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Collection 461, MtBC, us
Hodson, Enoch,
1842-1892
Enoch Hodson Papers
1881-1893
.6 linear feet
The Enoch Hodson Papers consist primarily of daybooks and
ledgers for the operations of Hodson's Mill and general store. Also included is a time book
for payment of his employees from June of 1887 to March 1890. Also included are
miscellaneous business papers includes a receipt for membership in the knights of Pythias, a
liquor sales ad, a doorplate from William and Hoyt, and bills to some customers.
Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
Enoch Hodson was born in Marion County, Indiana April 8, 1842. He was one of the early
pioneers of Montana. He moved to Bannack in what was then the Idaho Territory, in 1863. He
took an active part in the vigilante movement before moving to Gallatin County in the early
1870s. In 1880 he ran for sheriff of Gallatin County on the Republican ticket but lost the
election to Charles P. Blakeley. A well respected member of the community, Hodson ran a
sawmill and a general store in the Bozeman area. He married a Miss Thompson of Jefferson
County some time before he settled in Gallatin County. The two of them had 8 sons that all
lived to maturity. Enoch Hodson died November 22, 1892 in Helena, Montana at the age of 60.
He suffered a severe injury to one of his eyes and he died during the operation to repair it
at the hospital in Helena.
The Hodson papers consist primarily of daybooks and ledgers for the operations of Hodson's
Mill and general store. Also included is a time book for payment of his employees from June
of 1887 to March 1890. One folder of miscellaneous business papers includes a receipt for
membership in the knights of Pythias, a liquor sales ad, a doorplate from William and Hoyt,
and bills to some customers. The ledgers include several important clients such as Lester S.
Wilson, the Chisolm Brothers, Rocky Fork and Cooke Railroad Company, Valley Ranch, and
several other important people and businesses in the Gallatin Valley.
This collection is open for research.
Financial ledgers and a few personal effects were donated to Montana State University by
Merrill G. Burlingame of Bozeman, Montana in 1966.
This collection was processed 2009 February 6
Gallatin River Valley (Wyo. and
Mont.)-Commerce
General stores-Montana-Gallatin
County
Sawmills-Montana-Gallatin County
Business records-Montana-Gallatin
County
Businessmen-Montana-Gallatin County
Forestry and
Forestry Products
Retail
Trade
Montana
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Day Book, Enoch Hodson
September 1881-November 1883
1/2
Day Book, Enoch Hodson
March 1884-March 1886
1/3
Day Book, Hodson's Mill
1887
1/4
Day Book and ledger, Hodson's Mill
1882-1884
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Ledger, Hodson's Mill
1882-1883
2/1
Day Book, Enoch Hodson
July 1887-April 1889
2/2
Employee time book
June 1887-March 1890
Pocket Day Book, Hodson's general store
December 1887
Pocket Day Book, Hodson's general store
January 1888
Pocket Day Book, Hodson's Mill
November 1887-December 1887
2/3
Receipt for Knights of Pythias membership
December 1893
2/3
Bill to Mary King for Labor and Merchandise
February 20, 1887
2/3
Liquor distributor ad from W. L. Perkins and
Company
2/3
Door Plate from William and Hoyt
2/3
Bill to M. P. Coal Company
August 1, 1885