Charles M. Babcock and family papers. 1873-1960.

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Charles M. Babcock and family papers. 1873-1960.

Biographical and family history information (1873-1939), personal correspondence (1893-1957), papers regarding a Charles M. Babcock Memorial (1937, 1947), household management (1941-1957) and farm investment (1917-1938) records, clippings, and photographs documenting the family and career (1917-1932) of a Minnesota state highway commissioner.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648538

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Holm & Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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MacDonald Thomas H. (Thomas Harris), 1881-

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Brown, Earle, 1879-1963

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Earle Brown was born on October 6, 1879 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Brown was raised by his mother and grandfather, John Martin, one of the founders of 1st National Bank and Northwestern Consolidated Milling company, on the family farm in Brooklyn Center. In 1920, Brown was appointed as Hennepin country sheriff; he held this position until 1929 and again from 1942 to 1946. From 1929-1932, Brown organized the newly formed Minnesota Highway Patrol. He ran for governor of Minnesota on t...

Christianson, Theodore, 1883-1948

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Charles M. Babcock Memorial Association.

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Hoffman, Michael J., 1889-

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Burrell family.

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Babcock, Charles M. (Charles Merritt), 1871-1936

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Charles Merritt Babcock, widely regarded as the originator of the Minnesota highway system, was born in Sherburne County, Minnesota, on August 10, 1871, the son of Willard L. and Sarepta (George) Babcock. He attended the University of Minnesota, but the 1893 financial panic forced his return to Elk River, where he worked in his father's general store and eventually became president of the Elk River bank. Babcock's highway career began in 1909 with his appointment to the ...

Burrell, King H., 1850-1936.

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Babcock, Ann Burrell, 1873-

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Minnesota. Department of Highways

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