Montana
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
McKernan Family Papers, 1863-1897
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 185
Summary
This collection is comprised of correspondence from 1863-1897 between various members of the McKernan and Conley families and their relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The McKernan family began to emigrate from Ireland to the United States around 1847. In 1856, some members of the family arrived in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, area, while others dwelt in Iowa and other parts of Wisconsin. Later on, Thomas (Jr.) and Felix McKernan left Wisconsin to explore the West, before ultimately...
Dates:
1863-1897
Union Mortgage Loan Company Records, 1898-1942, 1949
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AR
Summary
Records of the Union Mortgage Loan Company, a financial institution located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, that did nearly all of its business in northern Wisconsin, North Dakota, and eastern Montana. The company made loans to farmers in return for first mortgages on the farm property and subsequently sold these mortgages to individual investors. It also bought and sold farm lands, acted as trustee for bond issues of local government units and private companies, and occasionally made loans on...
Dates:
1898-1942, 1949