Hill Family Collection. 1739-1995 (bulk 1850-1960).

Schrikkel, Louis, 1902-1995

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The third of James J. and Mary Mehegan Hill’s ten children, Louis Warren Hill was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1872. He, along with his older brother James, was schooled at home before attending Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Yale University. He began working for his father at the Great Northern Railway Company immediately after graduation and began pursuit of his own ultimately extremely successful investments in iron mining in northeastern Minnesota. Wh...

Kennedy, John S. (John Stewart), 1830-1909

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Red River Roller Mills.

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Gavin, Gertrude Hill, 1883-1961

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Hill, Louis Warren, -1948

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Montana Central Railway Company

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The company was incorporated in 1886 and built main and branch lines in the area between Great Falls and Butte totaling 250 miles. It was acquired by GN in 1907 and was dissolved in 1939. From the description of Corporate records, 1886-1964 (bulk 1886-1907). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313845036 ...

Hill Family.

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Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company.

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Fort Union Development Company.

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Tuck, Edward

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Taft School

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Kittson, Norman W. (Norman Wolfred), 1814-1888

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Manager of transportation companies, Red River Valley. From the description of Norman W. Kittson letters, 1848. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 76290008 ...

Kootenai Railway and Navigation Company.

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Stephen, George, 1829-1921

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George Stephen was a Scots-Quebecker financier associated with the Bank of Montreal and the founder of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He was the first Canadian to be granted a peerage by the British Crown. In 1891 he retired to England where he lived and died at Brocket Hall. From the description of [Letter, n.d.] Sunday, Brocket Hall, Hatfield [to] Lady Church / George Mount Stephen. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 437427412 ...

St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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Incorporated in 1857 as the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company (which forfeited its rights and franchises in 1860-61), it was reorganized in 1862 as St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, before being purchased by the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company, in 1879. It operated a line in Minnesota from St. Paul to Breckenridge, with branch lines from St. Anthony (i.e., Minneapolis) to Sauk Rapids, and from St. Cloud to Barneseville. From the description of Corporate ...

Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, baron, 1820-1914

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Oregon & Western Colonization Company

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Red Mountain Consolidated Mining Company

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Nichols, Edward Tatnall, 1852-1934.

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Hill, James Jerome 1838-1916

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Railroad financier. From the description of Addresses, 1902-1916. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853289 Businessman and railroad executive, James J. Hill (1838-1916), was founder of the Great Northern Railway Company, which incorporated and extended an important transcontinental line, running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington by 1893. Frequently called the "Empire Builder," Hill amassed a personal fortune through h...

Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company (Great Falls, Mont.)

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Lindley, Clara Hill, 1873-1947

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Siglar's Preparatory School (Newburgh, N.Y.).

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Hill, Jerome

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Hill, a filmmaker, artist and philanthropist, maintained friendships and working relationships with a wide variety of artists and musicians both mainstream and experimental. His innovations in documentary film and in feature films have been influential. His papers also represent a unique vantage point into the families of railroad magnates James J. Hill and Louis W. Hill, his grandfather and father, respectively. James Jerome Hill was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Ma...

Hill, Walter J., 1885-

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Shattuck Denn Mining Company.

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Constance Mining Company (Washington).

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Schroll, Maud Van Cortlandt Hill Dorcy, 1903-1997.

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Maud Van Cortlandt Hill, known frequently as Maudie, was born June 1, 1903 in St. Paul. She was the second child of Louis W. Hill, president and chairman of Great Northern Railway and son of railroad baron James J. Hill, and Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill. Maud and her three brothers, Louis Jr., Jerome, and Cortlandt, lived an extremely privileged life in their home on Summit Avenue in St. Paul; she attended school at Summit Academy and the family traveled extensively to their secon...

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Cascadia Development and Production Company.

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Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925

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Judge Thomas Burke was for nearly fifty years a central figure in the political and economic life of Washington State and especially Seattle. Burke arrived in Seattle in 1875 to make his fortune. An astute lawyer and speculator, he acquired a reputation as a talented courtroom advocate. As the Democratic candidate for territorial delegate to Congress in 1880, Burke conducted a vigorous, though unsuccessful, campaign. In 1885 he and Seattle newcomer Daniel Gilman attracted Eastern capital and bui...

Mille Lacs Lumber Company.

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Gibson, Paris, 1830-1920

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Paris Gibson was born on July 1, 1830, in Brownfield, Maine. He was the son of Abel and Anne (Howard) Gibson. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1851. In 1853 he was elected to the Maine legislature. In August 1858, Gibson married Valeria G. Sweat, who was born in Brownfield, on Nov. 30, 1839. The couple had four children, two of whom died at an early age. The surviving sons, Phillip and Theodore, later helped their father in some of his business activities. In 1859 the new couple...

Boeckmann, Rachel Hill, 1881-1967.

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Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904

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Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born on September 24, 1837, in New Lisbon (in 1895 renamed Lisbon), Ohio, to Dr. Leonard and Samantha Hanna. Leonard's father, Benjamin Hanna, a Quaker of Scotch-Irish descent, was a wealthy store owner in New Lisbon. Dr. Hanna practiced in Columbiana County, where New Lisbon was located, until he suffered a spinal injury while riding. After the accident, he joined the family business, B., L., and T. Hanna, by now a major grocery and goods brokering firm. Samantha, née Co...

Farrer, Gaspard.

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Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan , 1846-1921.

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Mary Theresa Mehegan was born in New York City July 1, 1846, the daughter of recent Irish immigrants. Mary’s father, Timothy Mehegan, moved the family to St. Anthony in the newly organized Minnesota Territory in 1850. They quickly moved to St. Paul where Mr. Mehegan worked tailoring clothes and selling real estate until his death on Christmas Eve, 1854. Mary and her sister Eliza attended St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Paul and Mary worked as a waitress at the Merchant’s Hotel where she...

Hill, Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor 1870-1961.

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Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor was born in Staten Island, New York, on April 11, 1870, to a wealthy family descended from early American colonists. She met Louis W. Hill, son of railroad baron James J. Hill, while living with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota. Maud began studying to become a nurse at Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1900 but ended her schooling when she became ill with typhoid later that year. She became engaged to Louis Hill in April of 1901 and they married at the ...

Hill, Cortlandt, 1906-1978.

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Minnesota Log and Lumber Company (Oregon).

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St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company

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The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company was organized in 1879; its incorporation was confirmed by the Minnesota state legislature in 1881. The company's primary purpose was to assume the properties, franchises and charter rights of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company and the latter's First Division. The company acquired an initial 600 miles of trackage from the St. Paul and Pacific. Between 1879 and 1890 the company constructed 2800 miles of line and acquired 410 miles from ...

Chisholm, Archibald M.

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