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11/26/2014Articles of Incorporation DT, 1878-1889 Town
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony Richland 4 05/10/1884 2110 208
Saint Peter Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Lake County Lake 3 06/24/1889 2119 212
First German Presbyterian Church of Dakota Turner 3 03/22/1880 2104 245
Evans Missouri River Transportation Line 4 12,500 05/27/1885 2111 548
Casselton Branch Rail Road Company 08/17/1881 2105 308
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Moody Not Listed 09/13/1888 2117 511
Beidler and Robinson Lumber Company (increase of stock) 100,000 02/06/1889 2118 553
Central City Deadwood & Eastern Rail Road Lawrence 5 500,000 03/09/1880 2104 230
Empire Carbonate Mining Co.((increase capitol) 250,000 05/19/1885 2111 528
Chantawapka Ranche Morton 3 30,000 05/07/1887 2115 335
Dakota at James & Elm River Navigation Improvement & Transportation Co. Stutsman 7 500,000 11/14/1879 2104 169
Ordway Bismarck Northwestern Railway Co.(Resignation of a Director) 05/12/1884 2110 213
Argus Company 08/18/1881 2105 316
Roller King Milling Company Yankton 3 10,000 09/03/1884 2110 480
Wahpeton and Eastern Dakota Railroad Co. Richland 11 100,000 07/26/1882 2107 120
Missouri River Northern Railroad Company 8 4,000,000 09/10/1884 2110 492
Berlin German Baptist Church of McIntosh County McIntosh 3-7 04/19/1889 2119 26
Ruby Gold & Silver Mining Company Lawrence 5 1,000,000 04/16/1884 2110 155
Dunseith & Southeastern Railroad Co. Rolette and F 5 2,000,000 06/05/1884 2110 274
Spiritwood Grand Rapids & Devils Lake Railroad Stutsman 5 3,000,000 04/04/1883 2108 208
Fargo Detroit & Deadwood Railway Co. Brown 8 5,000,000 04/10/1884 2110 130
Richland Baptist Church Richland 3 08/04/1882 2107 147
Union County Bank of Elk Point (Certificate of Dimmution of Capitol Stock) 10,000 04/07/1886 2112 509
Groton, Frankfort & Milnor Rail Road Co. Brown 8 1,250,000 05/08/1885 2111 489
Ordway, Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company now Aberdeen Bismarc 06/13/1887 2115 485
Union Cemetery Lincoln 5 09/24/1880 2104 383
First Reformed Dutch Church of Dakota Territory Turner 3 08/30/1880 2104 365
Dakota & Central Railroad (Change of Route 07/22/1885 2112 96
Casselton Branch Railroad Co. 7 600,000 08/26/1880 2104 362
Iowa and Dakota Railway Company Minnehaha 9 25,520,000 06/28/1887 2115 533
Dakota Conference of Evangelical Association of North America Cass 7 07/24/1885 2112 102
Resolution Changing name to Ellendale East & West R.R. Co. Dickey 06/27/1883 2109 54
German Congregational Church of Friedeusfield Hutchinson 3-9 05/27/1889 2119 12
Melhus Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Turner and Li 3 07/06/1889 2119 250
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Resolution Changing Route of East & West R.R. Dickey 06/27/1883 2109 55
Summit Mining Company Lawrence 7 100,000 03/24/1880 2104 248
Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Congregation of Unaltered Augsburg Confession Grant 3-11 06/14/1887 2115 488
Lake Traverse Sanborn & Carrington Railroad Co. 6 4,000,00 12/12/1883 2109 341
St. Petri Evangelical Luthersk Mennghed Kingsbury 3 09/05/1885 2112 176
Uncle Sam Mining Company Lawrence 5 500,000 12/19/1883 2109 355
Missouri River Railroad (Extend Route) Barnes 11/27/1885 2112 252
Resolution Increasing stock of Ellendale East & West R.R. Co. 06/27/1883 2109 61
Dakota & Great Southern Railway Co. Cass 6 10,000,000 08/14/1883 2109 130
Resolution Dakota Central Railway Co. Designating Proposed route 07/13/1883 2109 83
Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Congregation Hutchinson 4 06/02/1884 2110 264
Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph of Richland Richland 3 11/05/1884 2111 42
Grand Junction Gold Mining Company Custer 6 1,000,000 08/29/1881 2105 347
Burleigh County Building and Loan Association of Burleigh Co. (acceptance of pr Burleigh 04/16/1887 2115 251
Watertown & Northwestern Railway Co. Brown 5 300,000 06/16/1883 2109 34
Boston & Little Railway Co. Lawrence 5 500,000 09/19/1882 2107 226
Fargo Paper Mill Company 09/04/1882 2107 200
Fargo & Southern Railway Co.(Increase of Capital 1,250,000 11/19/1883 2109 310
Spirit Mound Cemetery Association Clay county Clay 5 125 11/11/1884 2111 54
Congregational Church of Jasper Chas Mix 3 09/22/1884 2110 508
Pacific Railroad (resolution to extend its route) 10/13/1883 2109 243
First Presbyterian Church of Mekinock Grand Forks 5 03/26/1884 2110 102
Capital City Land Company (increase in stock) 3,000,000 06/03/1889 2119 138
Lutheran Church of Lake Madison Lake 3 07/16/1881 2105 263
Dakota University 3 07/13/1883 2109 251
Dakota Central Railroad (Extension of Route) 11/24/1883 2109 317
Park River Cemetery Walsh 3 09/16/1882 2107 212
Pleasant View Cemetery Association Lincoln 3 03/03/1882 2106 210
Midland Pacific Railroad Company Minnehaha 8 10,000,000 05/25/1889 2119 116
Farmingdale Land and Livestock Company Pennington 7 40,000 04/03/1888 2117 57
Evangelic Lutheran Church of Twp. Savo Brown 01/07/1885 2111 136
Methodist Episcopal Church Sanborn 5 06/25/1886 2114 130
Missouri Valley, Bismarck, and Dakota South Eastern Brown 6 5,000,000 05/26/1886 2113 539
Roman Catholic Church of St. Kyran Yankton 5 12/04/1884 2111 95
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Presbyterian Church of (?) Dakota Pembina 3 11/10/1883 2109 302
St. Johns and Immanuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church McIntosh 4 10/31/1889 2119 567
Emanuel's Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Hutchinson 3 12/16/1884 2111 125
North American Oil Company Crook County 5 1,250,000 07/24/1886 2114 202
North Preston Norwegian Lutheran Congregation Kingsbury 3 02/27/1885 2111 279
Dickey County Bank 02/20/1883 2108 114
Pioneer Cooperative Of Lincoln County Lincoln 3 20,000 03/14/1882 2106 238
Bethel Presbyterian Church Pennington 3-11 09/30/1889 2119 476
Golden Summit Consolidated Gold Mining Co.(Amend business location) 11/27/1883 2109 322
Norwegian Society of Township 139 North Range 52 West Cass Co. Cass 3 03/23/1881 2105 119
Graven & Jamestown Rail Road Company Grant 5 1,000,000 06/06/1879 2104 102
Jamestown & Northern Railroad Co. Stutsman 5 3,000,000 09/17/1881 2105 383
Forest River Pressed Brick Co. Walsh 3 20,000 08/11/1882 2107 171
Elmo Mining & Milling co. Lawrence 5 100,000 03/19/1884 2110 107
Brule County Farmers Manufacturing and Trading Association Brule and Gra 5 10,000 01/15/1889 2118 261
Bethany Norwegian Dane Lutheran Church of Abercrombie Abercrombie Richland 3 11/01/1889 2119 572
Farmers Warehouse Association of Abercrombie Abercrombie Richland 3 5,000 08/08/1889 2119 355
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John Abercrombie T Richland 3 01/22/1885 2111 180
Building and Loan Association of Dakota (increase of stock Aberdeen Brown 7 5,000,000 05/01/1889 2119 61
Dakota Farmers Alliance Company Aberdeen Brown 11 20,000 10/18/1887 2116 250
First Presbyterian Society of Aberdeen Aberdeen Brown 3 04/19/1882 2106 282
La Grace Livestock Company Aberdeen Brown 7 250,000 12/18/1884 2111 131
Aberdeen Steam Brick Works Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 07/05/1887 2115 569
First Wesleyan Methodist Society of Aberdeen Brown County Aberdeen Brown 3-5 07/31/1888 2117 458
Bankers Mutual Relief Association of the North West Aberdeen Brown 5 09/06/1887 2116 152
Aberdeen Light and Power Company Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 02/14/1889 2118 360
North Western Seed Company Aberdeen Brown 3 20,000 12/12/1887 2116 353
Fountain Lake Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 5 25,000 05/02/1889 2119 68
Aberdeen Daily News Company Aberdeen Brown 3 12,000 08/08/1887 2116 81
Roman Catholic Church of Sacred Heart of Aberdeen Aberdeen Brown 4 06/27/1884 2110 323
Central Dakota Building and Loan Association Aberdeen Brown 7 500,000 10/21/1887 2116 259
Aberdeen Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 7 250,000 06/04/1889 2119 141
Coe and Howard Abstract Company Aberdeen Brown 5 15,000 09/20/1887 2116 182
Brown County Bank of Aberdeen (Retiring of Stock, Cancellation of Business) Aberdeen Brown 07/08/1887 2116 13
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Brown County Bank Aberdeen Brown 3 20,000 07/20/1887 2116 13
Northwestern Seed Company (increase of stock) Aberdeen Brown 55,000 06/12/1888 2117 258
Presentation Academy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Aberdeen Brown 4 100,000 08/08/1887 2116 75
Aberdeen Savings Bank Aberdeen Brown 5 100,000 04/24/1889 2119 37
Aberdeen Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company (de-classification of st Aberdeen Brown 08/25/1887 2116 114
Western Investment Company of Aberdeen Dakota Aberdeen Brown 5 250,000 02/13/1889 2118 366
Guarantee Mortgage Company Aberdeen Brown 5 50,000 02/01/1888 2116 429
Aberdeen Club Aberdeen Brown 7 04/27/1889 2119 51
Northwestern Loan & Trust Company Aberdeen Brown 5 100,000 08/16/1883 2109 133
Samaritan Hospital Aberdeen Brown 7 05/13/1886 2113 272
Keystone Mortgage Company (increase in capital stock) Aberdeen Brown 11 250,000 08/25/1888 2117 549
St. Paul Black Hills and Pacific Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 7 15,000,000 07/01/1887 2115 555
Aberdeen Abstract Company Aberdeen Brown 4 20,000 01/10/1889 2118 266
First Baptist Church of Aberdeen Aberdeen Brown 3 06/07/1884 2110 286
Aberdeen Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 3-5 12,000 10/04/1888 2118 43
Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, and Pierre Railroad Company Aberdeen Brown 7 2,500,000 04/19/1886 2113 29
Aberdeen Street Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 03/22/1887 2115 185
Aberdeen Transfer and Storage Company Aberdeen Brown 3 15,000 10/06/1888 2118 45
Building and Loan Association of Dakota Aberdeen Brown 7 500,000 10/18/1888 2118 70
St. Paul Black Hills and Pacific Railway Company (Change of Direction of Railroa Aberdeen Brown 01/05/1889 2118 250
Aberdeen Methodist Episcopal Church Aberdeen Brown 6 02/29/1884 2110 25
Aberdeen Gaslight Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 01/18/1887 2114 573
Edmunds Townsite Company Aberdeen Brown 7 50,000 04/12/1883 2108 230
Aberdeen Telephone Company Aberdeen Brown 5 10,000 12/01/1886 2114 464
Building and Loan Association of Dakota Aberdeen Brown 7 25,000,000 09/14/1889 2119 436
Aberdeen Plow Company Aberdeen Brown 7 10,000 09/20/1886 2114 354
Aberdeen Land and Improvement Co. Aberdeen Brown 3 30,000 01/30/1883 2108 64
Aberdeen Mill Company Aberdeen Brown 5 08/31/1886 2114 300
Dime Savings Bank Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 10/15/1889 2119 519
South Dakota Publishing Company Aberdeen Brown 5 20,000 10/10/1889 2119 522
Hicks Trask Hardware Company Aberdeen Brown 3 20,000 05/19/1886 2113 405
Union Banking Company of Aberdeen Dakota Aberdeen Brown 7 5,000,000 03/28/1888 2117 23
Union Banking Company (decrease of capital stock) Aberdeen Brown 7 200,000 03/06/1889 2118 504
Aberdeen First Mortgage Security Company (acceptance of amendment) Aberdeen Brown 7 11/13/1888 2118 107
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Aberdeen Free Library Association Aberdeen Brown 7 03/13/1884 2110 69
Farmers Merchants Bank Aberdeen Brown 5 25,000 01/02/1882 2108 26
Central Dakota Irrigation Bureau Aberdeen Brown 11 100,000 04/02/1889 2118 491
Aberdeen First Mortgage Security Company Aberdeen Brown 7 100,000 12/21/1886 2114 533
Aberdeen Construction Company Aberdeen Brown 3 250,000 05/12/1888 2117 173
J.T. Goodes Furniture Company Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 02/18/1888 2116 485
Aberdeen Farmer's Elevator Co. Aberdeen Brown 7 50,000 07/21/1885 2112 92
Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation Aberdeen Brown Not Listed 05/29/1889 2119 15
Aberdeen Implement Company Aberdeen Brown 5 50,000 01/25/1889 2118 319
Brown County Agricultural Association Aberdeen Brown 7 06/14/1884 2110 304
H. Hagerty and Company Aberdeen Brown 5 500,000 07/24/1889 2119 303
Aberdeen Electric Light Co. Aberdeen Brown 3 10,0090 04/14/1886 2112 535
Aberdeen LaMoure & Pierre Railway Aberdeen Brown 8 1,000,000 12/28/1885 2112 319
Keystone Mortgage Company Aberdeen Brown 11 100,000 03/12/1888 2116 546
Aberdeen Building & Loan Association Aberdeen Brown 7 500,000 01/02/1886 2112 328
Aberdeen Electric Street Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 05/02/1888 2117 141
Aberdeen Highlands Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 08/08/1888 2117 481
Aberdeen Creamery Company Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 03/05/1888 2116 525
Brown County Bank Aberdeen Brown 3 20,000 11/23/1881 2106 61
Central Dakota Publishing Company Aberdeen Brown 7 25,000 04/22/1887 2115 281
Aberdeen Park Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 7 50,000 04/25/1887 2115 297
Friesland Livestock Company Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 08/16/1888 2117 517
Tyner Safety Spark Arrester and Manufacturing Company Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 05/31/1887 2115 413
Brown County Agricultural & Industrial Society Aberdeen Brown 11 07/24/1882 2107 111
Aberdeen Light and Fuel Company Aberdeen Brown 5 100,000 08/09/1889 2119 360
Zions church Society of Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Assoc. of North A Aberdeen Brown 3+ 05/17/1887 2115 353
Aberdeen, Sioux Falls and Montana Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 13 1,500,000 03/03/1888 2116 520
Ruralist Company Aberdeen Brown 5 10,000 04/27/1888 2117 128
Methodist Episcopal Church of Absaraka Absaraka Cass Not Listed 06/02/1888 2117 218
Evangelical Lutheran Zions Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession Acton Walsh 3 02/09/1888 2116 442
Rehoboth Church Evangelical Lutheran Adams Twp. Adams 3 12/04/1885 2112 262
First Baptist Church of Afton Afton Sanborn 3 08/01/1885 2112 139
Alban Methodist Episcopal Church Alban Grant 5 02/02/1884 2109 459
Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem's Congregation Alban Grant 3-11 07/06/1886 2114 149
