Company, Plymouth, Wis.)
1879-1908
22 / 18
Po (includes E.M. Pollinger, Salisbury; Pond and
Urlin, Glendale; G.W. Pope, Red Bluff; Porter Brothers and Company, San Francisco;
S.L. Potter, Ennis)
1878-1908
22 / 19
Pr-Pu (includes Pratt Food Company, Philadelphia;
Price Flavoring Extract Company, Chicago; W.A. Priest, Ferguson; J.L. Prouty, New
York; H.C. Ptomey, Summit; C.W. Purcell, Washington Court House, Ohio; Puyallup and
Sumner Fruit Growers' Association)
1879-1908
22 / 20
Q (includes Anna Quantic, Revenue Mine; Thomas B.
Quaw, Sheridan)
1893-1903
22 / 21
Rabbitt and Nevin [Butte: commission house]
1907-1909
22 / 22-23
Charles A. Race [Norwegian Gulch ranch; Red Springs
ranch]
1900-1905
22 / 24
Racine Wagon and Carriage Company; Racine Sattley
Manufacturing Company [Wis.]
1902-1908
22 / 25
W. Raymond and Company; Winthrop Raymond [Butte;
Sheridan: general mercantile]
1886-1904
22 / 26
W.H. Raymond; Belmont Park Stock Farm [Puller
Springs]
1887-1903
22 / 27
Reall and Company [Philadelphia: bank] (re stock
offering in Marconi Wireless Telegraph company and trans-Atlantic transmission)
1906
22 / 28
Charles Rebstock and Company [St. Louis, Mo.:
liquor]
1879-1880
22 / 29
Redfern family [Laurin] (includes A.J.; Eugene;
Frank)
1896-1904
22 / 30
W.A. Reel [Pony; Norris]; W.R. Reel [Sterling]
1872-1903
22 / 31
C.E. Reese [Home Park]
1891-1894
22 / 32
James R. Reid [Butte: hides and wool]
1887-1892
23 / 1
Reid, Murdoch and Company [Chicago and Butte:
wholesale grocery] (includes W.A. Ridgeway, agent; see also: D.T. Haskett)
1889-1909
23 / 2
W.H. Remington [Washington Bar; Meadow Creek]
1893-1903, undated
23 / 3
Retail Merchants' Association of Montana
1906
23 / 4
Ervin A. Rice Company [Chicago: mince meat]
1903-1908
23 / 5
Charles Rich [Bozeman]
1880-1881
23 / 6
C.J. Richter; Mary Richter [Meadow Creek;
Washington Bar]
1880-1900, undated
23 / 7
Charles Rippe Tent and Duck Company [St. Louis,
Mo.]
1886-1906
23 / 8
John Roberts [Harrison] (re Virginia City and
Sappington Stage Line; also includes William and George Roberts)
1887-1904
23 / 9
Rock Island Plow Company (successor to B.D. Buford
and Company)
1886-1908
23 / 10
Roderick Lean Manufacturing Company [Mansfield,
Ohio: agricultural implements]
1899-1906
23 / 11
E.A. Rogers [Dundee, Mich.: collie breeder]
1901
23 / 12
H.D. Rossiter [Sheridan: general mercantile]
1889-1895
23 / 13
Royal Milling Company [Great Falls]
1893-1910
23 / 14
Ruby Valley Lumber Company; Ruby Valley Mercantile
Company
1902-1906
23 / 15
Ryan and Newton Company; Ryan and Virden Company
[Butte: wholesale fruit and produce]
1902-1909
23 / 16
Ra (includes Dr. P.J. Ragan, Logan, Utah; J.B.
Rank, Ekalaka and Miles City; Nicholas Rath and Company, New York; Charles Raymond,
Red Bluff)
1879-1911
23 / 17
Re-Ri (includes William Rea Jr., Billings; D.N.
Reber, Forsyth; H.B. Reed and Sons, Woodstock, Vt.; William Reese, Red Bluff; Joe J.
Reeves, Radersburg and Gallatin City; H.M. Reynolds, Dillon; H.S. Riblett, Ennis;
F.C. Rice, Ennis; W.A. Ridgeway)
1878-1907
23 / 18
Ro (includes Roddis and Thrall, Omaha; A.N.
Rodgers, Laurin and Ruby; Louis Romey, Red Bluff; Rosenbaum Brothers and Company,
Chicago; Rosenberg Brothers and Company, San Francisco; Ross-Dier Mercantile
Company, Big Timber)
1872-1910
23 / 19
Ru-Ry (includes A.B. Rudolph and Company, St. Paul,
Minn.; Russell-Miller Milling Company, Minneapolis; Edward Ryan, Boise, Idaho)
1875-1910
23 / 20
San Jose Fruit Packing Company
1879-1896
23 / 21
S.J. Sangwin [Red Bluff; Meadow Creek: blacksmith]
(also includes daughter Sadie)
1878-1903
23 / 22
M.M. Sappington [Sappington, Mont.]
1893-1900
23 / 23
William F. Saul [Tacoma, Wash.: merchandise broker]
1905-1906
23 / 24
Saunders family [Ennis] (includes James W.; William
M.; Theodore)
1879-1906
23 / 25
E.R. Sawtelle [Ennis]
1888-1904
23 / 26
George Schabarker; Kate Schabarker [Meadow Creek]
1894-1903
23 / 27
Dr. John C. Schapps [Pony: collie breeder]
1901
23 / 28
A. Schilling and Company [San Francisco: coffee]
(includes circular letter re 1906 earthquake)
1886-1907
24 / 1
E. Schneider and Company [Chicago: candles]
1886-1904
24 / 2
William Schotten and Company [St. Louis, Mo.:
coffee and tea]
1905-1907
24 / 3
Schultz Brothers Company [Duluth: saddlery]
1904-1906
24 / 4
Theodore Schweitzer and Brothers; J.A. Schweitzer
[Meadow Creek]
1889-1893
24 / 5
Frank Searle [Ennis]
1897-1903, undated
24 / 6
Sebree, Ferris and Holt [Utah and Northern Railroad
terminus: general mercantile]
1879-1880
24 / 7
Sebree, Ferris and White [Dillon: general
mercantile] (see also: B.F. White)
1881-1891
24 / 8
Frank Selby [Ennis]
1888-1903
24 / 9
Daniel Severns; James R. Severns [Meadow Creek]
1879-1894, undated
24 / 10
Shannon Brothers and Company [Chicago: livestock
commission merchants]
1895, 1903-1907
24 / 11
Dan Shelton [Meadow Creek]
1880-1891
24 / 12
C.W. Sherwood; Maggie Sherwood [Sand Creek]
1900
24 / 13
Samuel C. Shingleton [Meadow Creek]
1880-1902
24 / 14-17
Thomas Shirley [Valley Garden Ranch]
1879-1905
24 / 18
Shoenberger family [Meadow Creek] (includes John;
Mrs. John; Mrs. M.)
1880-1905
24 / 19
Frank Shriver [Ennis]
1893-1906
24 / 20
George A. Shufeldt [Oak Park, Ill.; Valley Farms;
All Right Mine]
1894, undated
24 / 21
Sideman, Lachman and Company [San Francisco; New
York: cigars]
1880-1894
24 / 22
Silberman Brothers [Chicago: wool]
1895, 1905-1906
24 / 23
Simmons Hardware Company [St. Louis, Mo.]
1878-1890
24 / 24
Charles Simpson (re conditions in New Denver, B.C.)
1889, 1897-1899
24 / 25
Sleeper and Flanley; W.B. Sleeper [Butte: agent for
Franklin, MacVeigh and Company]
1898-1899
24 / 26
Smith ... (includes Smith Brothers Commission
Company, South Omaha; Smith, Haas and Company, Chicago; Isaac Smith, Logan, Utah;
Smith and Murphy, Green Bay, Wis.)
1880-1908
24 / 27
Smith ... (includes O.G. Smith, Madison Valley; Ray
Smith, Ennis; S.R. Smith, Ennis)
1878-1907, undated
24 / 28
J.B. Snapp; Ida Snapp [Home Park; Ledford]
1880-1898
24 / 29
Southmayd family [Summit, Mont.; Ann Arbor, Mich.]
(includes LeRoy; Sarah; W.C.; S.R. Buford was guardian of Sarah's children)
1879-1893
24 / 30
Don O. Spalding [Meadow Creek: sheep breeder]
1889-1901
24 / 31
Spaulding and Merrick [Chicago: tobacco]
1889, 1902-1906
24 / 32
Spear, Meade and Company [San Francisco: commission
merchant]
1879-1880
25 / 1-2
Sprague, Warner and Company [Chicago: wholesale
grocers] (see also: Fred Dustan; J.C. Maslin; Ed F. Murphy)
1878-1910
25 / 3
James Spray [Ennis]
1895-1901
25 / 4
Spruance, Stanley and Company [San Francisco:
liquor]
1878-1894
25 / 5
St. Charles Condensing Milk Company [St. Charles,
Ill.]
1895-1908
25 / 6
Stacey Cheese Company [Little Falls, N.Y.]
1905
25 / 7
Standard Oil Company
1879-1883
25 / 8
Stein, Hirsh and Company [Chicago: starch works]
1902-1908
25 / 9
Stewart ... (includes Charles, Red Bluff; John W.,
Ennis; William, Pageville)
1893-1896
25 / 10
Stoker family [Red Bluff] (includes Herman; John
H.; Joe)
1893-1896
25 / 11
Stone-Ordean Wells Company [Duluth: wholesale
grocers]
1898-1910
25 / 12
Amos Storey [Cameron]
1901-1905
25 / 13
Mark W. Stout [Ennis; Jeffers]
1893-1904
25 / 14
Strohmeyer and Arpe [New York: importers]
1897-1905
25 / 15
W.R. Strong and Company [Sacramento: fruit and
nuts]
1879-1892
25 / 16
Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company [South
Bend, Ind.; Portland, Ore.: carriages and wagons]
1894-1899
25 / 17
E.C. Stultz [Ennis; #9 Ranch]
1899-1900
25 / 18
Swift and Company [Chicago; South Omaha; Butte:
meat]
1898-1910
25 / 19
A.W. Switzer; Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Switzer [Ennis]
(see also Jeffers and Switzer)
1876-1902
25 / 20
M.A. Switzer; Nellie Switzer [Ennis]
1878-1903
25 / 21
Tavner B. "Tim" Switzer; Mrs. T.B. Switzer [Ennis]
1893-1904
25 / 22
Sa (includes Salem Press Company, Salem, Mass.;
Salesmanship magazine; San Francisco Fuse Manufacturing Company; San Francisco Trade
Journal; Sanitary Fruit Company, Red Bluff, Calif.; L. Sarvin and Company; George H.
Savage and Company, Dillon)
1884-1908
25 / 23
Sc (includes John H. Scanland, Butte; Schacht,
Lemcke, and Steiner, San Francisco; Schmit Brothers Trunk Company, Oshkosh, Wis.;
Alex Scott, Pony; D.B. Scully Syrup Company, Chicago)
1879-1910
26 / 1
Se-Sh (includes E.O. Selway, Dillon; Shafter Mining
Company, Virginia City; A.E. Shaw, Helena; Shaw and Stiver, Norris; Shawhan
Distillery Company, Kansas City, Mo.; Sherman's Piano House. Butte; Jack Short,
Norris; Mrs. C.A. Shott, Ruby)
1878-1909
26 / 2
Si-Sl (includes Loyd F. Sidener, Maud, Mo.; W.A.
Simon, Meadow Creek; Skabcura Dip Company, Chicago; Sleepy Eye Milling Company,
Sleepy Eye, Minn.)
1880-1907
26 / 3
Sm-Sq (includes Smurthwaite Produce Company, Ogden,
Utah; H.H. Snow and Company, Helena; C. Soullier, New York; South Omaha Live Stock
Exchange; Southern States Magazine; Southwestern Ranch and Colonization Company, El
Paso, Tex.; E.H. Sparrell, Norris; Jack Spaur, Dillon; David L. Spencer, Ennis;
Sprague and Rhodes, New York; Mrs. B.J. Squires, Meadow Creek)
1876-1909
26 / 4
St (includes I.S. Stafford, Pony; Robert Stalcup,
Norris; Stallman and Fulton Company, New York; Achille Starace, New York; Staver
Carriage Company, Chicago; Steele, Johnson and Company, Omaha; Stern and Saalberg
Company, New York; State Mineral Land Commission; E.R. Stiles, Meadow Creek; Stock Growers Journal, Miles City;
L.E. Stringham, Dillon)
1879-1910
26 / 5
Su-Sy (includes J.W. Sutherland, Willis; A.H.
Sutton, Shambow; Jack Swingle, Valley Garden; Henry Swisher, Home Park)
1880-1911
26 / 6
John S. Talmadge Company; Dan Talmadge's Sons
[Houston; New Orleans: rice]
1901-1910
26 / 7
A.W. and C.E. Tanner [Red Bluff; Bozeman: general
mercantile]
1881-1897
26 / 8
T.T. Taylor [Sheridan]
1880-1903
26 / 9
Thomas Publishing Company [New York: business
directories]
1902-1908
26 / 10
F.E. Thompson; Thompson Fruit Company [North
Yakima, Wash.]
1901-1910
26 / 11
Thornton Brothers; E.L. Thornton; Maggie Thornton
[Ennis; Jeffers]
1893-1907
26 / 12
Thuet Brothers [Chicago: livestock commission]
1900-1905
26 / 13
Todd family (re death of Lockwood M. Todd of
Virginia City)
1894
26 / 14
C.B. Towers; Towers and Collins [Miles City:
livestock and real estate]
1895-1904, undated
26 / 15-17
George L. Tracy [Butte and Helena: wholesale
grocer]
1888-1911
26 / 18
John P. Trout [Ennis; Lake, Idaho]
1893-1900
26 / 19
Twin Bridge Lumber Company
1899-1906
26 / 20
Ta-Th (includes F.C. Taylor and Company, St. Louis,
Mo.; Thomas Thexton, Ennis; Thomas and Armstrong, Glendale; H.M. Thomas, Sheridan;
Harry Thompson, Ennis; Joseph Thompson, Burbank, Calif.; O.A. Thorp and Company,
Chicago; F.M. Threadgill Cigar and Tobacco Company, Lynchburg, Va.; Abe Thurgood,
Harris Gulch)
1877-1911
26 / 21
Ti-Tw (includes Ricknor-Lyon Tailoring Company, St.
Louis, Mo.; Tillmann and Bendel, San Francisco; D.W. Tilton, Butte; J.J. Toler,
Resort, Idaho; W.H. Tracy, Bozeman; B.F. Troxell and Company, Troxell and Williams,
Omaha; George H. Tully, Butte; C.P. Tureman, Magdalen; David W. Tuttle, Fish Creek)
1880-1910
27 / 1
Union Bank and Trust Company [Helena: agent for
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company]
1900-1906
27 / 2
Union Pacific Railway; Union Pacific System
1879-1896
27 / 3
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
1894-1901
27 / 4
United States. Post Office (re postal contract)
1881-1903
27 / 5
United States. [government] (includes Census
Office; Forest Service; Geological Survey; Indian Service; Internal Revenue; Land
Office; Weather Bureau)
1887-1910
27 / 6
Utah and Northern Railroad [Dillon] (agent F.T.
Collins)
1892-1895
27 / 7
U (includes W.M. Ulm, Ennis; Union Carriage
Company, St. Louis, Mo.; Union Mercantile Company, Helena; Union Selling Company,
Minneapolis; United Cigar Makers' Company, Philadelphia; United States Canning
Company, Buffalo, N.Y.; United States Printing Company, Cincinnati; Utah Selling and
Storage Company)
1881-1907
27 / 8
Charles Van Brocklin [Red Bluff]
1893-1896
27 / 9
A. Van Dyke [Sheep Camp; Ennis; Valley Garden]
1894-1898
27 / 10
Vetter family [Ennis; Jeffers] (includes Charles;
Earnest; John)
1896-1904
27 / 11
T.H. Vincent; Allen Vincent [Meadow Creek]
1888-1907
27 / 12
H.C. Vinson; Brook-Nook Stock Ranche [Home Park]
1896-1905, undated
27 / 13
V (includes B.E. Vaill, Bozeman; O.B. Varney,
Ennis; C.L. Vawter, Helena; E.D. Vert, Hyrum, Utah; Richard B. Vickers, Sheridan;
T.H. Vinter, Germantown, Pa.; Von Bremer, MacMonnies and Company, New York)
1880-1906
27 / 14
Martin Wagner Company [Baltimore: produce]
1905-1906
27 / 15
W.J. Wait [Red Bluff; Pony: drugs and tobacco]
1879-1880
27 / 16
G.W. Wakefield; Wakefield and Hopkins; Northern
Pacific Hotel [Bozeman]
1879-1885
27 / 17
Walsh and Craft [Butte: wholesale brokerage]
1897-1902
27 / 18
O.B. Walton [Washington Bar; Meadow Creek]
1887-1902
27 / 19
Max Waterman [White Sulphur Springs]
1900
27 / 20
George S. Watkins [Ennis]
1892-1901
27 / 21
Charles J. Webb and Company [Philadelphia: wool
commission]
1894-1895
27 / 22
Weisenhorn Carriage Manufacturing Company [Helena]
1891-1898
27 / 23
Wells and Nieman [Schuyler, Neb.: millers]
1889-1897
27 / 24
