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Title: W. H. Brown Land Company
Dates: 1903-1946
Collection Number: 00090
Quantity: 154 images and five photograph albums
Abstract: Photographs of Flasher, Mandan, and Mott (ND) farms, produce, and related subjects.
Provenance: The William H. Brown Land Company Records were donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Mrs. E. H. Yonaka in 1954.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U. S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
The William H. Brown Land Company, one of the largest land companies west of the Missouri River, sold and colonized over 150,000 acres of land in southwestern North Dakota and in the Judith Basin of Montana. Company offices were in Chicago, Mandan, Richardton, Mott, and Haynes. Mr. Brown was the founder of and platted the townsites of Mott, Flasher, and Haynes in North Dakota and Hobson and Moore in the Judith Basin County of Montana. The land company was established by William H. Brown who had operated a real estate business in Devils Lake and served as mayor of that town at one time. In 1902 he made his first large purchase of Morton County land and in six years' time had settled over 3,000 farmers' families on the west Missouri River slope. He died at his home in Chicago in 1943.
Mr. E. H. Yonaka, who had been associated with the company since 1908, took over as manager of the office at Mott in 1912, and later became president. He purchased the company at the time of Brown’s death. Mr. Yonaka died in 1954 in Bismarck where he had made his home for the last few years.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00090-0001 See any stones or gnarled roots in these furrows?
00090-0001 John Matney plowing with horses
00090-0002 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wallace and family with their Sod House on their 320 acre farmstead 1903-1905
00090-0003 Paul Bohn, Wisconsin farmer, opening up a section of prairie
00090-0004 Stirring up the stubble on the George Lee farm near Richardton (ND) 1906
00090-0004 George Lee farm near Richardton (ND)
00090-0005 Spring plowing on the Stasney Farm, a few miles south of Mandan (ND) 1906/04/23
00090-0005 John F. Cauffman in wheat field with land buyers
00090-0006 J. A. Wing farm near Flasher (ND) 1905
00090-0007 Fall plowing in Morton County 1905/10/00
00090-0008 Threshing in Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0011 Man plowing with two bottom plow pulled by four horses 1903-1905
00090-0012 Adam Friesz plowing with horses
00090-0013 A party of Indiana homeseekers watching operations on a farm in the Little Heart Valley, Morton County (ND)
00090-0014 Harvesting scene near Richardton, Stark County, (ND)
00090-0015 Joe Ressler seeding with 16 horses in Morton County (ND)
00090-0016 Sheep grazing on M.B. Wickhaus farm 2 3/4 mile from Glen Ullin (ND)
00090-0017 Home farm of Thomas W. Toyne, Flasher (ND)
00090-0018 Henry Sefton home and outbuildings
00090-0019 Nelson Van Lishout farm near Mott (ND)
00090-0020 North Dakota Land Paying for Itself
00090-0021 Maurice Donnelly, of Indianapolis, (IN) platting
00090-0022 Sheep grazing, Morton County (ND) 1907/00/00
00090-0023 Nelson Van Lishout and wife and family and the house he erected on his splendid farm, Hettinger County (ND) 1905
00090-0025 Jacob Bollinger on binder; farm 6 mi. of Flasher (ND)
00090-0027 Threshing out the dollars from the golden grain, Mott (ND)
00090-0028 Jacob Barth farm west of Mott (ND)
00090-0029 John G. Wilkom farm, Mott (ND) 1906/05/00
00090-0030 Threshing in Morton County (ND)
00090-0031 A. A. Jackson farm and stone house, Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0032 John Schedel farm near New Salem (ND)
00090-0033 Products shown at the Southern Morton County Fair held at Flasher (ND) in 1909
00090-0034 Contentment after the day's run on the range, Mott (ND)
00090-0035 J. A. Anderson farm near Flasher (ND)
00090-0037 Home of John Schedel, dairy farmer, near New Salem (ND) 1907
00090-0038 Mott Hotel, Mott (ND)
00090-0039 Immigrants at railyard, Hettinger County (ND) (Same as 0090-207) 1906
00090-0040 Mr. DeMars 1934
00090-0040 corn grown in Morton County not far from Mandan (ND)
00090-0042 John Schedel farm near New Salem (ND)
00090-0044 Moritz Tausend's farm buildings near New Salem (ND)
00090-0044 Moritz Tausend farm near New Salem
00090-0045 Keller farm
00090-0046 Maurice Donnelly of Indianapolis (IN) platting
00090-0049 Hay meadow on section 31, Keller farm showing Heart River and timber, Mandan (ND)
00090-0050 Herefords graze over the rich prairie lands of North Dakota
00090-0053 A North Dakota Meadow, Richardton (ND)
00090-0056 Lady surrounded by produce
00090-0058 F. Miche farm near Hebron (ND) 1906
00090-0060 Jacob Barth farm west of Mott (ND)
00090-0061 Cutting Out A Car Load Of North Dakota Beef, Mandan stockyards
00090-0063 Cattle in and near water
00090-0064 Van Veghel, Martin
00090-0064 Martin Van Vaghel farm and family
00090-0065 Martin Van Vaghel farm and family’s new home at Mott
00090-0066 A bunch of Herefords with their herders in Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0067 Dress parade, Mandan (ND)
00090-0071 Maurice Ditter, Fred Pietz, B. O. Thorkelson, George Brockmeyer, Theo Cumber, and George Riley Bar-B-Q at Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0073 Plowing with Horses, Morton County (ND) 1905/04/00
00090-0074 Distant view of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0076 Hotel, Flasher (ND) 1905
00090-0077 Hotel, Flasher (ND) 1905
00090-0078 Cattle, Hettinger County (ND) 1903-1905
00090-0078 Fat cattle on William H. Brown Company's lands in Hettinger County, (ND)
00090-0079 White Dent corn raised by William Massey on his farm a little south of Mandan (ND)
00090-0080 William Schweigert farm home in Morton County (ND)
00090-0081 P. A. Fristed raised this hog, Mandan (ND) 1906
00090-0083 George Lee farm near Richardton (ND) 1906
00090-0084 Christ Gristene farm 8 miles west of Richardton (ND)
00090-0085 William Klusman dairy herd 8 miles north of New Salem (ND)
00090-0086 A. R. Shepard farm 7 miles south of Mandan 1906
00090-0087 Corn field, Morton County (ND)
00090-0089 Massingham Hereford Stock Farm 1906
00090-0090 P. A. Fristed raised this hog, Mandan (ND) 1906
00090-0093 John Schedel’s farm New Salem (ND)1907
00090-0094 Sioux Indians on horseback Mandan (ND)
00090-0095 Fairview Farm, George Kline, Proprietor, 3 mi. North of Mott (ND)
00090-0096 Seeding on the J.D. Wakefield from near Mott (ND)
00090-0097 Another scene on Paul Bohn's farm
00090-0098 George Lee farm land showing 3 binders in Stark County (ND) 1905
00090-0099 William F. Berrier's grain being threshed, Flasher (ND) 1905
00090-0100 Threshing, Mott (ND)
00090-0101 Farmer with baled hay $9.50 a ton, Mandan (ND) 1906
00090-0102 George Lee farm land showing 3 binders in Stark County (ND) 1906
00090-0103 E. B. Berry's farm, Richardton (ND) 1903-1907
00090-0104 John T. Wallace shocking grain in Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0105 Frank Schaef with 8-gang steam plow farms the Little Heart Valley, Mandan (ND)
00090-0106 James Sawtell’s family and stone house, Morton County (ND) 1903-1907
00090-0107 This is an economical way to turn over six furrows at one time, and disc them too
00090-0108 Flasher Public School, Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0110 Residence of E. E. Wolfe near Flasher (ND)
00090-0111 Benson, B. A. home in Morton County (ND) 1906
00090-0112 Home of the Kilzer Brothers who own a store in Richardton (ND) 1906
00090-0115 Shack with a woman feeding geese. Two horse carriages
00090-0116 Sheep grazing in front of M. B. Wickhaus’ ranch buildings, Glen Ullin (ND) 1903-1907
00090-0118 Farm produce, Morton County (ND)
00090-0119 Home of E. E. Wolfe near Flasher (ND)
00090-0120 Stalks of grain, Morton County (ND)
00090-0121 Contentment after the day's run on the range, Mott (ND)
00090-0122 A. A. Jackson stone house in Adams County (ND) 1906
00090-0123 Birds-eye view Mandan, population 4,000 1907
00090-0124 Homestead Farm, Flasher (ND) 1903-1907
00090-0125 July 4th Celebration, Flasher (ND) 1907
00090-0126 Bowery celebration, Flasher (ND) 1907/07/04