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Emmanuel Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Alban (twp) Grant 3+ 04/30/1886 2113 83
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Albion Albion (twp) Dickey 3 04/27/1889 2118 493
First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 3 12/11/1884 2111 109
Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 3 11/29/1884 2111 89
Hope Chapel Alexandria Hanson 3 10/17/1881 2106 21
Baptist Church of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 05/20/1884 2110 246
Farmers Bank of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 3 18,000 03/05/1884 2110 30
Alexandria Building & Loan Association Alexandria Hanson 10 25,000 08/01/1885 2112 134
Alexandria Cemetery Association Alexandria Hanson 4 1,000 09/21/1882 2107 228
Congregational Church of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 3 08/21/1885 2112 165
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Alexandria Alexandria Hanson 3 07/18/1883 2109 92
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightening Insurance Company of Hanson County Alexandria Hanson 5 08/16/1889 2119 341
Alpena Creamery Co. Alpena Jerauld 5 2,000 03/11/1886 2112 429
Huron Chamberlain and Black Hills Railroad Alpena Beadle 11 1,000,000 08/23/1889 2119 389
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Alpena Alpena Jerauld 5 06/21/1884 2110 308
Lodge No. 77 I.O.O.F. Alpena Jerauld 3 09/21/1889 2119 459
Alpena Warehouse and Elevator Alpena Jerauld 7 5,000 06/12/1888 2117 256
Cemetery Association of Altoona Beadle County Altoona Beadle 5 05/08/1885 2111 492
Amherst Hall Association Amherst McPherson 3 1,200 12/19/1888 2118 217
First Methodist Episcopal Church Andover Day 3 04/10/1885 2111 361
Dakota Land & Loan Company Appomattox Potter 6 25,000 08/29/1883 2109 168
Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist of Ardoch Ardoch Walsh 5 04/16/1884 2110 140
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Association Ardoch Walsh 9 10,000 03/30/1886 2112 481
First Presbyterian Church of Ardoch Ardoch Walsh 5 04/10/1885 2111 373
Bank of Ardoch Ardoch Walsh 3 10,000 06/14/1886 2114 69
Arlington Farmers Shipping Association Arlington Kingsbury 7 25,000 05/27/1887 2115 399
Central Dakota Bank Arlington Kingsbury 3 25,000 04/21/1888 2117 116
Arlington Cornet Band Arlington Kingsbury 5 1,0009 04/20/1885 2111 420
Arlington Creamery Association Arlington Kingsbury 7 2,500 03/22/1887 2115 183
Arlington Building and Loan Association Arlington Kingsbury 9 05/27/1887 2115 396
Plainview Cemetery Association of Armadale Armadale Spink 7 05/02/1885 2111 467
Citizens State Bank Armour Douglas 3-9 60,000 02/18/1887 2115 59
Armour Cemetery Corporation Armour Douglas 5 1,000 01/24/1889 2118 312
Congregational Ecclesiastical Society of Armour Armour Douglas 9 08/30/1886 2114 241
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Armour Dakota Armour Douglas Not Listed 07/09/1887 2115 551
Armour Building and Improvement Association Armour Douglas 3-7 04/04/1887 2115 224
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Association Armour Douglas 5 1,000 07/06/1889 2119 247
Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Congregation Armour Douglas Not Listed 02/25/1888 2116 464
Armour Lodge No. 25 Knights of Pythias Armour Douglas 3 11/17/1887 2116 306
First Regular Baptist Church of Armour Armour Douglas Not Listed 10/20/1887 2116 256
Armour Alliance Warehouse Company Armour Douglas 11 10,000 07/11/1888 2117 298
Farmers Shipping and Purchasing Company Artesian Sanborn 5 5,000 07/26/1888 2117 444
First Presbyterian Church of Arvilla Arvilla Grand Forks 5 07/30/1885 2112 121
St. Johns Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Ash Creek Clay ? 01/11/1886 2112 366
Union Agricultural Association Ashton Spink 7 07/28/1882 2107 123
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ashton Ashton Spink 3 06/19/1882 2107 59
Ashton Business Men's Association Ashton Spink 7 2,000 05/04/1882 2106 316
First Congregational Church of Ashton Ashton Spink 3 07/03/1882 2107 75
Ashton Building & Loan Association Ashton Spink 9 500,000 05/21/1885 2111 539
Ashton Elevator Company Ashton Spink 3 6,000 06/07/1889 2119 151
Ashton Gas and Fuel Company Ashton Spink 7 100,000 03/12/1888 2116 551
Dakota Homeopathic Medical Association Ashton Spink 5 07/26/1886 2114 204
Bank of Billinghurst Brothers Ashton Spink 3 100,000 03/22/1888 2117 11
Ashton Farmer's Elevator Company Ashton Spink 9 10,000 06/18/1885 2112 17
Ashton Building Company Ashton Spink 3 4,500 06/09/1883 2109 14
Ashton Steam Roller Mill Company Ashton Spink 3 50,000 11/15/1887 2116 298
Spink County Union Agricultural Society Ashton Spink 9 5,000 06/19/1885 2112 15
Congregational Church of Athol Athol Spink 3 10/07/1881 2106 1
Aurora Shire Horse Company Aurora Brookings 5 5,000 05/23/1888 2117 198
Aurora Investment Company Aurora Brookings 9 5,000 05/26/1887 2115 389
Dakota Shirt Company Aurora Brookings 3 10,000 08/13/1887 2116 87
Aurora Cheese and Butter Company Aurora Brookings 11 2,500 05/16/1887 2115 350
First Methodist Episcopal Church Aurora Brookings 4 02/16/1884 2110 1
Fairlawn Cemetery Association Aurora Brookings 3 01/06/1885 2111 145
Congregational Church of Aurora Aurora Brookings 3-9 07/28/1887 2116 38
Farmers Co-Operative Loan Association Aurora Brookings 7 5,000,000 02/21/1889 2118 391
Fountain Cemetery Association Aurora twp. Brookings 5 03/08/1884 2110 36
First Avon Methodist Episcopal Church Avon Bon Homme Not Listed 05/20/1887 2115 265
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Immanuel Church Society of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Associati Avon (twp) Bon Homme 3+ 08/02/1889 2119 316
Ligia Griseha Badger Lake 5 03/17/1880 2104 235
Fire Steel Congregational Church Badger (twp) Davison 3-9 07/16/1886 2114 171
Badger Cemetery Badger (twp) Kingsbury 3 04/06/1888 2117 67
Roman Catholic Church of St. Ann in Badus Badus Lake 3 07/23/1884 2110 416
Seventh Day Adventist Church of Badus Badus Lake 5 07/13/1884 2110 361
Roman Catholic Church of St. Ann in Badus Badus Lake 4 03/08/1884 2110 48
Lake Preston Cemetery Association Baker (twp) Kingsbury 9 06/07/1886 2114 16
Lake Preston Cream Company Baker Twp. Kingsbury 5 2,500 12/17/1884 2111 128
Barlow Methodist Episcopal Church Barlow Foster 7 08/15/1888 2117 504
Northern Dakota Stage & Transportation Company Bartlett Ramsey 5 25,000 03/22/1883 2108 184
Bartlett Land Improvement Co. Bartlett Ramsey 3 20,000 01/15/1883 2108 54
Farmers Warehouse of Bartlett Bartlett Ramsey 7 1,200 10/20/1884 2111 28
Foster County Milling Company Barton Foster 7 10,000 05/23/1888 2117 196
Evangelical Lutheran St. Johannes Congregation Bath Brown Per Discipli 07/11/1889 2119 255
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Bath Bath Brown 3 07/09/1885 2112 53
First Methodist Church at Bathgate Bathgate Pembina 3 10/30/1884 2111 37
Bathgate Baptist Church Bathgate Hamilton 3 10/14/1882 2107 269
Pembina County Agricultural and Industrial Association Bathgate Pembina 25 3,000 07/11/1887 2115 574
Farmers Union Elevator Company (appointment of agent) Bathgate Pembina 03/08/1889 2118 436
Pembina County Agricultural & Industrial Association Bathgate Pembina 18 2,000 10/04/1883 2109 226
Presbyterian Church of Bathgate Bathgate Pembina 5 10/11/1883 2109 237
Glenn Milling and Irrigating Ditch Company Battle River Custer 3 20,000 07/23/1886 2114 200
Battle River Railroad Co. Battle River Custer 5 500,000 03/06/1886 2112 411
Battle Creek Irrigating Ditch Co. Battle River Custer 5 1,500 05/16/1881 2105 171
Greenwood Cemetery Association Beau Walworth 5 01/12/1884 2109 407
Presbyterian Church of Beaulieu Beaulieu Cavalier 4 03/26/1886 2112 468
Messner Milling & Lumber Co. Belcourt Rolette 3 10,000 08/02/1884 2110 407
Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel's Congregation Belle Prairie Beadle 6 06/29/1885 2112 30
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Benton Benton Minnehaha 3 07/27/1883 2109 95
First Methodist Episcopal Church Beresford Union 5 04/07/1884 2110 126
Grand Army Hall Association of Beresford Dakota Territory Beresford Union 5 600 06/14/1889 2119 191
Emanuel Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Berlin Richland 3 04/23/1883 2108 250
Union Cemetery Association Bethel Clay 3 03/29/1882 2106 265
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Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page
Bluff Center Methodist-Episcopal Church Bethel (twp.) Clay 04/17/1886 2113 17
St. Paul's Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Ransom Dakota Cou Big Bend/Casey Ransom Not Listed 03/19/1889 2118 415
First Presbyterian Church of Big Stone City Big Stone Grant 3-7 05/28/1886 2113 520
Big Stone Lake Transportation Company Big Stone City Grant 5 300,000 04/30/1883 2108 277
Big Stone Lake Assembly Association Big Stone City Grant 7 06/06/1889 2119 176
First Baptist Church of Big Stone City Big Stone City Grant 3 04/29/1882 2106 346
Simpson Park Association of Big Stone Lake Big Stone City Grant 11 25,000 05/07/1885 2111 486
Big Stone City Mining Company Big Stone City Grant 6 250,000 07/03/1889 2119 240
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Big Stone City Big Stone City Grant 3 06/08/1882 2107 31
Big Stone Methodist Episcopal Church Big Stone City Grant 3 10/06/1880 2104 389
Tabor Church Society of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Association o Big Stone City Grant 3+ 12/17/1888 2118 198
Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles In Big Stone City Big Stone City Grant 3 07/23/1884 2110 370
Bismarck Reservoirs & Water Works Co. Bismarck Burleigh 9 15,000 01/27/1880 2104 193
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 3 08/18/1888 2117 526
Northwest Grain and Fuel Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 25,000 04/28/1887 2115 303
Bismarck Northern Railway Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 10,000,000 05/03/1884 2110 194
Pioneer Hose Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 01/21/1886 2112 360
Bismarck Fire Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 03/20/1880 2104 241
Burleigh County Building & Loan Association Bismarck Burleigh ? ?? 12/30/1885 2112 321
Fairview Cemetery Bismarck Burleigh 7 1,000 06/04/1880 2104 308
Bismarck Electric Light and Power Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 50,000 06/15/1887 2115 498
Bismarck Telephone Exchange Bismarck Burleigh 6 25,000 10/13/1882 2107 262
Billings Bull Mountain & Northern Railroad Co. Bismarck Burleigh 7 550,000 01/12/1886 2112 344
Board of Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 5 06/21/1879 2104 107
Bismarck Athenaeum Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 20,000 02/27/1884 2110 14
Missouri Valley Railway Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 10,000,000 06/11/1886 2114 56
First Presbyterian Church of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 5 07/06/1886 2114 146
Bismarck Heating & Lighting Co. Bismarck Burleigh 5 20,000 01/09/1883 2108 42
Bismarck Water Company Bismarck Burleigh 7 100,000 05/27/1886 2113 489
Bismarck Marine and Ways and Dock Company Bismarck Burleigh 7 25,000 03/22/1879 2104 60
Burleigh County Building & Loan Association Bismarck Burleigh 9 500,000 02/01/1884 2110 112
Bismarck and Southeastern Railway Co. Bismarck Burleigh 5 10,000,000 01/16/1883 2108 56
Missouri Valley Land Mortgage Company (acceptance of provisions) Bismarck Burleigh 5 04/16/1887 2115 250
North Dakota Mining and Improvement Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 500,000 09/30/1889 2119 483
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Bismarck Leader Publishing Co. Bismarck Burleigh 4 5,000 05/05/1884 2110 199
Order of Saint Benedict Bismarck Burleigh 3 08/23/1879 2104 129
Dakota Car Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 500,000 09/20/1889 2119 452
Dakota Railroad Company Bismarck Burleigh 6 5,000,000 11/07/1879 2104 166
Banner Hook and Ladder Co. Bismarck Burleigh 5 04/06/1886 2112 507
Black Hills Northern Railway Co. Bismarck Burleigh 5 2,000,000 03/10/1883 2108 157
Bismarck Elevator Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 10,000 08/02/1882 2107 130
Burleigh County Bar Association Bismarck Burleigh 7 500 01/30/1884 2109 436
Bismarck Artesian Well & Water Company Bismarck Burleigh 03/13/1883 2108 170
Bismarck Tribune Company Bismarck Burleigh 5-7 20,000 09/15/1886 2114 344
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 3 10/19/1883 2109 249
Dakota Mutual Life and Endowment Association Bismarck Burleigh 3 09/27/1883 2109 203
Bismarck Artesian Well & Water Works Co. Bismarck Burleigh 11 10,000 03/13/1882 2106 229
Bismarck Mouse River Turtle Mountain & Manitoba Railroad Co. Bismarck Burleigh 10 2,000,000 03/04/1882 2106 214
Milwaukee Brewing Co. of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 3 75,000 02/07/1885 2111 232
Bismarck Creamery Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 25,000 02/25/1888 2116 505
McKenzie Cattle Company Bismarck Burleigh 6 150,000 10/10/1883 2109 241
Bismarck Artesian Well & Water Works Co. (Increase in Capital) Bismarck Burleigh 75,000 09/12/1883 2109 184
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 7 50,000 10/16/1883 2109 247
Bismarck Grove No.25 of the United Ancient Order of Druids Bismarck Burleigh 3 02/12/1885 2111 240
Bismarck Journal Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 6,000 01/22/1885 2111 178
Dakota Loan & Mortgage Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 01/16/1885 2111 162
Northwest Electric Construction Company Bismarck Burleigh 3-11 1,000,000 11/07/1887 2116 287
Bismarck Loan & Trust Company Bismarck Burleigh 7 100,000 11/10/1883 2109 304
Bismarck, Land, Improvement, Mining and Manufacturing Company Bismarck Burleigh 5 250,000 11/23/1887 2116 319
Bismarck Building Association Bismarck Burleigh 5 20,000 01/09/1882 2106 115
Bismarck Library Association Bismarck Burleigh 5 02/28/1882 2106 199
Bismarck Choral Union Bismarck Burleigh 5 05/16/1884 2110 244
Northwestern Insurance Company Bismarck Burleigh 7 50,000 02/27/1885 2111 274
Northwestern Mutual Livestock Association Bismarck Burleigh 3 01/18/1884 2109 417
