Henry Elling Papers 1864-1911

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Henry Elling Papers 1864-1911

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv89268

Henry Elling was a banker in Virginia City, Montana, with extensive mercantile, mining, and ranching interests. Collection consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1864-1881). There is one outgoing letterpress book (1892), general ledgers (1873-1901), journals (1873-1901), miscellaneous financial records (1872-1880), and a property abstract volume (ca. 1890). There are subgroups for Elling, Knight, and Company; Montanian Publishing Company; Silver Spring Grist Mill; William Elling; and Mary B. Elling.

55 linear feet of shelf space

eng,

Montana Historical Society Archives

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Elling, Henry, 1842-1900

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Henry Elling was born in Germany on December 9, 1842. After the death of his parents when he was about 15, he emigrated to the United States with a younger brother. The two boys settled in Missouri to live with an older brother. While learning English, Henry supported himself working as a farm laborer. He then secured work in a mercantile business. In 1861 he moved to Levenworth, Kansas, and then followed the Colorado gold rush to Denver in 1862. He earned enough there as a clerk in...