Eastern Oregon Land Company Records 1884-1953

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Eastern Oregon Land Company Records 1884-1953

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Records of the Ontario, Oregon, branch of a San Francisco-based company that owned large tracts of land in northeastern Oregon beginning in 1876. Includes correspondence, legal documents, reports, statistics, and financial records concerning lands in Deschutes, Grant, Malheur, Moro, Sherman, Wasco, and Wheeler Counties. Includes information on banking, land ownership, farming, ranching, timber sales, and livestock raising. Most of the documents were sent to or from the Ontario agents, including Thomas W. Clagett, P. Hetherton, and Charles P. Flegel.

35 cubic feet; 35 record cartons

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364062

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