University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana—Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-2053
https://www.umt.edu/library/asc/
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Western Montana
Abstracts of Title collection
1870-1980
16.8 linear feet
This collection consists of abstracts of
title from 1870-1980 for property located in Western Montana, mostly in
Missoula County. Documentation for a small number of properties in Lake County and
Ravalli County is also present.
Materials are in
English
Historical Note
Abstracts of title trace the ownership of property from the initial
owner to the date the abstract is requested. The information can include not
only property sales and deeds, but also legal actions against owners, wills,
and a variety of other legal actions that affect property ownership. In
Missoula, Montana, the Northern Pacific Railroad was the first recorded owner
of many properties in the earliest sections of town.
This collection consists of abstracts of title for property in Western
Montana, including in Missoula County, Lake County, and Ravalli County, brought together as an artificial collection by Archives and Special Collections. Among the prominent Montana citizens
mentioned are Andrew B. Hammond, Marcus Daly, the Higgins Family, Will Cave,
Wellington Rankin, Charles H. McLeod, and William H. and Emma Dickinson. Several early abstracts contain hand-drawn maps, which include the property and surrounding area. Marcus
Daly’s and Christopher P. Higgins' wills are also included.
This collection is arranged in two series:
Series I: Missoula, Lake, and Ravalli County Abstracts, 1870-1980, 16.2 linear feet
Series II: Accession 1998-049, 1870-1921, 0.6 linear feet
This is an artificial collection of abstracts from various sources brought
together by Archives and Special Collections staff. Missoula County abstracts have
been organized alphabetically by Addition name. The other abstracts, named
by their county rather than subdivision of origin, are filed alphabetically
after Missoula County. In 2024, the Archives added a second series to the collection, Accession 1998-049, containing additional abstracts donated by Missoula County.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and
The University of Montana-Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes.
Western Montana Abstracts of
Title Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Abstracts in this collection were held by various public agencies and private groups/individuals before being donated to the Archives at separate times between 1980 and 2005.
Eleven abstracts of title in this collection were donated by
Historical Research Associates on March 19, 1980, one was donated by Marguerite
B. and D. Jeanne Mueller in 1986, one was donated by Homer B. Sumner in April
1991, three were donated by Gary Williams in 1994, one by the Missoula Public
Library in 2011, and another by an unknown donor in 2011. The bulk of the
abstracts were given to the Archives by Missoula County in 1998 and 2005.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Montana
City
Planning
Series I
Missoula, Lake, and Ravalli County Abstracts
1870-1980
16.2 linear feet
Abstracts of title, including records of sales, deeds, wills, and a variety of other legal actions that affect property ownership, for tracts of land in Missoula (bulk), Lake, and Ravalli Counties.
This series is arranged alphabetically by Addition name within Missoula County and then by county name for properties in Lake and Ravalli Counties.
1
Alice Acres Addition
circa 1870-1970
1
Beck's Home Addition
circa 1870-1970
1
Bennett Addition
circa 1870-1970
1
Benson Addition
circa 1870-1970
2
Bitterroot Homes Addition
circa 1870-1970
2
Butte Addition
circa 1870-1970
2
Car Line Addition
circa 1870-1970
3
Car Line Addition
circa 1870-1970
4
Car Line Addition
circa 1870-1970
4
Cobban & Dinsmore's Orchard Homes Addition
circa 1870-1975
5
Cobban & Dinsmore's Orchard Homes Addition
circa 1870-1975
6
Country Homes Addition
circa 1870-1970
6
Custer Addition
circa 1870-1970
6
Daly's Addition
circa 1870-1970
7
Daly's Addition
circa 1870-1970
8
Daly's Addition
circa 1870-1970
8
Dannenbrock Addition
circa 1870-1970
8
Eddy Addition
circa 1870-1970
9
Elms Addition
circa 1870-1975
10
Far Views Homesite Addition
circa 1870-1970
10
Townsite of Frenchtown
circa 1880-1965
