A.W. Miles Family Records 1882-1997

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A.W. Miles Family Records 1882-1997

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv20263

The A. W. Miles Family Records consists of correspondence, business documents, land and legal documents, insurance and financial records, and personal articles relating to the family and the various Miles businesses. Subjects include real estate transactions, property management concerns, lumber and coal business, and Yellowstone National Park.

9.6 linear feet and 6 volumes

eng,

MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6367537

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A.W. Miles Land and Investment Company

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Miles family

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A.W. Miles Lumber and Coal Company

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Miles, Daniel Nelson, 1890-1975

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A.W. Miles Company

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Miles, A. W. (Arthur Wellington), 1859-1933

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Arthur Wellington Miles came to Montana in 1880 while serving as army paymaster at Fort Keogh near present-day Miles City. Following his resignation from the army, Miles started a hardware business at Coulson and, by 1882, opened a similar business in Billings. Later in that year he joined Col. A.L. Babcock in creating the Bozeman firm, Babcock & Miles. During the winter of 1882-1883, Miles opened his first business in Livingston. By 1893 the partnership with Babcock was severed...