00090-0127 Race course at Flasher (ND) 1907/07/04
00090-0128 West Hotel & Café, Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0129 Fred Wiegmann General Store at New Salem (ND) 1906
00090-0130 Birds-eye view of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0132 Farm house and out buildings, Mandan (ND) 1907/07/04
00090-0133 A. A. Jackson 1906
00090-0134 View of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0135 Distant view of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0138 John G. Willkom and family in front of his sod house, Mott (ND) 1904/10/22
00090-0141 Mr. Diken harvesting wheat with 3 binders on his land 5 mi west of Richardton (ND) 1950
00090-0142 Steam plow at work near Hebron (ND) 1906
00090-0143 F. Miche farm near Hebron 1906
00090-0144 Martin Van Vaghel farmstead near Mott (ND) 1905
00090-0145 Little girls sitting in the garden
00090-0146 At the George Jung farm near Hebron, Morton County (ND) June 1906
00090-0147 Distant view of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0148 Thomas W. Toyne and family feeding hogs and cattle 2 ½ miles north of Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0150 Henry L. Sefton farmstead in Morton County (ND)
00090-0152 Products shown at the Southern Morton County Fair, Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0153 Hotel, Flasher (ND) 1905
00090-0154 W.O. Hazelton children, Mandan (ND) 1905
00090-0155 Nelson Van Lishout family seven miles from Mott (ND)
00090-0156 Public School, Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0157 D. J. Delano Homestead and family, Hettinger County (ND) 1905
00090-0158 Hogs, chicken and sheep North Dakota pets 1906
00090-0159 Lost cat returns, Mandan (ND)
00090-0160 Threshing the golden grain in Morton County (ND)
00090-0162 Keller farm 12 miles SW of Mandan (ND) 1906
00090-0163 Hay meadow on section 31, Keller farm showing Heart River and timber, Mandan (ND)
00090-0164 William Massey raised White Dent corn on his farm near Mandan (ND)
00090-0165 W. R. Grace with horses & haystacks on his farm, Flasher (ND)
00090-0166 A.P. Colvin farmstead with stack of hay, Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0167 N. E. Stone farmstead near Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0168 William Martin standing in wheat field 1906
00090-0169 Wheat shocks
00090-0170 Farmstead
00090-0171 Sheep grazing at A. B. Berry's Sheep Ranch, Taylor (ND) 1903-1907
00090-0172 Woman standing in a field of corn, Bismarck (ND)
00090-0173 E. H. Yonaka worked for Brown Land Co.
00090-0174 William Weeks homestead 1905
00090-0175 Charles H. Gage and A. P. Colvin making hay 1906
00090-0176 Elevators Mandan (ND) 1906
00090-0180 Wold farm near Flasher (ND) 1906
00090-0182 E. H. Yonaka claim shack southeast of Haynes (ND) 1908
00090-0183 Teacher's Institute at Mott (ND) showing about 30 teachers 1908
00090-0184 Martin Van Vaghel farm in Hettinger County
00090-0186 William H. Brown Company, Mandan (ND)
00090-0187 Louis Simonar homestead 7 miles North of Mott (ND)
00090-0193 Haynes Lignite Coal Co. 1908
00090-0198 George Kline farm 3 miles north of Mott (ND)
00090-0199 Nelson Van Lishout Home on a Hettinger County (ND) farm
00090-0200 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bohn and twins Ella and Della on the farm
00090-0203 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cotner on their farm west of Flasher (ND)
00090-0204 Haynes (ND)
00090-0206 Manley Haskins and family on the farm 8 miles West of Mott (ND)
00090-0207 Immigrants at the railroad yard, Hettinger County (ND) 1906 (Same as 0090-039)
00090-0209 Martin Van Vaghel new farm home near Mott (ND)
00090-0210 Northern Pacific Railway teams at work grading the new line
00090-0211 Bird’s eye view of Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0213 Teams waiting to unload at Great Western Elevator, Mandan (ND)
00090-0217 Howard Jackson farm near Flasher (ND)
00090-0218 Manley Haskins and family on farm 8 miles West of Mott (ND)
00090-0220 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cotner farm west of Flasher (ND)
00090-0222 Sawtell family with stone house on his farm near