10
Fuller's Addition
circa 1870-1970
10
Gary Homesites Addition
circa 1870-1970
10
Glenwood Park Addition
circa 1890-1965
11
Glenwood Park Addition
circa 1890-1965
12
Goodwin Addition
circa 1870-1970
12
Hammond Addition
circa 1870-1970
13
Hammond Addition
circa 1870-1970
14
C.P. Higgins Addition
circa 1870-1970
14
Homevale Addition
circa 1890-1970
15
Homevale Addition
circa 1890-1970
15
Plat of the Housum Mining Claim
1940-1945
15
Klapwyk Addition
circa 1870-1970
15
Knowles Addition
circa 1870-1980
16
Knowles Addition
circa 1870-1980
17
Knowles Addition
circa 1870-1980
17
Lake Homesites
circa 1880-1970
17
LaPoint Addition
circa 1885-1965
17
Low's Addition
circa 1880-1965
18
Low's Addition
circa 1880-1965
18
Marilann Addition
circa 1880-1965
18
McCormick's Addition
circa 1870-1970
19
McCormick's Addition
circa 1870-1970
19
McLeod Addition
circa 1870-1970
19
McWhirk Addition
circa 1870-1970
19
Meadow Hill Addition
circa 1890-1970
20
Montana Addition
circa 1870-1975
20
Mosby's Leisure Highlands Addition
circa 1890-1965
20
Mount Sentinel Addition
circa 1880-1965
21
Mount Sentinel Addition
circa 1880-1965
21
Orrsdale Addition
circa 1870-1970
21
Park Addition
circa 1870-1970
21
Parkside Addition
circa 1870-1970
22
Parkside Addition
circa 1870-1970
22
Pineview Addition
circa 1870-1970
23
Principal Meridian Addition
circa 1870-1970
24
Residence Addition
circa 1870-1970
24
Schmautz Addition
circa 1870-1970
24
Smith Addition
circa 1870-1970
25
School Addition
circa 1890-1970
26
School Addition
circa 1890-1970
27
School Addition
circa 1890-1970
27
South Missoula Addition
circa 1890-1970
28
South Missoula Addition
circa 1890-1970
29
South Missoula Addition
circa 1890-1970
30
South Missoula Addition
circa 1890-1970
30
South Side Homes Addition
circa 1890-1970
31
Sunrise Addition
1960
31
Town Company's Addition
circa 1870-1970
32
Treasure State Addition
circa 1870-1970
32
Union Addition
circa 1890-1975
32
Urlin's Addition
circa 1870-1960
32
University Addition
circa 1870-1970
32
Wapikiya Addition
circa 1880-1970
33
Woody Addition
circa 1870-1970
33
Lake County, Montana
1909-1967
33
Ravalli County
circa 1890-1975
Series II
Accession 1998-049
1870-1921
0.6 linear feet
Abstracts of title, including records of sales, deeds, wills, and a variety of other legal actions that affect property ownership, for tracts of land in Missoula (bulk) and Lake Counties. Some documents may duplicate material in Series I. Several folders contain moderate to severe paper deterioration, including water damage and possible mold.
This series is arranged alphabetically by title, usually referring to the Addition name.
In some folders, paper is moderately to severely deteriorated.
34/1City ImprovementsNorth side of Cedar Street, east side of Pattee Street, and north side of Main Street
undated
34/2Clinton-East1907
34/3Clinton-South East1907
34/4Cooks Addition1940-1942
34/5D and K Addition1885-1897
34/6Daly Additions1889-1908
34/7Daly Estate1900-1903
34/8Dan Paul Addition1909
34/9Delaney Sub-division1910
34/10Dinsmore's Orchard Homes
34/11East Missoula1881-1909
34/12Eddy Addition1890
34/13Fishers Addition1893
34/14Freishemer's Addition1902
34/15Frenchtown1883
34/16Fruitdale Farms Company1896-1909
34/17Glenwood Park Addition1889-1919
34/18Glenwood Park Addition1892-1919
34/19Goodwin Addition1896-1909
34/20Hammond Addition1897-1910
34/21Higgins Addition1873-1908
34/22Higgins Estate1883-1909
35/1Higgins Estate1883-1911
35/2Homevale1889-1920
35/3Humble Orchard Homes1886-1903
35/4Knowles Additon1889-1916
35/5Low's Addition1884-1890
35/6Manitoba Addition1889-1896
35/7McCormick Addition1870-1912
35/8McCormick Addition #21875-1889
35/9McWhirk Road Town Company1872-1904
35/10McWhirk Road Addition1870-1904
35/11Montana Addition1870-1912
35/12Orchard Home Company Addition1872-1902
36/1Orchard Homes Ditch Company1906-1907
36/2Orchard Homes (R.M. Cobbans)1881-1905
36/3Park Addition1882-1893
36/4Piltz Addition to Bonner1907
36/5Prescott Addition1909-1910
36/6Railroad Addition1873-1883
36/7Riverside Addition1885-1900
36/8Ronan1909-1914
36/9Scarce Addition to Ronan1910
36/10School Addition1889-1921
36/11Shyrock Addition1909
36/12Smead Addition to Ronan1910-1920
36/13Southside Homes1888-1920
36/14Sunnyside Addition1870-1890
36/15Town Company Addition1810-1893
36/16Turah1886-1909
36/17Union Addition1876-1911
36/18West Missoula1889
36/19White Orchard Homes1910-1911