Missouri Valley Land Mortgage Co. Bismarck Burleigh 5 50,000 06/23/1885 2112 25
Dakota & Eastern Investment and Banking Co. Bismarck Burleigh 3 25,000 02/07/1885 2111 235
North West Grain & Fuel Company Bismarck Burleigh 3 5,000 04/10/1885 2111 385
Dakota Coal Company Bismarck Burleigh 11 100,000 04/11/1882 2106 274
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First Baptist Church of Bismarck Bismarck Burleigh 3 05/02/1882 2106 305
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co. Bismarck Burleigh 3 50,000 08/27/1883 2109 162
Solberg Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Blair Jerauld 3 02/21/1887 2115 65
Oslo Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Moody County Blinsmon Moody 3 05/08/1882 2106 314
Middle Grove Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Blooming Grand Forks 3 04/10/1885 2111 396
Nels Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Grand Forks Blooming (twp) Grand Forks 3 12/27/1888 2118 223
Blunt Natural Gas and Fuel Company Blunt Hughes 11 50,000 05/31/1887 2115 418
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Blunt Blunt Hughes 3 09/15/1883 2109 191
First Presbyterian Church of Blunt Blunt Hughes 3 12/01/1883 2109 334
Blunt Lodge No. 64 Blunt Hughes 3 06/10/1884 2110 291
Baptist Church of Blunt Blunt Hughes 3 05/21/1884 2110 249
Lone Tree Milling Company Blunt Hughes 6 7,000 08/24/1885 2112 223
Hughes County Bank Blunt Hughes 3 25,000 05/26/1883 2108 322
Dakota Central Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association Blunt Hughes 11 5,000 07/12/1885 2112 63
Bon Homme Cemetery Association (Election) Bon Homme Bon Homme Not Listed 07/05/1887 2115 562
Congregational Church of Bon Homme, County of Bon Homme, Territory of Dak Bon Homme Bon Homme 3-9 12/11/1888 2118 161
First Presbyterian Church of Bottineau Bottineau Bottineau 3 04/05/1886 2112 504
Bottineau County Agricultural Association Bottineau Bottineau 9 08/07/1888 2117 479
First Presbyterian Church Bottineau Bottineau 5 04/05/1886 2113 1
Oak Creek Cemetery Association Bottineau Bottineau 5 09/27/1887 2116 200
First Baptist Church of Bottineau Bottineau Bottineau 3 09/01/1886 2114 311
People's Bank Bowdle Edmunds 3 50,000 04/08/1889 2118 509
Congregational Church of Bowdle County Bowdle Edmunds 3+ 12/31/1886 2114 548
Bowesmont Methodist Episcopal Church of Bowesmont Bowesmont Pembina Per Discipli 08/29/1889 2119 416
Bradley Cheese Company Bradley Clark 10 1,500 06/05/1888 2117 236
Bradley Methodist Episcopal Church Bradley Clark Per Discipli 09/09/1889 2119 423
Farmers Association of Brandon Brandon Minnehaha 7 5,000 10/04/1887 2116 217
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Split Rock Brandon Minnehaha 3 06/13/1884 2110 301
Dakota Milling Company Brandon Spink 5 30,000 01/15/1889 2118 281
Swedonia Parish of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Synod Brandon Twp. Minnehaha 3 06/10/1882 2107 37
Highland Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Brandt Twp. Deuel 5 12/10/1885 2112 292
Farmers Protective Association of Bridgewater Bridgewater McCook 9 5,000 03/26/1886 2112 470
Farmers Capitol Investment Company Bridgewater McCook 9 300,000 07/06/1889 2119 253
First Seventh Day Adventist Church Bridgewater McCook 3 06/12/1885 2112 4
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First Methodist Church of Bridgewater Bridgewater McCook 3 01/21/1882 2106 137
First Presbyterian Church of Bridgewater Bridgewater McCook 3 03/03/1883 2108 145
First Methodist Episcopal Church Bristol Day 3-9 05/16/1887 2115 347
Bank of Bristol Bristol Day 5 20,000 10/19/1886 2114 400
Bristol Cemetery Association Bristol Day 5 03/08/1888 2116 529
Farmers Supply Company Britton Marshall 5 40,000 03/15/1888 2116 566
Marshall County Cemetery Corporation Britton Marshall 5 02/08/1886 2112 370
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Britton Britton Marshall Not Listed 04/24/1888 2117 37
Marshall County Agricultural Association Britton Marshall 5 05/18/1888 2117 184
First Presbyterian Church of Britton Dakota Territory Britton Marshall 3-11 07/26/1887 2116 23
Britton Land & Trust Company Britton Day 5 12,000 04/10/1885 2111 365
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brookings Brookings Brookings ? 03/22/1886 2112 458
Brookings County Agricultural Society & Mechanic Institute Brookings Brookings 24 08/07/1880 2104 349
Brookings County Building & Loan Association Brookings Brookings 9 100,000 04/13/1885 2111 393
Farmers Shipping Association of Brookings Brookings Brookings 9 5,000 06/17/1889 2119 195
First Baptist Church of Brookings Brookings Brookings 3 08/12/1881 2105 300
Brookings Opera Hall Company Brookings Brookings 5 2,500 04/07/1884 2110 128
First Presbyterian Church of Brookings Brookings Brookings 3 08/26/1884 2110 472
Scandinavian Publishing Company of South Dakota Brookings Brookings 7 10,000 08/23/1889 2119 392
Dakota Central Railroad Company Brookings Brookings 5 500,000 05/15/1879 2104 90
Bank of Brookings Brookings Brookings 9 150,000 04/02/1888 2117 53
South Dakota Scandinavian American Building and Loan Association Brookings Brookings 5 10,000,000 10/14/1889 2119 510
Brookings County Press Brookings Brookings 5 5,000 05/10/1879 2104 86
Bank of Brookings Brookings Brookings 7 100,000 12/22/1883 2109 360
Brookings Union Tow Mill co. Brookings Brookings 3 3,000 11/25/1884 2111 81
Brookings Creamery Company Brookings Brookings 5 5,000 05/28/1887 2115 404
Brookings Electric Light company Brookings Brookings 5 2,500 07/26/1888 2117 442
Norwegian Baptist Church of Brookings Brookings Brookings 3 05/23/1883 2108 314
Greenwood Cemetery Association Brookings Brookings 8 500 06/10/1881 2105 225
First Swedish Christian Congregation of Brooklyn Township Brooklyn Twp. Lincoln 4 05/25/1882 2107 8
Brule Creek Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brule Creek Brule Creek Union 3 03/03/1883 2108 140
First Baptist Church of Bryant Bryant Hamlin 3 04/16/1888 2117 100
Merchants Bank Bryant Hamlin 7 5,000 09/21/1888 2118 27
First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo Buffalo Cass 5 12/21/1885 2112 306
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Bethania Congregation (Lutheran) Buffalo (twp.) Minnehaha 3 04/17/1886 2113 14
Buffalo Gap Brown Stone Company Buffalo Gap Custer 5 100,000 05/28/1887 2115 407
Dakota Quarry and Mining Company Buffalo Gap Custer 3 50,000 05/04/1889 2119 72
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Buffalo Gap, Custer County, Dakota Buffalo Gap Custer 4 06/21/1886 2114 110
True Grit Silver Mining Company Buffalo Gap Custer 6 1,250,000 06/22/1886 2114 113
First Congregational Church of Buffalo Gap Buffalo Gap Custer 3-11 08/09/1886 2114 238
Buffalo Gap Stone Company Buffalo Gap Custer 4 600,000 01/29/1889 2118 327
Buffalo Gap Lumber Co. Buffalo Gap Custer 3 15,000 03/29/1886 2112 480
Elm Creek Brown and White Sand Stone Company Buffalo Gap Custer 3 500,000 01/17/1889 2118 287
Buffalo Gap Mining Milling and Manufacturing Buffalo Gap Custer 4 1,250,000 09/04/1886 2114 315
North Western Marble Company Buffalo Gap Custer 5 300,000 12/19/1887 2116 368
Buffalo Gap Driving Park Association Buffalo Gap Custer 7 25,000 07/13/1889 2119 277
Big Spring Marble Company Buffalo Gap Custer 5 800,000 12/05/1888 2118 150
Cooperative Store of Burbank Burbank Clay 7 10,000 07/16/1885 2112 86
Marshall County Shipping Association Burch Marshall 5 2,000 08/13/1887 2116 85
Burdette Union Religious and Literary Association Burdette Hand 3 06/04/1887 2115 438
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Willow Burk Twp. Minnehaha 3 03/29/1886 2112 476
Black Hills Townsite Company Butte Butte 7 60,000 10/31/1883 2109 278
Butte Irrigating Ditch Company Butte P. O. Butte 3 10,000 05/25/1889 2119 113
Grue Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Buxton Traill 5 07/14/1887 2116 3
New Slavanger Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Buxton Dakota Buxton Traill 3 07/01/1887 2115 557
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Jeutland's Congregation of the Skandinavian Evan Byron (twp) Hughes Not Listed 06/20/1888 2117 277
Congregational Church of Caledonia Caledonia Traill 3-9 05/29/1886 2113 532
German Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Con Canastota McCook 3-9 08/08/1889 2119 357
Planette Methodist Episcopal Church of Cando Cando Towner Per Discipli 10/16/1889 2119 545
Congregational Church of Cando Cando Turner 3-9 12/14/1887 2116 356
Canistota Cemetery Association Canistota McCook 5 03/02/1889 2118 409
First Presbyterian Society of Canistota Canistota McCook 3 07/12/1884 2110 352
Canning Methodist Episcopal Church Canning Hughes 3 01/13/1885 2111 155
First Presbyterian Church of Canning Canning Hughes 3 04/20/1885 2111 417
Congregational Church of Canova Canova Miner 3-9 04/06/1888 2117 70
Canova Farmers Elevator Co. Canova Miner 9 3,000 03/15/1886 2112 441
Canton Building & Loan association Canton Lincoln 7 500,000 06/02/1883 2108 342
First Regular Baptist Church of Canton Canton Lincoln 5 07/13/1885 2112 71
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Forest Hill Cemetery Association Canton Lincoln 4 04/20/1883 2108 254
Dakota Loan & Trust Company Canton Lincoln 3 100,000 08/18/1881 2105 312
American Loan and Trust Company Canton Lincoln 3-7 100,000 07/31/1886 2114 224
Carter Brothers Company Canton Lincoln 3 10,000 05/04/1888 2117 145
First Congregational Church of Anton Canton Lincoln 3 01/10/1881 2105 59
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Canton Canton Lincoln 6 04/27/1880 2104 267
First Presbyterian Church of Anton Canton Lincoln 3 01/24/1885 2111 194
Canton Advocate Canton Lincoln 5 4,000 02/07/1888 2116 446
Church of God of Canton Canton Lincoln 3 01/30/1888 2116 423
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Congregation Canton Lincoln 9 11/04/1880 2105 3
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canton Canton Lincoln 3 05/18/1880 2104 278
Canton Building and Loan Association Canton Lincoln 6 100,000 04/12/1887 2115 247
Lincoln County Bank Canton Lincoln 5 10,000 06/13/1887 2115 473
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Canton Lincoln 9 50,000 03/13/1883 2108 166
Bank of Canton Canton Lincoln 3 50,000 03/31/1887 2115 210
Carbon Pressed Brick & Lime Company Carbon Morton 3 30,000 01/30/1883 2108 66
Spearfish Creek Toll Road Co. Carbonate Lawrence 3 50,000 08/18/1885 2112 153
Atlas Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 309
Carbonate Oil Company Carbonate Lawrence 7 2,500,000 06/10/1886 2114 27
Morning Star Silver Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/06/1886 2113 154
West Virginia Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 5 1,500,000 08/04/1886 2114 248
Carbonate Camp Miners Union Carbonate Lawrence 3 11/10/1887 2116 289
Pocahontas Mining Co. Carbonate Lawrence 3 1,250,000 12/12/1885 2112 286
Transit Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 237
Winchester Gold and Silver Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 6 400,000 05/19/1886 2113 363
Seabury Calkins Consolidated Mining Co. Carbonate Cam Lawrence 7 1,500,000 07/24/1885 2112 101
Carl Cemetery Association Carl (twp) McPherson 7 06/20/1889 2119 207
Carrington Milling and Elevator Company Carrington Foster 5 10,000 07/20/1888 2117 438
Congregational Church of Carrington Carrington Foster 3 08/22/1883 2109 146
Carthage Printing Company Carthage Miner 3 1,500 02/21/1888 2116 493
Carthage Warehouse Company Carthage Miner 7 5,000 04/10/1888 2117 77
Congregational Church of Carthage Carthage Miner 3-9 05/09/1888 2117 161
First Methodist Episcopal Church Carthage Miner 3 05/02/1884 2110 192
Cass County Bank Casselton Cass 5 50,000 04/07/1887 2115 238
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Jones Hotel Company Casselton Cass 8 8,000 10/23/1882 2107 280
Security Loan & Trust Company Casselton Cass 5 50,000 06/18/1884 2110 306
Casselton University Casselton Cass 11 09/18/1882 2107 221
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Casselton Casselton Cass 3 05/04/1881 2105 159
Cass County Stock and Trotting Association Casselton Cass 5 5,000 07/18/1887 2116 7
Casselton Masonic Temple Company Casselton Cass 8 8,000 05/27/1887 2115 391
Security Loan and Investment Company Casselton Cass 5 50,000 09/12/1889 2119 432
First Presbyterian Society of Casselton Casselton Cass 3 01/08/1880 2105 53
First Reformed Church in Charles Mix County Castalia Charles Mix Not Listed 04/09/1887 2115 126
Castalia Steam Mill Company Castalia Charles Mix 7 4,000 06/02/1886 2113 574
First Presbyterian Church of Castlewood Castlewood Hamlin 3 03/24/1883 2108 192
Hamlin County Agricultural Society Castlewood Hamlin 11 09/26/1883 2109 201
Cavour Methodist Episcopal Church Cavour Beadle 3 07/06/1885 2112 45
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Cavour Cavour Beadle 4 08/06/1884 2110 433
Bank of Centerville Centerville Turner 5 20,000 08/31/1887 2116 137
Centerville Coal and Mining Company Centerville Turner 10 500,000 04/12/1889 2118 533
Citizens Bank Centerville Turner 3 25,000 09/30/1889 2119 479
First Regular Baptist Church of Centerville Centerville Turner 3 04/21/1884 2110 166
Wyoming Standard Oil Co. Central Lawrence 9 1,000,000 10/16/1885 2112 221
Bunker Hill Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 500,000 06/05/1888 2117 230
Cornucopia Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 401
Imperial Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 304
Elko Extension Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 328
Iron Clad Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/20/1886 2113 413
First Congregational Church of Central City Central City Lawrence 5 09/11/1879 2104 142
Liberty Silver Mining Co. Central City Lawrence 5 1,500,000 01/19/1885 2111 168
Ruby Wonder Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 320
Union Oil Company Central City Crook, Wyom 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 218
Colorado Oil Company Central City Lawrence 5 250,000 04/30/1887 2115 313
Elk Mountain Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 500,000 05/13/1886 2113 239
Rattler Gilroy Consolidated Mining Co Central City Lawrence 7 1,500,000 02/26/1886 2112 398
Darboy Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 800,000 03/13/1885 2111 304
Golden Eagle Consolidated Mining Company Central City Lawrence 3 2,000,000 05/30/1879 2104 98
Golden Eagle Mining and Milling Company Central City Lawrence 4 1,000,000 02/13/1879 2104 55
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Central City Oil Company Central City Crook, Wyom 7 1,250,000 05/11/1886 2113 193
Central City Bank Central City Lawrence 9 50,000 04/20/1887 2115 271
Independence Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 500,000 04/20/1886 2113 42
Garden City Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/19/1886 2114 93
Troy Mining Company Central city Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/05/1886 2114 1
Valparaiso Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 480
West Lilbon Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 51
U. S. Grant Oil Company of Wyoming Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 49
Young American Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 1,000,000 05/25/1886 2113 468
Cumberland Gold and Silver Company Central City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/06/1889 2119 174
Rattler Mining Company Central City Lawrence 9 500,000 01/30/1885 2111 206
Ram's Horn Silver Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 431
Central City Mines Union Central City Lawrence 3 12/03/1882 2107 322
San George Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 47
Providence Mining Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 02/02/1889 2118 334
Continental Oil Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 508
Golden Center Lodge No. 26 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Central City Lawrence 3 01/24/1885 2111 191
Silver Treasure Mining Co. Central City Lawrence 7 1,500,000 03/24/1885 2111 356
Northwestern Silver Mining Co. Central City Lawrence 7 500,000 03/24/1885 2111 354
California Coal Company Central City Crook, Wyom 7 1,250,000 04/30/1886 2113 81
Florence Gold and Silver Mining Company Central City Lawrence 7 1,500,000 05/17/1886 2113 348
Saint Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Central City Central City Lawrence 3 06/04/1881 2105 218
Excelsior Oil Company Central City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 465
Jefferson Carbonate Mining co. Central City Lawrence 5 1,500,000 04/24/1885 2111 440
Ohio Mining Company Central, Lead, a Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 513
Missouri Valley Loan and Trust Company Chamberlain Brule 11 100,000 10/20/1888 2118 76
Brule County Bank Chamberlain Brule 5 50,000 05/26/1881 2105 214
Chamberlain Building Association Chamberlain Brule 4 6,000 06/04/1889 2119 144
First Baptist Church of Chamberlain Chamberlain Brule 3 04/21/1884 2110 172
Congregational Church of Chamberlain Chamberlain Brule 3 09/03/1881 2105 372
Chamberlain Investment Company Chamberlain Brule 10 10,000 04/02/1889 2118 495
Chamberlain Street Railway Company Chamberlain Brule 6 25,000 08/26/1889 2119 403
Dakota Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Chamberlain Brule 5 100,000 05/26/1881 2105 203
Young Men's Christian Association of Chamberlain Chamberlain Brule 7 12/27/1883 2109 373
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Chamberlain Board of Trade Chamberlain Brule 11 05/11/1889 2119 88
Harney's Peak Gold Mining & Milling ?Co. Chicago Cook 6 1,000,000 07/05/1881 2105 256
Belfield & Black Hills Railroad Company Chicago Cook 5 15,000,000 04/10/1883 2108 225
Dakota Company Chicago Cook 7 75,000 03/06/1883 2108 148
Dawson City Land Improvement Co. Chicago Cook 3 100,000 09/11/1882 2107 201
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Church's Ferry Church's Ferry Ramsey Not Listed 09/30/1886 2114 366
Pleasant Grove Seventh Day Baptist Church Clare (twp) Moody 3 05/11/1889 2118 516
Farmer's Warehouse Company Claremont Brown 9 2,000 10/15/1887 2116 238
Bank of Claremont Claremont Brown 3 25,000 12/30/1886 2114 542
Claremont First Methodist Episcopal Church Claremont Brown Not Listed 09/30/1887 2116 208
Dakota Loan and Security Company of Clark Dakota (amendment to incorporati Clark Clark 05/12/1888 2117 172
Dakota Loan & Security Company Clark Clark 3 50,000 09/05/1884 2110 490
Clark County Abstract Co. Clark Clark 3 400 01/22/1886 2112 364
Clark Building and Loan Association of Clark (acceptance of amendments) Clark Clark 06/02/1888 2117 215
Duluth, Clark, and Southwestern Rail Road Company Clark Clark 7 1,600,000 01/28/1887 2115 26
Clark Creamery Company Clark Clark 7 5,000 11/26/1887 2116 322
Security Bank of Clark Dakota Clark Clark 5 75,000 06/05/1888 2117 222
Security Bank of Clark Dakota Clark Clark 7 Not Listed 06/27/1888 2117 306
Dakota Realty Company Clark Clark 4 50,000 01/28/1887 2115 28
Clark Lodge #42 Clark Clark 3 01/14/1886 2112 350
Clark Building & Loan Association Clark Clark 9 1,000,000 05/15/1885 2111 513
Pilot Publishing Company Clark Clark 5 3,000 09/09/1886 2114 336
Clark Publishing Company Clark Clark 5 6,000 12/09/1886 2114 493
Western Real Estate and Trust Company of Clark Dakota Clark Clark 3 30,000 09/20/1886 2114 351
Clark County Creamery Clark Clark 3 2,500 03/09/1887 2115 153
Democrat Printing Company Clark Clark 5 5,000 03/25/1889 2118 474
Congregational Church of Clark Clark Clark 3 10/30/1882 2107 286
Clark County Bank Clark Clark 5 50,000 06/10/1885 2111 576
Clear Lake Cemetery Association Clear Lake Minnehaha 11 1,000 03/20/1884 2110 91
First Methodist Episcopal Church Clear Lake Deuel 3 05/08/1885 2111 502
Eastern Investment Company Clear Lake Deuel 6 100,000 11/08/1886 2114 426
Bank of Clear Lake Clear Lake Deuel 4 25,000 04/19/1888 2117 109
Baptist Church of Clear Lake Clear Lake Deuel 5 04/10/1885 2111 387
Deuel County Agricultural Fair Association Clear Lake Deuel 7 05/29/1885 2111 557
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Congregation of Bethlehem Cleveland (twp) Ramsey 7 07/19/1888 2117 431
Norman Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Clifford Traill Not Listed 07/30/1888 2117 419
Lone Rock Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Moody County Clifton Moody 3 05/03/1882 2106 311
Clifton Cemetery Association Clifton Spink 5 04/22/1885 2111 438
Coleman Cheese Factory Coleman Moody 5 1,000 05/05/1888 2117 151
Pioneer Mining Company Colfax Richland 8 10,000 01/29/1882 2106 151
Colgate Warehouse Association Colgate Steele 5 1,500 06/25/1887 2115 515
Colman Cemetery Association Colman Moody 5 06/07/1888 2117 242
Columbia Milling Co. Columbia Brown 7 100,000 07/03/1884 2110 339
Columbia Cemetery Association Columbia Brown 3-9 04/23/1889 2119 31
Congregational Church of Columbia Columbia Brown 3 06/22/1883 2109 41
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia Columbia Brown 5 09/13/1886 2114 342
Dakota (or James) and Elue river Navigation Transportation Company Columbia 25,000 04/27/1883 2108 268
Columbia & Dakota Midland Rail road Columbia Brown 9 5,000,000 01/18/1884 2109 421
State Bank of Dakota Columbia Brown 7 50,000 03/12/1884 2110 63
First Presbyterian Church of Columbia Columbia Brown 3 08/06/1883 2109 116
Northeastern Railroad Company Columbia Brown 9 500,000 07/07/1888 2117 348
First Baptist Church of Columbia Columbia Brown 3 12/26/1883 2109 367
Blue Ribbon Club of Columbia Columbia Brown 3 07/29/1886 2114 217
Columbia Creamery Company Columbia Brown 11 5,000 04/24/1888 2117 122
Columbia Euemer Telephone Company Columbia Brown 10 5,000 02/16/1887 2115 57
Brown County Agricultural Society Columbia Brown 11 12/16/1882 2108 7
Columbia City Bank Columbia Brown 3 5,000 11/26/1888 2118 133
Norwegian & Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Columbia Brown 3 06/09/1885 2111 571
United Congregational Church of Columbia Columbia Brown 3 08/03/1885 2112 141
Columbia & Southwestern Rail Road Co. Columbia Brown 6 18,000 01/26/1882 2106 141
Congregational Church of Colvin Colvin Chas. Mix 3 11/22/1883 2109 312
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Concord Concord (twp) Lake 3 12/07/1886 2114 484
Northwestern Norwegian & Danish Methodist Episcopal Church Cooperstown Griggs 3 04/10/1885 2111 381
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cooperstown Cooperstown Griggs Not Listed 11/18/1887 2116 308
North Dakota Hail Association Cooperstown Griggs 9 02/05/1889 2118 340
Cooperstown Creamery Cooperstown Griggs 5 5,000 01/18/1888 2116 398
First Congregational Church of Cooperstown Cooperstown Griggs 5 05/07/1885 2111 477
Victor Memorial Baptist Church of Cooperstown Cooperstown Greggs 3 08/12/1884 2110 444
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Farmers and Merchants Bank of Cooperstown Cooperstown Griggs 5 15,000 04/17/1889 2118 556
Farmers Elevator Company of Corona Corona Roberts 7 1,000 11/09/1888 2118 105
Farmers Joint Stock Elevator Company Corona Roberts 5 2,000 08/16/1887 2116 100
Jerauld County Agricultural & Industrial Society County Seat Jerauld 5 1,000 08/19/1884 2110 457
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Crandon Crandon Spink 3 01/02/1882 2108 28
Crandon Milling Association Crandon Spink 5 20,000 05/16/1885 2111 515
Crandon Farmers Association Crandon Spink 7 10,000 02/27/1885 2111 251
First German Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Crandon Crandon Spink Not Listed 10/29/1886 2114 411
Congregational Church of Christ at Cresbard Cresbard Faulk 3 05/18/1885 2111 521
Farmers & Millers Association Crook City Lawrence 6 02/18/1881 2105 98
Farmers and Millers Association Crook City Lawrence 20,000 05/11/1881 2105 167
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Crook City Crook City Lawrence 3 08/25/1881 2105 336
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Crystal Crystal Pembina 3 06/26/1884 2110 319
Traill County Livestock Association Cummings Traill 5 10,000 06/17/1889 2119 193
Cummings Cemetery Association Cummings Traill 5 06/21/1888 2117 308
Van Devort and Company Custer Custer 3 10,000 11/19/1888 2118 115
Custer Mining Company Custer Custer 7 2,000,000 06/21/1886 2114 108
Custer City Building and Loan Association Custer City Custer 6 15,000 09/13/1883 2109 187
Danby Mining and Milling Company Custer City Custer 7 2,000,000 06/05/1886 2113 589
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Custer City Custer City Custer 5 04/29/1882 2106 298
Dolphin Mining and Milling Company Custer City Custer 7 4,000,000 06/09/1886 2114 21
Southern Black Hills Mining Company Custer City Custer 7 600,000 01/26/1888 2116 412
Tin City Mining and Milling Company Custer City Custer 3 250,000 04/27/1886 2113 69
First Congregational Church of Custer City Custer City Custer 3 03/09/1882 2106 223
First M.E. Church of Dakota City Dakota City Hutchinson 05/08/1886 2113 183
Scandinavian Baptist Conference of Dakota Daneville Turner 7 11/26/1888 2118 128
Nulph Cemetery Association Danton (twp) Richland 4 05/24/1887 2115 373
First Day Daue Baptist Church Danville Turner 3 03/26/1883 2108 195
First Norwegian Danish Methodist Episcopal Church of Danville Danville Turner 3 05/21/1880 2104 280
Dawson Milling Company Dawson Kidder 3 20,000 06/15/1886 2114 80
Dawson, Ontario, and Mouse River Railway Company Dawson Kidder 6 5,000,000 06/21/1886 2114 99
Kidder County Agricultural Association Dawson Kidder 5 1,000 07/26/1888 2117 446
Union Congregational Church of Kidder County Dawson Kidder 3 04/06/1883 2108 212
J. Dawson Thomson Commercial and Livestock Company Dawson Kidder 3 50,000 04/24/1889 2119 40
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Oakford & Nelson Mercantile Co. Dayey Barnes 3 30,000 02/03/1886 2112 365
Deadwood & Centennial Road and Tunnel Co. Deadwood Lawrence 9 50,000 03/16/1880 2104 233
Chicago Coal Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/25/1887 2115 519
Deadwood & Redwater Valley Railway Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 10,000,000 08/21/1879 2104 127
Castle Chief Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 03/22/1887 2115 187
Emmett Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/20/1886 2113 40
Bear Butte & Deadwood Railway Co. Deadwood Lawrence 13 1,300,000 03/05/1880 2104 220
Climax Mining co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/03/1886 2112 406
Columbia Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 3,750,000 02/25/1886 2112 395
Erie Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 1,250,000 03/04/1887 2115 142
Adelphi Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/20/1886 2113 39
Detroit Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/15/1887 2115 155
White Bear Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 04/26/1886 2113 67
Deadwood Central Railroad Company (decrease in stock) Deadwood Lawrence 5 300,000 07/15/1889 2119 283
Deadwood Smelting Works Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 06/29/1887 2115 548
Bi-Metallic Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 04/26/1886 2113 66
Deadwood Board of Land Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 02/10/1886 2112 372
Brookline Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/15/1887 2115 162
Black Hills Coal Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/25/1887 2115 523
Exchange Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 06/27/1887 2115 528
Far West Gold and Silver Mining Company (increase of stock) Deadwood Lawrence 1,250,000 03/15/1887 2115 172
Parson's Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/16/1887 2115 175
Lilly Consolidated Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 10,000,000 03/09/1880 2104 224
Potasi Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/22/1886 2113 48
Wyoming Coal Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/25/1887 2115 521
Edna Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 02/24/1886 2112 396
Galena Smelting and Reduction Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 05/21/1887 2115 367
Cooper Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 03/04/1887 2115 145
Chase Carbonet Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 02/27/1886 2112 401
Pueblo Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/22/1886 2113 50
Deadwood & Lead City Rail Road Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 200,000 04/05/1880 2104 260
Albion Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/11/1887 2115 465
Notre Dame Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 1,000,000 09/09/1889 2119 424
Phoenix Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 750,000 02/18/1886 2112 381
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Redwater Land and Irrigation Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 08/03/1889 2119 334
Philadelphia Coal Company No. 1 Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 05/25/1880 2104 291
Desire Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 600,000 10/28/1885 2112 229
Golden Reward Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 04/27/1887 2115 301
Deadwood Redwater Valley Railway Co. Deadwood Lawrence 6 1,000,000 02/27/1880 2104 212
Belt Consolidated Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 03/08/1886 2112 424
Columbia Water Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 08/01/1889 2119 314
Lone Rock Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/30/1887 2115 308
American Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/08/1887 2115 445
Endymion Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 12/07/1885 2112 275
Eureka Hydraulic and Quartz Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/22/1880 2104 265
Comet Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 12/07/1885 2112 276
Rockland Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 4 250,000 03/13/1886 2112 433
Sun Extension Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 12/10/1885 2112 282
Gray Eagle Copper & Smelting Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 12/29/1885 2112 317
Deadwood & Sturgis City Toll Road Deadwood Lawrence 3 15,000 01/28/1880 2104 195
White Star Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 03/23/1886 2112 459
Belle Fourche Deadwood & Rockford Rail road Deadwood Lawrence 9 1,000,000 01/12/1880 2104 186
Carthage Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 03/10/1886 2112 426
Belcher Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/20/1886 2113 36
Hartshorn Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/06/1886 2112 416
Little Rapid Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 500,000 12/05/1879 2104 182
Deadwood and Bear Butte Rail Road Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 750,000 08/29/1879 2104 133
Gustin Miner Consolidated Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 03/18/1886 2112 445
Western Dakota Loan & Trust Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 20,000 01/19/1886 2112 355
Silver Mint Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 06/18/1887 2115 500
Deadwood Driving Park Association Deadwood Lawrence 13 5,000 06/28/1880 2104 318
Sugar Loaf Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,500,000 04/16/1886 2113 7
Rainbow Mining Company of Lawrence County Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 09/16/1885 2112 181
La Planta Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,500,00 01/19/1886 2112 351
Philadelphia Coal Company No. 2 Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 05/25/1880 2104 293
First Meade Hydraulic Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 09/18/1879 2104 145
Monarch Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 04/15/1886 2112 541
Belle Fourche Land & Water Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 5,000 04/08/1886 2112 515
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Sturgis City and Red Rock Wagon Toll Road Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 25,000 06/18/1880 2104 315
Dakota Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 05/26/1880 2104 300
Philadelphia Coal Company No. 3 Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 05/25/1880 2104 295
Deadwood Gas & Light and Coke Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 50,000 11/26/1879 2104 173
Black Hills Ore Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 04/05/1886 2112 503
Hay Creek Coal Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/25/1887 2115 517
Royal Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/16/1886 2113 5
Northwestern Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 750,000 05/26/1886 2113 496
Congress Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 461
Galena Treasure Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 08/02/1886 2114 235
Madje Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 08/02/1886 2114 233
Alexander Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 08/02/1886 2114 228
Harmony Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 472
Ota Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,00 05/25/1886 2113 483
Planet Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 485
Resumption Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 03/25/1879 2104 82
Omaha Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 10/18/1889 2119 537
Belle Fourche Canal and Improvement Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/13/1886 2113 228
Centennial Wagon Road Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 10,000 02/24/1879 2104 57
Cora Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 08/04/1886 2114 250
Monitor Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 9 2,500,000 07/21/1886 2114 190
Spanish R. Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 07/20/1886 2114 188
Black Moon Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 07/19/1886 2114 183
Pilot Hill Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 3,000,000 05/27/1886 2113 500
Challenge Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/27/1886 2113 504
Knobnoster Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 506
Perfect Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 515
Austin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 517
Colonial Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 07/06/1886 2114 155
Deadwood & Northwestern Wagon and Toll road Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 25,000 03/22/1879 2104 80
Eureka Mining Company (Increase of Stock) Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/18/1886 2114 280
Hermit Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 384
Montreal Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/19/1886 2113 386
Iron Mountain Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 388
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General Sturgis Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 10 1,000,000 05/19/1886 2113 392
Gold Coin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 394
Elko Silver Ridge Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 396
Black Hills Salt Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/28/1886 2114 298
Gurley Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/28/1886 2114 296
General Dawson Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 398
Emery Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 459
George Hearst Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 407
Aqua Pura Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 453
Michigan Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/19/1886 2113 409
Wizard Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 411
Noble Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 08/11/1886 2114 269
Dakota Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 424
Pioneer Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 428
Shiloh Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 437
Capital Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 442
Petroleum Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 444
Assumption Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 446
Friend In Need Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 01/13/1879 2104 42
Horseshoe Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 08/21/1886 2114 286
Kalamazoo Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/10/1886 2114 41
Chicago Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 07/06/1886 2114 153
Refugio Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 554
Red Flag Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 556
Clyde Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 06/14/1886 2114 67
Geneva Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/14/1886 2114 65
Centre Shot Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/11/1886 2114 63
Union Hill Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/11/1886 2114 59
First Congregational Society of Deadwood Deadwood Lawrence 5 12/02/1878 2104 34
Chrysolite Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 3,000,000 06/10/1886 2114 54
Bear Butte Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 552
Bohemia Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 43
Fountain Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 550
McDonnell Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/10/1886 2114 39
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Bismarck Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 37
Amethyst Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 562
Niagara Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 564
Silver Queen Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 566
Black Hills Oil Company (Increase of Stock) Deadwood Lawrence 06/09/1886 2114 25
Deadwood and Crook City Wagon Road Deadwood Lawrence 3 09/08/1878 2104 16
Spruce Gulch Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 06/02/1886 2113 581
Logan Tunnel Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 06/07/1886 2114 9
Ithaca Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 583
Richland Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/10/1886 2114 45
Oxford Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/24/1886 2114 118
Bradford Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 05/19/1886 2113 377
Prior Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 07/06/1886 2114 144
Big Owl Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/29/1886 2113 524
Fountain City Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 07/03/1886 2114 139
Richmond Hill Consolidated Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/29/1886 2113 526
American Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 3,000,000 05/29/1886 2113 528
Herkiner Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/28/1886 2114 133
New Discovery Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/28/1886 2114 131
Empire Consolidated Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 12/26/1878 2104 40
Julia M. Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 600,000 06/14/1886 2114 74
Champagne Carbonate Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/29/1886 2113 535
Steard Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/06/1886 2114 151
Monumental Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/24/1886 2114 116
Globe Lubricating Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/21/1886 2114 111
Watertown Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 06/21/1886 2114 106
Leviathan Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/21/1886 2114 104
Centennial Coal Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 25,000 12/26/1878 2104 37
Lynchburg Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 546
Lower Level Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/19/1886 2114 91
Deadwood Stock Exchange Deadwood Lawrence 11 10,000 06/17/1886 2114 87
Brooklyn Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/17/1886 2114 85
Bonanza King Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/17/1886 2114 83
Pacific Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 1,250,000 05/29/1886 2113 530
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Anna Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 203
Ruby Flat Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 235
Deadwood Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/06/1886 2113 148
Mineral Hill Gold and Silver Company Deadwood Lawrence 6 1,250,000 05/06/1886 2113 150
Minna Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/06/1886 2113 156
Nickel Plate Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/06/1886 2113 158
Clara Nevada Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/06/1886 2113 160
Golconda Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/08/1886 2113 163
Hennatite Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/08/1886 2113 165
Hail Storm Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/08/1886 2113 169
Homestake Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/04/1886 2113 138
Carbonate Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,500,000 05/08/1886 2113 191
Prior Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/04/1886 2113 136
Elko Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 205
Wilkinson Consolidated Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 207
Belle Fourche Construction Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 150,000 05/13/1886 2113 209
Excelsior Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 211
Albe Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 215
General Merritt Gold & Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 05/30/1879 2104 100
Candela Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 221
Continental Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 223
Key West Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 231
Woodhull Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 382
Deadwood and Galena Wagon Road Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 5,000 01/24/1887 2115 3
Silver Reef Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/03/1886 2113 106
Tecumseh Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 03/03/1887 2115 137
Buckeye Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 04/27/1886 2113 73
Inter Ocean Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/27/1886 2113 75
