Faast, Benjamin F. (1894-1946)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1894 - 1946
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Wisconsin Colonization Company Records, 1916-1938
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss K
Summary
Papers collected by Benjamin Faast, president of the Wisconsin Colonization Company, relating to the organization's sale of “ready-made” farms in southern Sawyer County and the development of the village of Ojibwa. Included are letters to stockholders and settlers; a small amount of correspondence received by Faast; historical data on the upper Chippewa River area, the local Indian tribes, fur trade, and lumber industry; biographical data on settlers; a general ledger, 1923-1925; and two...
Dates:
1916-1938