Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
MsSC 204
Old Union Stockyards (Spokane,
Wash.)
Old Union Stockyards Records
1914-1959
.25 in. and 7 v.
Founded ca. 1914; in 1930 acquired by F.M. Rothrock, Spokane,
Wash., businessman and stockman, who developed it into one of the region's largest stock
auction houses. Scrapbooks (1914-1947) containing livestock market quotations, clippings,
photos, and ephemera; and correspondence (1915-1917) relating to railroad freight rates on
purebred livestock shipments.
English
Historical Note
In 1930 F.M. Rothrock, a Spokane businessman and stockman, acquired the Old Union
Stockyards. It is one of the region’s largest stock auction houses.
The collection consists of seven volumes of scrapbooks, 1914-1947, that contain livestock
market quotations, clippings, photographs, and ephemeral items. There is also a file of
correspondence, 1915-1917, relating to favorable railroad freight rates on purebred
livestock shipments.
Collection is not restricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher
Old Union Stockyards Records (MsSC 204), Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Donated by P.R. Gladhart.
Nolan, Edward W.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State
Historical Society, 1987).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library
Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.
Rothrock, F. M. (Frank
M.)
Old Union Stockyards (Spokane,
Wash.)--Archives
Livestock--Washington (State)
Stockyards--Washington (State)
Meat industry and trade--Washington
(State)
Livestock--Marketing
Railroads--Washington (State)
Railroads--Freight $x Rates
Railroads--Freight
Freight and freightage--Washington
(State)
Washington (State)--Business,
industries, and trades--Stockyards
Spokane (Wash.)--Business,
industries, and trades--Stockyards
Washington
(State)--Transportation--Railroads
Scrapbooks
Washington
(State)
Spokane
Agriculture
Railroads
Scrapbooks