00090-0223 New grade of the NPRR entering Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0225 Jacob Bollinger
00090-0233 Thain School
00090-0235 Binders and shocks in a field
00090-0244 Immigrants arriving at train station 1906
00090-0245 Wagon loads of wool brought in by teams of horses 1914
00090-0252 Manley Haskins farm 8 miles West of Mott 1908
00090-0268 Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Delano and kids
00090-0269 Jacob Bollinger seeding north of Flasher (ND)
00090-0271 Charley Westaby homestead at Regent (ND) 1910
00090-0272 Charley Westaby homestead at Regent (ND) 1910
00090-0273 Charley Westaby homestead at Regent (ND) 1910
00090-0274 Charley Westaby homestead at Regent (ND) 1910
00090-0276 J. S. Endslow, Charles Thurston, Edgar Dix, Handy Johnson, Jessie K. and S. J. Boyd, Kelly Charles, and W. I. Bushart 1910
00090-0279 Bannon Bros. Barbers Bath & Laundry in the Barry Hotel
00090-0286 Fairview Farm, Geo. Kline, Prop 3 mi. North of Mott (ND)
00090-0290 Thomas Cooper, Land Commissioner of the NPRR at Flasher (ND) 1910
00090-0292 Farmers Elevator Co. Flasher (ND)
00090-0295 Mackey homestead 1906/04/02
00090-0297 Stock yards holding sheep, Mandan (ND)
00090-0300 Manley Haskins farm 8 miles West of Mott (ND) 1908
00090-0302 Manley Haskins farm 8 miles West of Mott (ND) 1908
00090-0305 Wolf farmstead north Flasher (ND)
00090-0307 William Hendricks and John Wakefield on first tractor near Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0313 Nelson Van Lishout and home Mott (ND)
00090-0314 R. A. Grant and C. A. Kelly in a wheat field in Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0317 Massingham & Cosgrove Breeders 1902
00090-0323 High School Mandan (ND) 1907
00090-0325 Boston Department Store, Mandan (ND)
00090-0326 Hotel Brown
00090-0327 Hotel Brown
00090-0329 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frylie and children, Flasher (ND)
00090-0345 Flasher (ND) 1910
00090-0347 Massingham & Cosgrove Breeders 1902
00090-0350 Fairview Farm, George Kline, Proprietor, 3 mi. North of Mott (ND)
00090-0352 J. A. Pierson corn field north of Flasher (ND)
00090-0358 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bohn and twins Ella and Della
00090-0359 Wolf farmstead north Flasher (ND)
00090-0360 Fred Knauss, George Brockmeyer, B. O. Thorkelson, George Riley, and Fred Pietz at barbeque at Mott (ND) 1910/10/14
00090-0367 Great Western Elevator Company, Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0370 Adrain Rawlings, W. T. Batty, Greta Batty, Homer Batty farm home
00090-0372 Adrain Rawlings, W. T. Batty, Greta Batty
00090-0373 Earlier settlers in Hettinger County (ND)
00090-0376 Fred Knauss, George Brockmeyer, B. O. Thorkelson, George Riley, Theo Cumber, and Fred Pietz at barbeque at Mott (ND) 1910/10/14
00090-0383 Northern Pacific RR; grade just entering Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0384 R. E. Trousdale, W. C. LaDage, Mabel Flasher, W. T. Batty, and Margaret Kelly leaving the railroad at Richardton bound for Mott (ND)
00090-0386 R. E. Trousdale, W. C. LaDage, Mabel Flasher, W. T. Batty, and Margaret Kelly leaving the railroad at Richardton bound for Mott (ND)
00090-0387 Walter Smith on homestead near Mott (ND)
00090-0388 William H. Brown
00090-0389 Immigrants at railroad yard, Hettinger County (ND) 1906
00090-0393 High School Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0397 R. E. Trousdale, W. C. LaDage, Mabel Flasher, W. T. Batty, and Margaret Kelly leaving the railroad at Richardton bound for Mott (ND)
00090-0407 Massingham & Cosgrove Breeders 1902
00090-0408 J. A. Pierson making bundles on his farm
00090-0411 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Byson homestead
00090-0422 Farmers Elevator, Mandan (ND) 1908
00090-0428 George F. Bingenheimer residence, Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0435 Jacob Bollinger seeding
00090-0436 Richardton (ND) 1910
00090-0437 Great Western Elevator Co. Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0443 Henry L. Sefton seeding, Mandan (ND)
00090-0450 Haynes (ND)
00090-0451 Haynes Lignite Coal Co.
