Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, 1888-1970.

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Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, 1888-1970.

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The Babbitt Brothers Trading Company Collection contains materials related to this long standing Northern Arizona company. Approximately one third of the collection deals with property and consists of various deeds, agreements, leases, abstracts and correspondence. Records from all of their ranch investments are represented, including the Hashknife, Apache Maid, Mores and Hart. Other records document investments such as the company's trading post business, Walker Dome Oil, and automobile sales. A second major component, subject and correspondence files, includes applications from cowboys seeking employment within the ranching framework of the company, information about a community fund established during World War Two, and files relating to the Flagstaff Pow Wow. The collection also includes files relating to the water rights of the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company in Northern Arizona, with names of early sheep and cattle ranchers, dates when water rights were obtained and improvements made to various properties.

284 linear ft.

Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7549610

Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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Babbitt, Edward

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Walker Dome Oil.

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Babbitt, Charles J.

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C.O. Bar Livestock Company.

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Babbitt, William

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Babbitt, George, 1860-1920

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Babbitt Brothers Trading Company

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The Babbitt Brothers developed one of the largest and most influential business operations in northern Arizona. The enterprise was originally founded by Edward, George, William and Charles Babbitt. The C.O. Bar Livestock Company was their first business, founded shortly after David Babbitt arrived in Flagstaff from Ohio in 1886. The Babbitt Brothers Trading Company was established as a partnership in 1889 and incorporated in 1918 with branches in Williams, Winslow, Page, Holbrook and at the Gran...