Deadwood Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/30/1886 2113 77
Little Pittsburgh Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/30/1886 2113 79
Bear Butte & Elk Creek Water Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 08/21/1879 2104 125
O.K. Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 04/30/1886 2113 96
Manitoba Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 03/04/1887 2115 110
National Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/01/1886 2113 100
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Vulcan Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 05/06/1886 2113 146
Silver King Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/03/1886 2113 104
S. and B. Stock Farm Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 250,000 12/13/1886 2114 501
U. S. Grant Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/03/1886 2113 110
Big Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/03/1886 2113 112
Treasure Coach Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/03/1886 2113 114
Galena Exchange Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/04/1886 2113 120
El Refugio Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 100,000 06/21/1879 2104 109
General Crook Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/04/1886 2113 126
Lockport Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/04/1886 2113 128
Fearless Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/04/1886 2113 130
Rubicon Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 05/04/1886 2113 132
Humboldt Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/04/1886 2113 134
Eldorado Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/01/1886 2113 102
Star and Bullock Hardware Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 09/27/1886 2114 361
Howard Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 233
Pelican Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 307
Dakota and Wyoming Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 10/18/1886 2114 395
Pro Cache Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 311
Hester A. Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 313
Jo Craig Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 322
American Flag Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 324
Richmond Consolidated Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 326
Ross Hannibal Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 331
Montezuma Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 300
War Eagle Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 335
Goodenough Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 298
Globe Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 337
New Era Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 339
Bullion Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 341
Groff Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 10/14/1889 2119 505
Big Chief Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 345
Delhi Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 350
Bella Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 356
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Great Western Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 359
Advance Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 373
Mumford Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 03/03/1887 2115 139
Mikado Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 333
Silver Mountain Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 276
Homeward Bound Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 242
Alabama Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 244
Sterling Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 246
Collingwood Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 250
Eclipse Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/13/1886 2113 252
Condor Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 254
Dickinson Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 256
Silver Chief Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 264
Home Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 267
Inca Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 302
Castle Creek Hydraulic Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 100,000 05/22/1879 2104 93
Victory Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 379
Keokuk Mining and Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,0000 05/13/1886 2113 280
Lexington Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 05/13/1886 2113 282
Trent Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 284
Mid-Summer Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 286
Black Hills and Wyoming Railroad Company (increase in stock) Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,700,000 11/15/1886 2114 438
Adelphi Extension Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 288
Pa-Ha Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/13/1886 2113 290
Panama Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/13/1886 2113 292
Victoria Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 294
Arjenta Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 296
Red Water & Belle Fourche Milling and Irrigating Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 10,000 05/27/1879 2104 95
Cheyenne River Bridge Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,000 01/17/1885 2111 166
Hartford Prospecting & Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 12/13/1881 2106 84
Ruby Wilkes Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/15/1888 2117 177
Bonanza Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,000,000 12/12/1881 2106 79
Black Hills Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 01/09/1884 2109 401
Black Hills Electric Light Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 50,000 01/09/1884 2109 403
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Queen Consolidated Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 01/17/1884 2109 415
Far West Gold & Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,00,000 10/09/1881 2106 9
Deadwood & Wyoming Railroad Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 01/31/1884 2109 453
Sun Dance Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 250,000 12/30/1881 2106 100
Dakota Smelting Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 500,000 10/28/1881 2106 30
Western Dakota Loan and Trust Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 04/03/1888 2117 60
Deadwood Opera House Association Deadwood Lawrence 5 10,000 01/12/1885 2111 152
Silver Ridge Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 01/06/1885 2111 141
Black Hills Flume and Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 11/01/1887 2116 278
Sand Creek Falls Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 750,000 10/14/1881 2106 19
Nigger Hill and Iron Creek Consolidated Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 4 2,500,000 05/23/1882 2107 6
Black Hills Northern Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 5,000,000 01/31/1884 2109 450
South Deadwood Carbonate Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 750,000 08/16/1881 2105 303
Black Hills Prospecting & Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 5,000,000 08/08/1883 2109 120
Deadwood Redwater Valley Railway Co. Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,200,000 03/19/1881 2105 113
Deadwood and Black Hills Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 09/21/1887 2116 189
West Yakua Silver Mining Co (certificate to increase capital) Deadwood Lawrence 3 3,000,000 08/24/1883 2109 152
South Deadwood Hose company Deadwood Lawrence 6 25,000 09/05/1883 2109 175
Excelsior Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 6 50,000 02/27/1885 2111 271
Union Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/10/1888 2117 303
Terry's Peak Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 5,000,000 10/11/1887 2116 232
Iron Creek Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,500,000 03/01/1882 2106 201
Minnesota Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 9 2,000,000 12/21/1881 2106 87
Buckeye Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 01/27/1882 2106 149
Carbonate Mammoth Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 02/04/1885 2111 214
Beas & Beavers Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 01/27/1882 2106 147
Minerva Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,000,000 11/17/1883 2109 307
Convention Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 10/05/1887 2116 219
Young Men's Christian Association of Deadwood Dakota Deadwood Lawrence 9 05/28/1888 2117 200
Deadwood and Black Hills Railroad Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 11/11/1887 2116 293
Penobseot Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,000,000 10/09/1881 2106 4
Franklin Silver & Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 9 2,500,000 08/18/1881 2105 310
Comet Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/24/1881 2105 329
Black Hills Carbonate Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 08/22/1881 2105 321
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Iron Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/20/1881 2105 319
Pioneer Publishing Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 5,000 12/06/1887 2116 340
Squaw Creek Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 08/20/1881 2105 317
Deadwood Reduction Works Deadwood Lawrence 7 100,000 12/06/1887 2116 347
Globe Tin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 1,000,000 03/17/1884 2110 80
Deadwood Flowing Well Co. Deadwood Lawrence 4 50,000 10/03/1884 2111 3
Ben Harrison Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 04/19/1889 2118 566
Eureka Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/12/1881 2105 296
Grey Eagle Copper Mining & Smelting Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/02/1884 2110 401
Granite Mountain Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 01/21/1888 2116 410
Deadwood Carbonate Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 625,000 08/08/1881 2105 298
Deadwood Consolidated Mining and Reduction Company Deadwood Lawrence 9 1,500,000 04/29/1889 2119 54
Giles & Dickinson Cattle Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 50,000 08/16/1884 2110 455
Black Hills Sportsman's Club Deadwood Lawrence 3 08/20/1884 2110 462
Atlas Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 15,000 10/06/1884 2111 16
Sand Creek Falls Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 500,000 09/12/1881 2105 381
Log Cabin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 250,000 03/27/1888 2117 21
Silver Hill Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 9 1,250,000 12/11/1884 2111 118
Excelsior Miea Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 200,000 10/09/1881 2106 6
Mountain Peak Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 250,000 03/27/1888 2117 17
Welcome Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 05/14/1889 2119 91
Franklin Livestock Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 03/21/1888 2117 7
Deadwood Carbonate Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 873,000 09/27/1881 2105 394
Western Investment Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 05/04/1889 2119 74
Deadwood Driving Park Deadwood Lawrence 06/28/1881 2105 251
Golden Crown Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 05/08/1886 2113 171
Fort Meade Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 8 2,500,000 09/08/1881 2105 375
Mahan & Baird Cattle Company Deadwood Lawrence 4 100,000 04/18/1884 2110 164
Harney Hydraulic Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 9 2,000,000 09/03/1881 2105 362
Ajax Mining Milling & Smelting Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/31/1881 2105 360
West Galena Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 08/30/1881 2105 352
Sinda Silver Mining & Smelting Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/29/1881 2105 349
Iron City Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 9 200,000 03/25/1881 2105 122
Green Mountain Gold & Silver Mining and Milling Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 09/27/1881 2105 389
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Spring Creek Hydraulic & Quartz Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 10/29/1883 2109 273
Fairfield Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 12/03/1888 2118 137
Wacum Ditch & Flume Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 6,000,000 12/15/1880 2105 25
Bald Mountain Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 11/23/1888 2118 126
Ruby Basin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 11/23/1888 2118 124
Black Hills Fair Association Deadwood Lawrence 5 10,000 05/26/1885 2111 546
Carbonate Flume Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/21/1885 2111 532
Sand Creek Water Power Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/04/1887 2116 64
Lew Wallace Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 10/16/1888 2118 60
Deadwood, Sturgis, and Chamberlain Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 11/20/1888 2118 117
Deadwood Light Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,000,000 12/10/1880 2105 21
Deadwood Bald Mountain Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,000,000 12/20/1888 2118 239
Empire Carbonate Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 750,000 03/09/1885 2111 295
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Deadwood Deadwood Lawrence 3 12/29/1880 2105 49
Chase Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 50,000 08/16/1882 2107 175
Ophir Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 500,000 05/07/1885 2111 475
Wyoming and Dakota Western Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 08/15/1887 2116 93
Black Hills Insurance Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 02/27/1883 2108 128
Barnes Gold Mining & Milling Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,000,000 10/12/1882 2107 259
Washington Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 600,000 11/05/1880 2105 11
Deadwood Gulch Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 500,000 10/03/1882 2107 254
Maggie Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 12/17/1888 2118 213
Harney Hydraulic Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 10/23/1882 2107 276
Silver Coin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/14/1887 2116 1
Western Investment Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 100,000 01/04/1889 2118 176
Deadwood Cattle Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 250,000 11/07/1882 2107 298
Deadwood and Gayville Toll road Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 10,000 11/13/1882 2107 303
Deadwood Enterprise Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 750,000 12/11/1882 2107 331
Duluth Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 12/11/1888 2118 166
Wacum Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 3,000,000 12/15/1880 2105 23
Creston Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 12/11/1888 2118 164
Golden Summit Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 10/02/1882 2107 252
Mount Terry Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 11 1,250,000 12/11/1888 2118 156
Central City Deadwood & Eastern Railroad Extension of Road Deadwood Lawrence 12/04/1880 2105 17
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Peoples Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 500,000 11/18/1882 2107 309
Caroline Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 12/04/1888 2118 146
Central City Deadwood Eastern Railroad Cert. of Increase of Cap. Stock Cert. Deadwood Lawrence 12/04/1880 2105 19
Deadwood and Cheyenne Railway Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 3,000,000 02/15/1883 2108 96
Lancaster Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 10/02/1880 2104 388
Whitewood and Wyoming Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 100,000 09/10/1888 2118 16
Diamond Queen Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 10 1,250,000 01/19/1889 2118 294
Marmaduke Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 01/15/1889 2118 285
Inter-Mountain Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 2,500,000 01/19/1889 2118 298
Cleveland Tin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,000,000 08/15/1887 2116 95
Deadwood Street Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 08/20/1888 2117 537
National Gold Mining & Milling Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 200,000 02/04/1881 2105 91
Singapore Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 01/21/1889 2118 303
Eureka Lodge No. 13 I.O.O.F. Deadwood Lawrence 3 04/10/1885 2111 390
Gustin Belt Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 14,000 07/28/1882 2107 124
Black Hills Railroad Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 02/11/1881 2105 94
H.O.W. Copper Mining & Smelting Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 500,000 04/05/1883 2108 223
Equitable Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 1,250,000 08/27/1888 2117 558
Horseshoe Comet Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 6 1,250,000 08/31/1887 2116 145
Deadwood Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company of Deadwood Deadwood Lawrence 4 08/13/1888 2117 492
Black Hills Lumber Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 10,000 03/13/1883 2108 164
Monitor Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 06/30/1883 2109 59
Nigger Hill Consolidated Hydraulic Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 06/24/1882 2107 63
Dakota and Wyoming Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 01/24/1889 2118 309
Mutual Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 03/24/1885 2111 352
Sheridan Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/29/1888 2118 1
Small Hopes Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 250,000 01/12/1889 2118 271
Deadwood Central Railroad Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,000,000 08/20/1888 2117 533
New La Plata Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 08/18/1887 2116 106
Phil Sheridan Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 01/15/1889 2118 275
Uncle Sam Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 500,000 04/21/1885 2111 433
Segregated Iron Hill Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 04/21/1885 2111 431
Deadwood & Central City Toll Road Deadwood Lawrence 3 10,000 07/20/1882 2107 101
First Presbyterian Church of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 09/13/1880 2104 370
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Dell Rapids Bank Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 25,000 08/02/1884 2110 413
First Baptist Church of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 4 09/24/1879 2104 152
Good Templars Benefit Association of Dakota Dell Rapids Minnehaha 6 08/16/1886 2114 276
Granite City Bank Dell Rapids Minnehaha 7 100,000 07/13/1889 2119 275
Dell Rapids Granite Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 5 50,000 03/11/1889 2118 439
Vermont Stone Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 7 100,000 10/12/1888 2118 58
Scandanavian Pilgrim Baptist Church of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 12/20/1886 2114 530
Dell Rapids Creamery Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 9 5,000 12/09/1886 2114 488
Stordals Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 11/08/1886 2114 422
Codington Congregational Church of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 06/18/1881 2105 239
Dell Rapids Roller Mill Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 25,000 08/19/1889 2119 380
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 3 07/29/1880 2104 334
Dell Rapids Cheese Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 5 2,000 02/15/1886 2112 380
Dell Rapids Elevator Company Dell Rapids Minnehaha 5 8,000 07/30/1887 2116 48
People's Bank of Dell Rapids Dell Rapids Minnehaha 5 10,000 05/14/1884 2110 221
Delmont Farmers Association Delmont Douglas 7 3,000 08/17/1888 2117 523
Kingsbury County Agricultural Society DeSmet Kingsbury 7 10,000 09/03/1881 2105 366
Leaders Publishing Company DeSmet Kingsbury 5 5,000 01/17/1883 2108 68
First Methodist Church DeSmet Kingsbury 3 07/07/1884 2110 343
DeSmet Banking Company DeSmet Kingsbury 3 100,000 10/07/1889 2119 491
DeSmet Driving Park Association DeSmet Kingsbury 5 5,000 07/02/1884 2110 337
Kingsbury County Abstract Company DeSmet Kingsbury 5 5,000 02/13/1888 2116 476
DeSmet Driving Park and Agriculture Association DeSmet Kingsbury 5 2,000 10/06/1888 2118 47
First Baptist Church of DeSmet DeSmet Kingsbury 3 02/12/1884 2109 468
DeSmet Cornet Band Association DeSmet Kingsbury 9 2,000 08/08/1884 2110 442
Sioux Falls DeSmet and Northern Railway Company DeSmet Kingsbury 13 5,000,000 06/08/1888 2117 250
St. Thomas Aguinas Roman Catholic Church of DeSmet DeSmet Kingsbury 4 03/10/1887 2115 100
Farmers Shipping Association of DeSmet (Increase in Stock) DeSmet Kingsbury 5 10,000 07/09/1887 2115 573
Kingsbury County Farm Mortgage Co. DeSmet Kingsbury 6 100,000 02/02/1886 2112 368
DeSmet Hotel Company DeSmet Kingsbury 5 10,000 05/07/1887 2115 333
DeSmet Cheese and Butter Company DeSmet Kingsbury 5 2,000 04/29/1887 2115 305
DeSmet Cemetery Association DeSmet Kingsbury 5 08/08/1881 2105 284
Dakota Democrat Publishing Co. DeSmet Kingsbury 5 1,000 03/03/1886 2112 404
First Congregational Church of DeSmet DeSmet Kingsbury 3 11/10/1880 2105 13
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Kingsbury County Bank DeSmet Kingsbury 8 50,000 12/12/1885 2112 287
Farmers Shipping Association of DeSmet DeSmet Kingsbury 5 1,200 10/09/1884 2111 20
Historical & Scientific Association of Kingsbury County DeSmet Kingsbury 5 11/28/1884 2111 86
Detroit Methodist Episcopal Church Detroit Brown 5 09/29/1883 2109 219
Detroit Townsite Company of Brown County Detroit Brown 4 20,000 05/12/1884 2110 226
Ramsey County Breeders Association Devils Lake Ramsey 3 5,000 04/21/1888 2117 114
St. Olaf Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Devils Lake Dakota Devils Lake Ramsey 4 05/12/1887 2115 317
Dakota and Eastern Mortgage Company (increase of stock) Devils Lake Ramsey 7-15 100,000 06/05/1888 2117 224
Dakota and Eastern Mortgage Company Devils Lake Ramsey 7-15 50,000 11/16/1886 2114 446
Lakeview Hotel Co. Devils Lake Ramsey 3 20,000 01/18/1884 2109 423
Devils Lake Creamery Company Devils Lake Ramsey 5 5,000 05/02/1888 2117 139
Bank of Devils Lake Devils Lake Ramsey 3 25,000 06/12/1883 2109 25
Fargo, Devils Lake and Turtle Mountain Railroad Company Devils Lake Ramsey 6 3,000,000 08/07/1886 2114 260
Citizens Association Devils Lake Ramsey 5 5,000 05/25/1889 2119 120
North Shore Secured Investment Company of Devils Lake Dakota Devils Lake Ramsey 3-5 50,000 12/04/1886 2114 478
Devils Lake Mill Company Devils Lake Ramsey 3 25,000 04/13/1888 2117 97
Devils Lake Building and Loan Association Devils Lake Ramsey 10 500,000 04/10/1888 2117 79
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Devils Lake Devils Lake Ramsey 3 11/02/1883 2109 296
Crofton Lodge No. 16 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Devils Lake Ramsey 3 03/08/1884 2110 38
Farmers Alliance of Ramsey Devils Lake Ramsey 5 5,000 11/07/1887 2116 285
First Baptist Church of Devils Lake City Devils Lake city Ramsey 3 12/01/1883 2109 332
Diana Repair and Manufacturing Company Diana Sanborn 5 1,400 11/13/1886 2114 433
Diana Farmers Warehouse Company Diana Sanborn 7 5,000 07/05/1887 2115 567
Cemetery Association of Diana Diana Sanborn 8 07/29/1886 2114 209
Sanborn County Agricultural Society and Driving Park Association Diana Sanborn 5 10,000 08/02/1884 2110 395
First Presbyterian Church of Diana Diana Sanborn 3 09/22/1884 2110 520
Dickenson Cemetery Association Dickinson Stark 5 10/10/1887 2116 224
First Congregational Church of Dickinson Dickinson Stark 3-9 08/31/1887 2116 142
First Presbyterian Church of Dickinson Dickinson Stark 3 06/28/1889 2119 226
First Baptist Church of Dickinson Dickinson Stark 3 07/10/1883 2109 73
New Hope Cemetery Association Dixon (twp) Hamlin 3-11 05/27/1889 2119 123
Doland Creamery Association Doland Spink 5 03/30/1888 2117 35
Doland Cemetery Association Doland Spink 5 02/23/1886 2112 394
Bank of Doland Doland Spink 5 33,000 03/19/1886 2112 448
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Western Town Mortgage Company of Doland Doland Spink 5 100,000 07/31/1886 2114 220
Ancient Order of United Workmen Building Association of Doland (reduction in Doland Spink 3 2,500 09/10/1888 2118 12
Farmers Elevator Company Doland Spink 5 7,500 04/20/1885 2111 406
Ancient Order of United Workman Building Association Doland Spink 3 5,000 04/09/1888 2117 75
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Doland Doland Spink 4 09/29/1883 2109 217
Doland Publishing Company Doland Spink 5 600 02/24/1887 2115 76
Congregational Church of Dover Dover McCook 3 01/10/1883 2108 47
Drayton Methodist Episcopal Church Drayton Pembina 3 01/29/1881 2105 81
First Bank of Drayton Drayton Pembina 4 50,000 08/16/1887 2116 97
Rolette County Bank Dunseith Rolette 5 25,000 10/31/1889 2119 562
Turtle Mountain Coal and Land Company Dunseith Rolette 7 200,000 06/21/1884 2110 312
Congregational Church of Christ in Dwight Dwight Richland 5 12/20/1887 2116 372
Farmers Warehouse Association of Dwight Dwight Richland 5 5,000 07/09/1889 2119 259
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Wild Rice Dwight Twp. Richland 3 01/22/1885 2111 182
Egan Cemetery Association Eagan Moody 5 03/23/1885 2111 346
Evangelical Christian Church of Eagle Twp, Richland County Eagle (twp) Richland 3 07/10/1889 2119 266
East Choteau Methodist Episcopal Church East Choteau T Douglas 5 04/10/1885 2111 409
Congregational Church of Eden, County of Lincoln Eden Lincoln 3-9 08/02/1889 2119 321
First Presbyterian Church of Edgeley Edgeley LaMoure Not Listed 07/18/1888 2117 427
Edgeley Town Hall Association Edgeley LaMoure 3 1,500 06/05/1888 2117 226
Bank of Edgeley Edgeley Edmunds 3+ 25,000 03/25/1887 2115 191
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church of Edgeley Edgeley LaMoure Not Listed 06/05/1888 2117 228
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Edinburgh Edinburgh Walsh Not Listed 09/15/1888 2117 507
Norway Edison Twp. Minnehaha 3 03/14/1884 2110 72
Edmond Cemetery Association Edmond Kingsbury 5 07/23/1885 2112 99
Farmers Egan Elevator Company Egan Moody 5 7,500 09/29/1887 2116 194
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Egan Egan Moody 3 06/07/1881 2105 221
First Congregational Church of Egan Egan Moody 3 01/18/1882 2106 131
Egan Union Tow Mill co. Egan Moody 5 4,000 11/06/1884 2111 40
Holland Christian Reform Church of Overysel Egerton Signal T Chas. Mix 4 04/07/1886 2112 512
St. Olafs Norck Evangeliske Lutherske Meuighed Eldorado Traill 3 02/15/1888 2116 454
Waw Beck Mining Company Elk Mountain Lawrence 5 2,500,000 09/28/1887 2116 203
First Regular Baptist Church of Elk Point Union co. Elk Point Union 5 01/13/1880 2104 190
Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph Elk Point Union 3 07/25/1884 2110 389
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Elk Point Opera House Company Elk Point Union 8 2,000 01/17/1887 2114 566
Union County Bank Elk Point Union 3 10,000 03/08/1884 2110 56
St. Joseph's Church of Elk Point Elk Point Union 5 03/02/1880 2104 216
Elk Point Building and Loan Association Elk Point Union 7 500,000 10/18/1889 2119 529
Elk Point Creamery Company Elk Point Union 3 5,000 02/19/1883 2108 112
Elk Point Cemetery Association Elk Point Union 7 09/26/1879 2104 156
First Presbyterian Church of Elkmount Elkmount (twp) Grand Forks 3-11 06/18/1886 2114 160
Bank of Elkton Elkton Brookings 5 25,000 05/12/1884 2110 216
Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church Elkton Brookings Not Listed 09/15/1887 2116 170
Elkton Stock Breeders Association Elkton Brookings 5 1,500 03/18/1889 2118 449
Farmers Mutual Alliance Aid Association Elkton Brookings 7 04/30/1885 2111 456
Elkton Farmer's alliance Warehouse Co. Elkton Brookings 7 07/12/1885 2112 68
