Collection, 1956.

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Collection, 1956.

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Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from Northcote to Humboldt, his losses in the 1929 stock market crash, Elliot's schooling in Northcote, Humboldt, and Fisher, Minn.

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McCleary, Elliot W., 1897-

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Born at Northcote Farm, Northcote, Minn. 1897, son of David and Elizabeth Webster McCleary. From the description of Collection, 1956. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29425187 ...

Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Danielson, Fern.

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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...

Hill, Walter Jerome, 1885-1944.

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