John Wells [Glendale]
1894-1900
27 / 25
Henry N. Weppler [Logan, Mont.; Valley Garden]
1894-1900, undated
27 / 26
Wheeler, Fisher and Company [Chicago: paper bags]
1893-1900
27 / 27
Whillden, Smith and Company [Philadelphia: wool
commission]
1893-1894
28 / 1-2
B.F. White [railroad terminus: forwarding and
commission house] (see also: Sebree, Ferris and White)
1878-1880
28 / 3-4
Oscar W. White [Butte: agent for California Powder
Works; Kenyon-Connell Company]
1886-1902
28 / 5
Whitney family [Ennis] (includes Arthur; Earl; Ida;
Otis; Tom)
1891-1902
28 / 6
T.L. Wilkins [Ennis]
1889-1901
28 / 7
Ed Williams [Revenue]
1894-1899
28 / 8
Williams ... (includes Charles R. Williams, Puller
Springs, Sheridan; E.E. Williams, Ferguson; Fred A. Williams, Kennett; George
Williams, Puller Springs; J.W. Williams, Red Bluff; Elizabeth Williams, Puller
Springs; Ned Williams, Red Bluff)
1882-1910
28 / 9
J.H. Willman [Billings; Butte: tea]
1892-1893
28 / 10
Willson family [Bozeman] (includes Davis; Lester)
1878-1889
28 / 11
R.G. Wilson [Norris: general mercantile]
1896-1901
28 / 12
Robert B. Wilson [Boise, Idaho]
1891-1896
28 / 13
Joseph Wing [Billings: wool]
1895-1901
28 / 14
Wolf, Becker and Company; Simon Wolf and Company
[Chicago: raw furs]
1887-1893
28 / 15
Wonderly family [Puller Springs]
1887-1903, undated
28 / 16
Wood Brothers [Chicago; Omaha: livestock commission
merchants]
1894-1908
28 / 17
Wood Live Stock Company [Spencer, Idaho; Salt Lake
City]
1899-1903
28 / 18
John E. Woodworth [Cameron]
1896-1899
28 / 19
J.W. Wooley (driver on Sappington stage)
1901-1904
28 / 20
Sanders C. Word [Ennis]; Word, Elling and Stewart
[Red Bluff]
1878-1896
28 / 21
Tom Wright [Ennis]
1903-1904
28 / 22
Wa (includes Walker and Devlin, Home Park;
Wallerstein Produce Company, Richmond, Va.; James Walsh Mercantile Company, Helena;
Warden and Oxnard, Pittsburgh; N. Warmington, Helena; Herman Warner and Company,
Chicago; Warner Sugar Refining Company, Chicago; Washington Apple Company, Spokane;
Tom Watson's Magazine)
1872-1908
28 / 23
We (includes Henry Wear, Meadow Creek; Webber
family, Sheridan; Jake Webster, Bozeman; Wells, Fargo and Company; Western Champagne
Manufactory, Milwaukee, Wis.; Western Pneumatic Horse Collar Company, Omaha; Western
Sales Book Company, Portland, Ore.; Joseph Weston and Company, Atchison, Kan.; O.E.
Weymouth, Whitehall)
1878-1911
28 / 24
Wh (includes W.C. Whaley, Townsend; A.F. Wheat,
Twin Bridges; B.A. Whitman, Meadow Creek; Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing Company,
Chicago; Charles Whitmyer, Meadow Creek)
1879-1906
28 / 25
Wi (includes F.H. Wilcomb, Laurin; Dick Wilsey,
Puller Springs; Mrs. A.E.K. Wilson-Green, Ennis; O.B. Wingate, Ennis; Winona Wagon
Company; Wisconsin Milk Condensing Company)
1880-1906
28 / 26
Wo-Wy (includes Fred H. Wolverton, Sheridan; Wood,
Curtis and Company, San Francisco; C.F. Woodman, Butte; Woolson Spice Company,
Toledo; John Work, Bozeman; John S. Worthington Company, Denver)
1879-1910
28 / 27
Y
1879-1909
28 / 28
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution [Logan,
Utah]
1894-1897
28 / 29
Z (includes Charles Ziegler, Twin Bridges; L.F.
Zimmerman, Rochester, Mont.; Zittloson Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo.)
