Humboldt and Northcote Farms Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 126
Scope and Contents
Typed copies of correspondence from Nils A. Olsen, of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, C.C. (Chester) Morrison, Great Northern Railway employee, E.C. Leedy, R. Budd, and W.P. Kenney, possibly a Great Northern Railway Company employee. The corespondence discusses the business papers of James J. Hill, original owner of the farms and the fact that the papers had been disposed of previously. Also includes a typed carbon copy of a paper entitled "Humbolt & Northcote farms" by C.C. Morrison, (1953). This history gives a detailed look at the livestock which included Belgian horses, milking Shorthorn cattle, the acreage, other large but not bonanza farms such as Elk Valley Farm (Larimore, N.D.), Garnett Farm (Saint Thomas, N.D.), Fingal Enger Farm (Hatton, N.D.), and large farms in general. Also discusses Walter Hill's farm plan as developed by James J. Hill.
Dates
- 1921-1922, 1953
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.
History
Farms in Kittson County, Minn., established by James J. Hill. Son Walter managed parts of the farms, others were managed by the Lohr Brothers. Farm names are taken from Minnesota towns Humboldt and Northcote. Humboldt Farm was disposed of by the James J. Hill estate in the early 1900s. John Lohr worked there, concentrating on the noxious weeds infestation. Walter Hill's farm was to be a large cattle feeding project. Northcote Farm was purchased by John Lohr in 1917.
Extent
9 Items (9 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Farms in Kittson County, Minn., established by James J. Hill. Son Walter managed parts of the farms, others were managed by the Lohr Brothers. Farm names are taken from Minnesota towns Humboldt and Northcote.
Provenance
Initial donation by Great Northern Ry (C. C. Morrison) 1953 (Acc. 126).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bonanza farms -- Minnesota.
- Correspondence.
- Hill Farm (Minn.)
- Hill, James Jerome, 1838-1916.
- Hill, Walter.
- Histories.
- Humboldt (Minn. : Farm)
- Humboldt (Minn. : Farm)
- Kittson County (Minn.)
- Lohr, John.
- Morrison, Chester C.
- Northcote (Minn. : Farm)
- Northcote (Minn.)
- Olsen, Nils Andreas, 1886- -- : Correspondence.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Humboldt and Northcote Farms Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu