N.E. Corthell family papers, 1868-1960, (bulk 1890-1918).

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N.E. Corthell family papers, 1868-1960, (bulk 1890-1918).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34470715

The collection contains records of the businesses that Corthell held interest in including: the Laramie "Boomerang," Buffalo Basin Land Company, Laramie Board and Trade, Laramie Ice and Coal Company, Laramie Water Company, Meyer & Raife (a hardware store), Southern Wyoming Telephone Company, Van Dyke Coal and Milling Company, and the Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Company. Also included are court records for the Wyoming Development Company. Family and personal items include photographs, correspondence, and pamphlets and manuscripts written by Eleanor Corthell.

3.5 cubic ft. (7 boxes + artifacts)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364239

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Meyer & Raife (Firm)

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Van Dyke Coal and Milling Company.

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Laramie (Wyo.). Board of Trade.

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Corthell family.

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Laramie boomerang (Laramie, Wyo.)

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Corthell, N. E. (Nellis E.)

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Nellis E. Corthell (1861-1938) was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, and came to Wyoming in 1880. After working briefly on a ranch, he began studying law in the office of Laramie, Wyoming, attorney Stephen W. Downey and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He established his own practice in 1887. In 1914 the firm of Corthell, McCollough and Corthell was formed, with the other partners being his son Morris E. Corthell and A.W. McCollough. N.E. Corthell was an authority on water rights and held bu...

Buffalo Basin Land Company.

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Southern Wyoming Telephone Company.

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Laramie Water Company

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Wyoming Development Company

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The Wyoming Development Company was incorporated in 1883 in Wheatland, Wyoming, to construct irrigation systems for farming and general industrial development. The Wyoming Development Company served as the parent company for the Wheatland Industrial Company, founded in 1897, which constucted reservoirs and general building sites; the Wheatland Development Company; and the Wheatland Roller Mill Company, which was acquired in 1938. From the description of Records 1897-1946. (University...

Laramie Coal and Ice Company.

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Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Co.

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