John S. Mendenhall papers, 1857-1885.

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John S. Mendenhall papers, 1857-1885.

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The John S. Mendenhall papers consist of letters, account statements, receipts, and other business papers collected by or pertaining to Mendenhall or his various merchandising operations. Letters include those written by friends, family, business associates in California, Missouri, Utah, Indiana, and Montana. The subjects include: family news; social and business conditions in territorial Utah and Montana; Montana territorial politics. Places mentioned include Virginia City, Bannack, Gallatin City, and Bozeman, Montana. Letter writers include Achilles Lamme, Mary Susan Mendenhall, and Charles Ohle.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Mendenhall, John S., 1835-

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John S. Mendenhall (1835-1896) was an early pioneer merchant of Bozeman, Montana. Born in Vevay, Indiana on October 18, 1835, Mendenhall travelled west to Levenworth Kansas in 1855 where he found work as a packer for the firm of Gilbert and Gerrish. Accompanying the firm to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Mendenhall worked as a clerk until 1857. During the next few years he engaged in a variety of merchandising occupations in the territory before moving to Fort Lemhi, Idaho in 1862. Mendenhall a...