Amenia And Sharon Land Company Verified Bills and Accounts Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 3070
Scope and Contents
This collection deals with bills and accounts for the Amenia and Sharon Land company from 1918 through the end of 1930. The bills come from a variety of sources and accounts detail such things as blankets being returned.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1918-1930
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Biography
The Amenia and Sharon land company began in the 1870s after the residents of Amenia, New York, and Sharon, Connecticut lost their wealth due to the railroad bonds became worthless. They exchanged those bonds for land in Cass County, North Dakota. The residents sent stakeholder’s secretary, Eban W. Chaffee to survey the land and they settle on land that is eight miles north of Casselton, North Dakota. The first crop seeded on this new land was wheat and was planted in the spring o 1877.
As the company grew, it continued to purchase more and more land. It would eventually become the largest bonanza farms in the state of North Dakota. When it’s first general agent, E.W. Chaffee died in 1892, his son, H.F. Chaffee took over. He continued until 1912 when he and his wife, Carrie Toogood Chaffee were aboard the HMS Titanic. When the disaster happened, H.F. put Carrie into lifeboat number 4 and she never saw him again. He perished on the Titanic. Once this happened. Amenia and Sharon Land company couldn’t continue. Without a leader and the dropping grain prices due to World War I, the company dissolved, sold its properties to smaller farmers and closed for good in 1922.
As the company grew, it continued to purchase more and more land. It would eventually become the largest bonanza farms in the state of North Dakota. When it’s first general agent, E.W. Chaffee died in 1892, his son, H.F. Chaffee took over. He continued until 1912 when he and his wife, Carrie Toogood Chaffee were aboard the HMS Titanic. When the disaster happened, H.F. put Carrie into lifeboat number 4 and she never saw him again. He perished on the Titanic. Once this happened. Amenia and Sharon Land company couldn’t continue. Without a leader and the dropping grain prices due to World War I, the company dissolved, sold its properties to smaller farmers and closed for good in 1922.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
This collection deals with bills and accounts for the Amenia and Sharon Land company from 1918 through the end of 1930. The bills come from a variety of sources and accounts detail such things as blankets being returned.
Provenance
Donated by H.L. Chaffee and Robert B. Reed, 1953 (Acc.134).
Property Rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Amenia & Sharon Land Company Verified Bills and Accounts Records
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu