Baker Mercantile Company (Lockney, Texas) Company Records, 1896-1957 and undated

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Baker Mercantile Company (Lockney, Texas) Company Records, 1896-1957 and undated

1896-1957 and undated

https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00136/00136-P.html

Records and activities of the Baker Mercantile Company in Lockney, Texas. Contains correspondence, daybooks, and legal and financial materials pertaining to the Baker family and the activities and operation of the Baker Mercantile Company. The collection bulks (1896-1957) with financial materials.

77 boxes and 118 ledgers(100.0 linear feet)

eng,

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6641001

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Baker, Guernes

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Baker Mercantile Company

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Opened in 1894 in Lockney, Texas, the Baker Mercantile Company served as a prominent retailer during the settlement and growth of the surrounding region. Established by J.A. and Alice Baker, the store remained under family operation until 1972 when it closed. The store received a Texas State Historical Marker in 1971. From the guide to the Baker Mercantile Company Records, S 55. 2., 1924-1937, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University) Establis...

Baker, Dorsey Syng, 1823-1888

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Doctor Dorsey W. Baker was born in Wabash County, Ill., in 1823. After ventures in California he settled in Walla Walla, Wash., in 1861, opening a store and investing in railroads and steamboats, and becoming associated with Henry W. Corbett and Alexander Ankeny of Portland. From the description of Dorsey Syng Baker letters, 1863-1869. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 54374200 ...

Baker, Mary, 1897-

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McGavock, Dimple Baker.

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Baker, Artie, 1896-1975

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Baker, Alice, 1867-1967

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Sarah Alice (better known as Alice) Ratliff Baker managed the Baker Mercantile Company store in Lockney, Texas, for nearly seven decades. She was born in Van Zandt, Texas, in 1867; after finishing her education she taught school, then at eighteen married James Artemas Baker, the postmaster of Ohio, Texas. They grew cotton but poor growing conditions soon led J. A. to switch to the freight and trading business. In April of 1864, J. A. and Alice took over a small general store and post office near...

Baker, J. A. (James Artemas), 1859-1917

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