00090-0452 Merle Hammond, J. B. Slosson, E. H. Yonaka, and Mabel Flasher in coal mine
00090-0453 Farmers around creamery New Salem (ND)
00090-0454 Northern Pacific Railway grade just entering Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0455 Street scene, Flasher (ND)
00090-0457 Railroad Graders camp, Mott (ND)
00090-0464 C. W. Rumple, C.W. Meat Market, Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0464 Brown Hotel, Mott (ND)
00090-0468 Nelson Van Lishout and homestead Mott (ND)
00090-0477 C. A. Hunter farm currently A. Roessing farm 1910
00090-0479 Horse racing day at the Fair Ground, Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0480 Timmeren Stock Farm
00090-0481 Timmeren Stock Farm
00090-0482 A. F. Dietz & Sons Elevator, New Salem (ND) 1910
00090-0486 City Park, Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0491 City Park, Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0492 Mr. and Mrs. John Wilcom farm 5 miles north of Mott (ND)
00090-0499 Picnic day, Flasher (ND) 1910
00090-0504 Northern Pacific RR; grade just entering Mott (ND) 1910
00090-0508 July 4th celebration, Flasher (ND)
00090-0509 Great Western Elevator Company, Mandan (ND) 1910
00090-0513 James Sawtell homestead, Morton County (ND)
00090-0514 Farmers Elevator, Mandan (ND) 1908
00090-0516 Frank Van Lishout, Charles, Aunger, Charles Kelly, and George Thomas on thrasher and Charles Pew and W. W. Hendricks on water tank
00090-0519 Nelson Van Lishout and homestead Mott (ND)
00090-0521 George Kline driving through his field of grain 1910
00090-0522 John Willkom testing the soil on his 1/2 section
00090-0528 Railroad grade of NPRR entering Flasher (ND)
00090-0529 Jacob Bollinger running binder
00090-0533 Flasher (ND) 1910
00090-0534 Flasher (ND) Main Street
00090-0535 Large group of land buyers in front of hotel, Flasher (ND)
00090-0537 William Brown in front of hotel Flasher (ND)
00090-0538 Large group of land buyers in front of hotel, Flasher (ND)
00090-0540 Bird’s eye view Flasher (ND)
00090-0541 Flasher (ND) Main Street
00090-0542 Hotel, Flasher (ND)
00090-0545 Manley Haskins, Manley family and farm 8 miles West of Mott (ND)
00090-0547 Walter Smith on homestead near Mott (ND)
00090-0548 Dietz & Sons Lumber & Grain New Salem (ND)
00090-0549 Mr. and Mrs. John Wilcom
00090-0555 Merle Hammond, J. B. Slosson, and Mabel Flasher in coal mine at Haynes Lignite Coal Co.
00090-0556 Haynes Lignite Coal Co.
00090-0557 J. B. Slosson, Mabel Flasher, E. H. Yonaka in coal mine at Haynes Lignite Coal Co.
00090-0561 Jacob Bollinger farm 6 miles north of Flasher (ND)
00090-0562 Hobson (MT) 1910
00090-0566 Grain Elevators Mandan (ND)
00090-0568 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frylie and family near Flasher (ND)
00090-0569 Wagon loads of wool 1914
00090-0575 Main Street Mandan (ND)
00090-0577 Thomas Toyne family & farm north of Flasher (ND)
00090-0580 City Park, Flasher (ND) 1909
00090-0583 William H. Brown
00090-0584 Samuel Frazee twins born 3-07 in a tent in Adams
00090-0585 Judith Basin in western Fergus Co., (MT)
00090-0588 Samuel Phillips and S. S. Hobson in winter wheat field in the Judith Basin 1910
00090-0589 Grain Elevators, Benchland (MT)
00090-0594 Grain Elevators, Benchland (MT) 1910
00090-0595 Hobson (MT) 1910
00090-0596 Bird’s eye view of Flasher (ND)
00090-0597 Flasher (ND) Main Street
00090-0599 William H. Brown Land office in Hobson (MT)
00090-0602 Hobson (MT) farm in Judith Valley
00090-0604 Louis W. Hill, President of Great Northern RR on
00090-0607 US Experimental Station Mandan (ND)
00090-0608 Theodore Gray vegetable garden on his farm
00090-0610 George B. Hanes, Gen. Emg. Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific 1910
00090-0611 Thomas Nicholson horses raised near Hobson (MT)
00090-0615 Hobson (MT) in foreground fall plowing
00090-0618 Burgess in winter wheat field near Benchland (MT)
00090-0621 Jack Wait field of oats near Utica, Fergus County
00090-0624 Rocky Mountain Elevator Co., Benchland (MT)
00090-0628 Winter wheat on John Lowe farm in Judith Basin (MT) 1911
00090-0631 John Lowe swathing the crop 1911
00090-0633 Davidson farm near Hobson (MT)
00090-0641 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jackson and child
00090-0654 Belden winter wheat crop 1909
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