1881-1907
28 / 30
Unidentified
1878-1906
Outgoing Correspondence
29 / 1-3
Letterpress books
1878 May- 1883 April
30 / 1-3
Letterpress books
1883 May- 1888 February
31 / 1-3
Letterpress books [fragile: water damaged]
1888 March- 1892 January
32 / 1-4
Letterpress books
1894 February- 1898 May
33 / 1-4
Letterpress books
1898 May- 1901 August
34 / 1-3
Letterpress books
1901 August-1906 January
Court Papers
35 / 1
Subpoenas, court receipts, garnishments
1880-1901
Financial Records
35 / 2
Account book (alphabetical)
1889-1891
35 / 3
Account book: Charles Simpson
1893-1894
35 / 4-5
Account statements (alphabetical)
1894-1900, 1905
35 / 6
Affidavits of shipment
1901
35 / 7
Assays
1891-1910
35 / 8
Bank books
1901-1905
35 / 9
Bank deposit slips
1894, 1902-1907
35 / 10
Bills of lading: Central Pacific Railroad
1878-1880
35 / 11
Bills of lading: Chicago and North-Western Railway
Company
1878-1910
35 / 12
Bills of lading: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad
1878-1891
35 / 13
Bills of lading: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad
1878-1902
35 / 14
Bills of lading: Iler and Company via Union Pacific
Railway [scattered]
1878-1897
35 / 15
Bills of lading: E.G. Maclay and Company; Overland
Freight Line
1878
35 / 16
Bills of lading: Missouri Pacific Railway Company
[scattered]
1880-1889
35 / 17
Bills of lading: Northern Pacific Railway Company
1887-1909
35 / 18
Bills of lading: Pacific Coast Steamship Company
1902-1908
35 / 19-20
Bills of lading: Sebree, Ferris and Holt / Sebree,
Ferris and White
1880-1883
35 / 21
Bills of lading: Southern Pacific Railroad
1880-1909
35 / 22
Bills of lading: Steele, Johnson and Company via
Union Pacific Railway
1878, 1880
35 / 23
Bills of lading: Union Pacific Railroad Company /
Union Pacific System
1878-1891
35 / 24
Bills of lading: Utah Central Railroad
1878, 1880
36 / 1
Bills of lading: Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific
Railway Company
1880
36 / 2-4
Bills of lading: B.F. White
1879-1881
36 / 5
Bills of lading: A-W (also includes shipping
receipts)
1878-1909
36 / 6
Buford Ditch Company account
1897
36 / 7
Buford Horse and Cattle Company bank book
1899-1905
1-5
Cash books #1-5
1881-1910
6-7
Cash books
1916-1920
37 / 1-7
Cash sales books
1880-1885
38 / 1-6
Cash sales books
1885-1890
39 / 1-6
Cash sales books
1890-1893
40 / 1-7
Cash sales books / counter cash books
1893-1895
41 / 1-6
Cash sales books / counter cash books
1895-1897
42 / 1
Cash sales books
1897
42 / 2
Checkstub books
1894-1898
42 / 3
Customer ledger #1
1879-1881
8-21
Customer ledgers #4-18
1883-1912
42 / 4-6
Customer order books/daybooks #1-3
1878-1879
43 / 1-2
Customer order books/daybooks #4-5
1879-1880
22-84
Customer order books/daybooks #6-65
1880-1898, 1902-1904
43 / 3
Customer order books/daybooks: Alder Branch
1887
43 / 4
Daybook [not part of main set]
1879
43 / 5
Freight bills: E.G. Maclay and Company
1878
43 / 6
Freight bills: Northern Pacific Railway Company
1890-1911
43 / 7-9
Freight bills: Union Pacific Railway / Utah
Northern Railway via B.F. White
1879-1880
43 / 10
Freight bills: Union Pacific Railway via Sebree,
Ferris and White
1881
44 / 1
Freight bills: Union Pacific Railway via Sebree,
Ferris and White
1884-1889
44 / 2
Freight bills: B-W [scattered]
1878-1902
44 / 3
Gaugers' certificates (re liquor testing)
1878-1911
85-92
General ledgers #A-C, E-F, H, J-K
1878-1882, 1884-1890, 1892-1895, 1899-1904
93
General ledger: Alder branch store
1911-1914
44 / 4
Insurance
1892-1901
44 / 5
Inventory: Montana Sheep Company (Flatwillow Ranch)
1885
44 / 6
Invoices: American Tobacco Company
1902-1912
44 / 7
Invoices: A
1878-1912
44 / 8
Invoices: Bemis Bros. & Co. / Bemis Omaha Bag
Company
1878, 1902-1909
44 / 9
Invoices: B
1878-1912
44 / 10
Invoices: California Powder Works
1888-1904
44 / 11
Invoices: Chinese merchants
1887-1892
44 / 12
Invoices: C
1878-1912
44 / 13
Invoices: Dodson, Fisher, Brockmann Company,
saddles
1902-1912
44 / 14
Invoices: D
1878-1910
44 / 15
Invoices: Elling and Hyndman, flour mill
