Daniel Webster Tilton Family Papers 1851-1976

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Daniel Webster Tilton Family Papers 1851-1976

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D.W. Tilton (1839-1919) was a Virginia City, Montana, newspaper publisher and book store owner. Collection (1851-1976) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, writings, and clippings. there are subgroups for the O.B. Barber family of Virginia City and Sheridan; and the Joseph Corby family of Butte. [RESTRICTION: Family retains all literary rights.]

5 linear feet of shelf space

Montana Historical Society Archives

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Tilton, D. W. (Daniel Webster), 1839-1919

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Daniel Webster Tilton was born in Silver Creek, New York, on July 3, 1839, the only child of John and Angeline Tilton. He studied at the Bryant and Stratton Business College in 1859, and then travelled to Missouri and Colorado. During the gold rush, he was engaged in business ventures, initially at Denver and later at Central City. In 1863, Tilton left Colorado and travelled to Virginia City, in what was then Idaho Territory, opening the town's first store, "D.W. Tilton Co. news dealers, book se...