Corporate records, 1900-1964.

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Corporate records, 1900-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313865529

Historical sketches (undated, 1900-1930, 1932-1964), correspondence (1938-1949) , map and engineering drawings (1919, 1930), annual reports (1920-1948), legal agreements, financial records, minute books (1900-1945), and stock certificates (1900-1940) documenting a GN-affiliated lumber company operating in northwestern Montana.

45.0 cu. ft. (46 bxs., including 90 v.).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316963

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Somers Lumber Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t36r2 (corporateBody)

Incorporated in 1900 as the John O'Brien Lumber Company under the laws of Minnesota, the company purposed to manufacture and sell railroad ties--primarily for the use of GN--as well as to manufacture and sell commercial lumber products to Montana and North Dakota settlers. Subsequent ventures in Montana included a sawmill at Flathead Lake near Somers and several lumber yards(some in North Dakota). In 1906, another mill near Whitefish was purchased and operated as the Whitefish Lumber Company (ch...

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m36k50 (corporateBody)

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...