1890, 1892
44 / 16
Invoices: Elling, Knight and Buford / Elling and
Knight, hardware
1895-1904
44 / 17
Invoices: E-F
1878-1902
44 / 18
Invoices: O.D. French / French and Thomas
1879-1903
44 / 19-22
Invoices: G-L
1878-1912
44 / 23
Invoices: Madison Valley Butter Company
1908-1909
44 / 24
Invoices: M. Mailand, boots and shoes
1895-1904
44 / 25
Invoices: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
1900-1912
44 / 26
Invoices: M
1878-1912
44 / 27
Invoices: National Biscuit Company, Helena
1901-1909
44 / 28
Invoices: N-P
1878-1912
44 / 29
Invoices: Patten and Lambrecht
1878-1880
44 / 30
Invoices: C.W. Rank and Company, druggists and
stationers
1898-1904
45 / 1
Invoices: Ryan and Newton Company, fruit and
produce
1902-1909
45 / 2
Invoices: R
1878-1908
45 / 3
Invoices: Sprague, Warner and Company
1878-1908
45 / 4
Invoices: S-U
1878-1902
45 / 5
Invoices: Robert Vickers and Company
1880-1904
45 / 6
Invoices: V-W, unidentified
1878-1902
45 / 7-8
Journals #1-2
1878-1880
94- 103
Journals #3-11, 15
1880-1890 1898-1899
104- 108
Journal/daybooks #J17-J21
1900-1902
109
Journal #23
1904-1905
46 / 1
Memoranda of purchases
1884
46 / 2
Memorandum of stamps (re liquor taxes)
1880, 1894-1906
46 / 3
Montana Dept. of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
questionnaires on cost of living [blank]
1894-1900
46 / 4
Orders for wagons: Fish Brothers Wagon Company;
Mitchell and Lewis Company
1896-1901
46 / 5
Pay checks: Flatwillow Ranch (A-O)
1888
46 / 6
Pay slips and pay checks: Valley Garden and Home
Ranch [scattered]
1893-1902
46 / 7
Payroll: sheep shearing
1895 June
46 / 8
Petty ledger sheet
1903
46 / 8a
Price book
circa 1890
46 / 9
Price lists: Armour and Company; Armour Packing
Company [Butte: meat]
1899-1908
46 / 10
Price lists: Davidson Grocery Company [Butte]
undated
46 / 11
Price lists: dynamite
1902
46 / 12
Price lists: Gallatin Valley Milling Company
1905-1909, undated
46 / 13
Price lists: Henningsen Produce Company [Butte]
1905-1909
46 / 14
Price lists: Hormel and Company [Butte: meat]
1906-1907
46 / 15
Price lists: Lindsay and Company [Helena: wholesale
fruit and produce]
1895, 1909
46 / 16
Price lists: J.E. Oppenheimer [Butte: fruit and
cigars]
1891, 1893
46 / 17-18
Price lists: Ryan and Newton Company; Ryan and
Virden Company [Butte: grocers]
1905-1909
46 / 19
Price lists: Union Mercantile Company [Helena]
1887-1889
46 / 20
Price lists: A-S
1887-1909
46 / 21
Price quotations by S.R. Buford and Company
1892-1893, undated
46 / 22
Promissory notes [scattered]
1879-1908
46 / 23
Receipts [scattered]
1879-1909
46 / 24
Sales summaries
1899-1901
46 / 25
Scale slips (re grain and coal hauled)
1909
46 / 26
Tax bill [Yellowstone County]; blank tax
assessments forms [Custer County]: Elling and Buford
1890-1894
46 / 27
Tax bills, receipts, and assessment lists [Madison
County; Pony; Virginia City]
1872-1909
110
Wagon freight book
1898-1903
47 / 1-4
Wholesale liquor dealer's book (lists receipts and
disposal of liquor, gauger's reports, etc.) [Oversize Box; Vol. 1 is photocopy; Vol. 1a is
restricted due to fragility]
1878-1884
48 / 1
Wool memo books
1897-1899
48 / 2
Miscellaneous: S.R. and Kate Buford personal
1876-1902
Legal Documents
48 / 3
Business licenses
1879, 1908-1910
48 / 4
Tax sales
1896-1897
48 / 5
Miscellaneous (includes agreements, application for
sheep grazing permit, bills of sale, mortgages, notice of water right)
1881-1903
Printed Materials
48 / 6
Commercial newsletters (re livestock, hides and
furs, wool)
1889-1908
Speeches
48 / 7
Speech at dedication of St. Paul's Elling Memorial
Church
1903 March
Subject File
48 / 8
Fraternal orders: Ancient Order of United Workmen
(AOUW)
1885-1904
48 / 9
Fraternal orders: Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks (BPOE)
1898-1904
48 / 10
Fraternal orders: Independent Order of Odd Fellows
(IOOF)
1900-1903
48 / 11
Rheumatism cures
1894-1904
48 / 12
Spring Creek ditch
1891
Miscellany
48 / 13
Contents of wallet/memo book (includes memos,
receipts, clippings, etc.)
circa 1886
48 / 14
Death claims paid by New York Life Insurance
Company (includes several Montana people)
1895
S.R. Buford Political
Incoming Correspondence
48 / 15
W.A. Clark [Butte]
1892
48 / 16
W.A. Clark [Virginia City: county attorney]
1891-1897
48 / 17
Montana Board of Sheep Commissioners
1897-1903
48 / 18
Montana Board of Stock Commissioners
1887-1891
48 / 19
William Morris (re state institution for Twin
Bridges private normal school; salary bill)
1891
48 / 20
Miscellaneous: A-W
1886-1904
Financial Records
48 / 21
Bank statements and cancelled checks: Madison
County Democratic Party
1900-1902
Subject File
48 / 22
American Bimetallic League
1892-1893
48 / 23
Capital fight
1892-1894
48 / 24
Constitutional Convention
1889
48 / 25
Democratic Party
1886-1904, undated
48 / 26
Legislature: correspondence
1887-1903, undated
48 / 27-28
Legislature: bills (includes State Normal School,
State Orphanage, Board of Stock Commissioners, livestock liens, state seal, road
petitions, election districts, obscenity, liquor sales, county officials' salaries)
1891, 1893, undated
Miscellany
48 / 29
Election returns, political brochures, clippings,
etc.
1891-1898
Charles H. Buford
Incoming Correspondence
49 / 1
A-B (includes T.M. Adams, W.M. Alward)
1885-1886
49 / 2
Buford family (includes D.J.; Henry; N.L.)
1886-1905
49 / 3
Simeon R. Buford
1884-1886
49 / 4
C-G (includes James E. Callaway, I. Carder, Frank
Conway, George F. Cope, Henry Elling, Thomas J. Galbraith, F.A. Guiler)
1885-1886, 1905-1909
49 / 5
R.N. Hawkins
1885-1886
49 / 6
H-K (includes N.J. Isdell)
1885-1886, 1906-1909
49 / 7
Billy Marr [employee of S.R. Buford and Company]
1885
49 / 8
M-P (includes Northern Pacific Railroad, John F.
Olliffe, C.M. Pinckney)
1885-1886, 1905-1909
49 / 9
Rosenbaum Brothers and Company [Chicago: livestock]
(includes lists of western livestock shipments)
1906-1907
49 / 10
R-W (includes Peter Reoder, Thomas Shirley, N.P.
Stilson, T.H. Vinter)
1885-1908
Court Papers
49 / 11
In the matter of the Estate of R.N. Hawkins:
creditor's claim
1885
Financial Records
49 / 12
Bank book: assignee for R.N. Hawkins
1885-1887
49 / 13
Daybook: assignee for R.N. Hawkins
1885
49 / 14
Ledger: assignee for R.N. Hawkins
1885
49 / 15
List of customers and time book
1885
49 / 16
Miscellaneous (includes bank statements, invoices,
receipts)
1885-1886, 1908
Buford Stage Lines (Montana Stage Company; Virginia
City and Red Bluff Stage and Express Company; Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line)
Financial Records
50 / 1
Agents' monthly statement: Virginia City and Red
Bluff Stage Company
1893 November
50 / 2
Cash book and passenger lists: Virginia City and
Red Bluff Stage and Express Company
1882-1902
50 / 3
C.O.D. and advance charges: Virginia City and Red
Bluff Stage and Express Company
1891-1902
50 / 4
Fare rates: Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage and
Express Company
1891-1902
50 / 5
Fare rates: Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line
1893-1901
50 / 6
Freight and express book: Montana Stage Company,
Mrs. E.C. Pinckney, agent
1890-1896
50 / 7
Journal Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line
1898-1902
50 / 8
Monthly statement: Virginia City and Sappington
Stage Line
1899 December
50 / 9
Waybills: Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line
1899 December