First Regular Baptist Church of Elkton Elkton Brookings 3 08/29/1885 2112 172
Elkwood Presbyterian Church Elkwood Cavalier 5 05/14/1887 2115 344
Baptist Church of Ellendale Ellendale Dickey 3 04/10/1885 2111 376
First Presbyterian Church of Ellendale Ellendale Dickey 3 07/13/1883 2109 84
Elkendale Land Company Ellendale Dickey 4 10,000 06/11/1883 2109 16
Ellendale and Wahpeton Railroad Co. Ellendale Dickey 13 250,000 07/19/1882 2107 97
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ellendale Ellendale Dickey 3 08/27/1883 2109 157
Ellendale Library Association Ellendale Dickey 7 01/22/1883 2108 77
Ellendale Mill company Ellendale Dickey 5 90,000 04/13/1889 2118 547
Ellendale Building and Loan Association Ellendale Dickey 7 100,000 12/20/1886 2114 521
Dickey County Bank Ellendale Dickey 3 25,000 12/07/1882 2107 325
Ellendale Board of Trade Ellendale Dickey 5 08/02/1884 2110 410
Immanuel Church of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Ellendale Dickey 05/04/1886 2113 141
St. Helena's Roman Catholic Church of Ellendale Ellendale Dickey 5 05/09/1889 2118 542
Ellendale Cemetery Association Ellendale Dickey 3 12/07/1882 2107 328
Amdahl Church of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Ellendale Dickey 3 05/04/1886 2113 122
Security Bank Ellendale Dickey 3 25,000 12/08/1884 2111 100
Ellendale Creamery Association Ellendale Dickey 7 5,000 02/01/1888 2116 427
Pioneer Milling Company Ellendale Dickey 3 15,000 05/31/1884 2110 262
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Elliott Elliott Ransom Not Listed 11/22/1886 2114 452
Ellisville Coal Company Ellisville Faulk 3 20,000 08/17/1886 2114 279
Elm Grove Ditch Company Elm Grove Custer 3 2,000 03/07/1883 2108 153
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Congregational Church of Elrod, County of Clark Elrod Clark 3-9 12/13/1888 2118 182
German Evangelical Lutheran St. Johns Church Elvira Pembina 3 07/11/1888 2117 292
German Close Communion Baptist Church of Emanuel Creek Emanuel Creek Bon Homme 3 12/28/1886 2114 539
State Bank of Emerado Emerado Grand Forks 9 11/04/1889 2119 576
Emerado Cemetery Association Emerado Grand Forks 6 01/21/1888 2116 403
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Emerado Emerado Grand forks Per Discipli 08/21/1889 2119 371
Presbyterian Church at Emery Emery Hanson 3 12/11/1884 2111 115
Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin of Emery Emery Hanson 3 02/27/1885 2111 258
Congregational Church of Emery Emery Hanson 3 11/13/1884 2111 59
Erwin Cemetery Association Erwin Kingsbury 5 04/16/1883 2108 237
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Esmond Esmond Kingsbury 3 08/26/1885 2112 171
Farmers Shipping Company of Esmond Dakota Esmond Kingsbury 9 8,000 03/19/1888 2116 573
Congregational Church of Esmond Esmond Kingsbury 3 01/22/1887 2115 1
First Presbyterian Church of Estelline Estelline Hamlin 3-11 02/23/1887 2115 73
Hamlin County Fair Association Estelline Hamlin 3 100 09/13/1883 2109 189
Farmers Creamery Association Estelline Hamlin 3 2,500 10/28/1889 2119 547
First Baptist Church of Estelline Estelline Hamlin 3 10/08/1883 2109 228
Estelline Cemetery Association Estelline Hamlin 3 06/02/1886 2113 572
First Methodist Episcopal Ethan, Davison Dakota Ethan Davison Not Listed 04/22/1887 2115 124
German Baptist Church of Eureka Eureka McPherson 3-9 09/22/1888 2118 29
German Implement Company Eureka McPherson 4 6,000 02/21/1889 2118 397
Eureka Gas Company Eureka Sanborn 5 25,000 04/17/1888 2117 103
Fairbank Investment Company Fairbank Sully 3 12,000 09/03/1884 2110 485
Fairbank Townsite Company Fairbank Sully 7 100,000 10/13/1883 2109 245
Fairburn Farmers Alliance Company Fairburn Custer 5 100,000 04/05/1889 2118 500
Fairview Cemetery Association Fairview Twp. Lincoln 3 01/20/1882 2106 134
Church of Grace Fairview Twp. Lincoln 3 05/30/1883 2108 337
Fargo Building Association Fargo Cass 10/24/1885 2112 225
Chamber of Commerce of City of Fargo Fargo Cass 13 03/03/1883 2108 143
Fargo Building Association Fargo Cass 11 600,000 03/27/1880 2104 250
Fargo Stone Company Fargo Cass 11/06/1882 2107 294
Fargo Brick & Tile Company Fargo Cass 5 20,000 03/08/1881 2105 109
Dakota Milling Company Fargo Cass 3-11 10,000 06/11/1887 2115 462
Fargo Improvement Company Fargo Cass 5 250,000 05/12/1882 2106 328
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Northern Associated Press Fargo Cass 11 200,000 08/08/1882 2107 159
Fargo Hotel Co. Fargo Cass 7 100,000 04/12/1883 2108 228
Fargo Roller Mills Fargo Cass 3 300,000 03/10/1883 2108 155
Aurora Farming Company Fargo Cass 7 50,000 09/13/1882 2107 206
Ohuer Wilson Furniture Company Fargo Cass 5 60,000 03/31/1883 2108 205
Gethsemane Episcopal Parish Fargo Cass 9 04/18/1883 2108 259
Fargo Palace Hotel Co. Fargo Cass 5 300,000 04/18/1882 2106 279
Red River Mining Company Fargo Cass 5 07/14/1886 2114 166
Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Fargo Cass 03/19/1883 2108 174
Red River University Fargo Cass 11 01/25/1881 2105 76
Fargo Cooperative Sash, Door, and Blind Association Fargo Cass 10 20,000 07/08/1887 2115 571
Aurora Farming Company Fargo Cass 10/11/1882 2107 258
Fargo Roller Mills Fargo Cass 03/27/1883 2108 201
Fargo Gas Light & Coke Company Fargo Cass 3 100,000 09/10/1883 2109 183
Fargo Cast Wheel & Iron Works Co. Fargo Cass 04/06/1882 2106 272
New North West Land & Loan Company Fargo Cass 3 50,000 11/01/1882 2107 289
Fargo Improvement Company Fargo Cass 06/19/1882 2107 62
Traill County Mining and Improvement Company Fargo Cass 9 1,000,000 06/18/1886 2114 89
Northwestern Trust Company Fargo Cass 3 50,000 05/21/1883 2108 306
Fargo Lumber Company Fargo Cass 5 100,000 01/27/1883 2108 59
Fargo Stone Company Fargo Cass 3 50,000 09/23/1882 2107 239
Conservative Insurance Company Fargo Cass 3 250,000 03/13/1885 2111 307
Dakota Land Company Fargo Cass 3 25,000 12/27/1882 2108 16
Fargo Paper Mill Fargo Cass 7 150,000 07/20/1882 2107 104
Producers Exchange Fargo Cass 3 10,000 11/14/1888 2118 95
Fargo & Moorhead Telephone Exchange Co. Fargo Cass 5 5,000 12/27/1880 2105 46
Monson Natural Gas Company Fargo Cass 5 50,000 05/26/1886 2113 494
Argus Printing Co. of Fargo Fargo Cass 5 60,000 05/28/1885 2111 555
Farmer's Trust Company Fargo Cass 3 35,000 10/01/1885 2112 207
North Dakota Coal Economizing Company Fargo Cass 5 10,000 06/11/1886 2114 61
Fargo Columbia & Missouri River Rail Road Co. Fargo Cass 6 4,800,000 04/02/1880 2104 254
Fargo Library Association Fargo Cass 9 12/11/1882 2107 337
North Dakota Non-Partisan Prohibition Alliance Fargo Cass 9 250,000 06/13/1889 2119 187
Fargo Loan Agency Fargo Cass 5 100,000 06/27/1887 2115 526
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Fargo Construction Company Fargo Cass 3 420,000 04/28/1883 2108 270
Fargo Lumber Company Fargo Cass 02/23/1883 2108 115
Fargo Water & Steam Co. Fargo Cass 6 75,000 08/12/1880 2104 350
Fargo Savings & Loan Association Fargo Cass 5 250,000 11/16/1882 2107 308
Dakota Bankers Association Fargo Cass 11 1,000 02/18/1881 2105 94
Eastern Dakota Railroad Fargo Cass 5 1,500,000 12/19/1882 2108 10
Fargo & Southwestern Railway Co. Fargo Cass 5 4,000,000 08/20/1881 2105 326
Fargo Laramie Northern Railway Co. Fargo Cass 7 1,000,000 01/31/1884 2109 456
Fargo Insurance Co. Fargo Cass 11 100 12/23/1880 2105 36
Fargo Missouri River and Pacific Railroad Company Fargo Cass 8 8,000,000 05/02/1884 2110 236
Fargo Electric Light & Power Co. Fargo Cass 3 30,000 11/08/1881 2106 47
Northwestern Electric Light Heat & Power Co. Fargo Cass 3 100,000 11/21/1881 2106 56
North Dakota University Fargo Cass 9 05/19/1881 2105 185
Masonic Temple Association of City of Fargo Fargo Cass 7 50,000 12/01/1881 2106 70
Yexa(?) Hose Company Fargo Cass 3 10,000 05/03/1886 2113 108
St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Fargo Cass 5-12 06/11/1887 2115 268
Milbank Kibby & Tower City Rail Road Co. Fargo Cass 8 200,000 11/21/1881 2106 72
Fargo Electric Light & Power Co. Fargo Cass 12/08/1881 2106 76
Fargo Opera House Association Fargo Cass 7 50,000 12/08/1881 2106 77
Duluth Fargo & Black Hills Railway Co. Fargo Cass 11 1,000,000 03/08/1884 2110 59
Fargo Insurance Company Fargo Cass 05/09/1881 2105 167
Thompson Farm Company Fargo Cass 5 50,000 03/21/1888 2117 9
Dakota Pharmaceutical Association Fargo Cass 8 12/13/1886 2114 503
Shiloh Lodge A.F.& A. M. of Fargo Fargo Cass 3 01/09/1885 2111 149
Fargo Republican Company Fargo Cass 5 25,000 04/23/1881 2105 147
First Skandinavian Baptist Church of Fargo, Dakota Territory Fargo Cass 3 02/26/1888 2116 462
Nordstjesnen Publishing Co. Fargo Cass 5 5,000 03/29/1882 2106 269
Plymouth Congregational Church of Fargo Fargo Cass 3-9 12/20/1886 2114 527
Fargo Incandescent Light Company Fargo Cass 5 100,000 04/06/1888 2117 65
Fargo Land & Trust Company Fargo Cass 5 100,000 01/18/1881 2106 54
Fargo College Fargo Cass 11 03/28/1888 2117 26
Dakota Light & Fuel Co. Fargo Cass 9 50,000 04/14/1886 2112 532
Norwegian Danish Pantapasidan Evangelical Lutheran Church Fargo Cass 3 01/23/1880 2104 198
Fargo Agricultural Society Fargo Cass 9 10,000 05/21/1881 2105 192
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Fargo Gas Light Co. Fargo Cass 10/31/1881 2106 34
Fargo Street Railway Company Fargo Cass 11 10,000 08/25/1881 2105 340
South Dakota Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Fargo Cass 7 02/21/1887 2115 61
Dakota Guaranty Savings Bank Fargo Cass 7 25,000 03/04/1887 2115 98
Fargo Gas Light & Fuel Co. Fargo Cass 11 50,000 10/17/1881 2106 27
Mutual Telephone Company Fargo Cass 3 30,000 11/01/1883 2109 282
Fargo Gas Wheel & Iron Works Co. Fargo Cass 7 100,000 03/16/1882 2106 244
Fargo Gas and Electric Company Fargo Cass 4 250,000 03/19/1889 2118 395
Fargo Loan Agency (increase of stock) Fargo Cass 5 5,000,000 09/26/1889 2119 461
First Baptist Church of Fargo Fargo Cass 3 08/09/1881 2105 288
Kissner Hotel Company Fargo Cass 7 40,000 04/19/1887 2115 255
Red River Valley Life and Accident Benefit Association Fargo Cass 5 02/17/1882 2106 188
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fargo Fargo Cass 02/18/1882 2106 179
Dakota Light and Fuel Company Fargo Cass 04/26/1886 2113 65
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fargo Fargo Cass 5 02/01/1882 2106 157
Dakota Lumber Company Fargo Cass 3 10,000 09/08/1881 2105 377
Dakota Telephone Company Fargo Cass 3 50,000 11/01/1883 2109 280
Rector Mining Company Fargo Cass 5 500,000 03/05/1887 2115 148
North Dakota Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Fargo Cass 7 11/28/1887 2116 326
Minnesota and Dakota Railway Company Fargo Cass 9 5,500,000 10/04/1887 2116 214
Minnesota and Dakota Railway Company (Change of Direction in Rail Line) Fargo Cass 10/10/1887 2116 231
Democrat Publishing Co. Fargo Cass 3 3,500 01/04/1884 2109 399
Young Men's Christian Association Fargo Cass 5 10/29/1886 2114 409
Fargo & Northwestern Railway Co. Fargo Cass 12 500,000 08/25/1881 2105 334
St. Joseph Convent Presentation Order of Fargo Fargo Cass 3 12/27/1883 2109 370
Fargo & Southern Railway Company Fargo Cass 13 100,000 06/25/1881 2105 248
Farmers Mutual Benefit Fargo Cass 3 11/27/1883 2109 318
Farmers Trust Company Fargo Cass 3-7 35,000 10/15/1887 2116 239
Congregational Church of Fargo Fargo Cass 3 12/30/1881 2106 98
Fargo and Northern Railroad Company Fargo Cass 9 100,000 04/19/1886 2113 20
Argus Company Fargo Cass 3 100,000 05/08/1881 2105 305
Fargo and Southern Elevator Company Fargo Cass 5 50,000 08/02/1884 2110 405
Presbyterian of Faris Dakota Territory Faris Edmunds 3-11 01/08/1889 2118 278
Congregational Church of Faulkton Faulkton Faulk 3 01/26/1884 2109 431
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Dakota Land Improvement Company Faulkton Faulk 4 5,000 12/26/1882 2108 12
Faulk County Agricultural Association Faulkton Faulk 7 10,000 07/03/1885 2112 84
Aberdeen Faulkton and South Western Railway Company Faulkton Faulk 6 750,000 04/15/1887 2115 290
Faulkton Building and Loan Association Faulkton Faulk 14 500,000 05/14/1887 2115 342
Faulk County Abstract Company Faulkton Faulk 4 10,000 02/23/1889 2118 401
Faulkton Creamery of Faulkton Faulkton Faulk 11 5,000 05/10/1888 2117 166
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Faulkton Faulkton Faulk 9 05/28/1888 2117 204
First Southern Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Fertile Walsh 3-9 07/14/1886 2114 168
Flandreau Creamery Company Flandreau Moody 8 5,000 03/14/1888 2116 560
Bank of Flandreau (Decrease in Capitol Stock) Flandreau Moody 20,000 12/18/1885 2112 298
Southern District Pharmaceutical Association Flandreau Moody 5 03/15/1887 2115 164
Flandreau Building Association Flandreau Moody 5 1,000 04/25/1881 2105 139
Bank of Flandreau Flandreau Moody 7 50,000 05/19/1883 2108 303
Second Presbyterian Church of Flandreau Flandreau Moody 3 08/31/1880 2104 368
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Flandreau Flandreau Moody 3 07/29/1880 2104 331
Flandreau Library Association Flandreau Moody 7 03/14/1883 2108 168
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Flandreau Flandreau Moody 3 09/29/1882 2107 246
Moody County Agricultural Association Flandreau Moody 6 03/31/1883 2108 202
Roman Catholic Church of Sts. Simon & Jude in Flandreau Flandreau Moody 4 03/08/1884 2110 43
Farmer & Merchants Grain & Elevator Co. Flandreau Moody 5 2,000 11/04/1885 2112 236
Bank of Forest City Forest City Potter 5 50,000 04/21/1887 2115 275
Forest City & Watertown Railroad Forest City Potter 11 800,000 04/07/1886 2112 510
Forest City and Watertown Railroad Company at Forest City Forest City Potter 12/01/1887 2116 329
Forest City and Southeastern Railroad Company Forest City Potter 9 4,000,000 03/23/1888 2117 13
Forest City Land and Improvement Company Forest City Potter 7 300,000 04/20/1889 2119 29
Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company Forest City Potter 7 5,000,000 04/16/1889 2118 549
Forest City Milling Company Forest City Potter 7 50,000 09/22/1887 2116 191
Bismarck and Missouri River Railroad Company Forest City Potter 5 10,000,000 03/14/1888 2116 558
Potter County Agricultural Society Forest City Potter 11 09/13/1884 2110 501
First Presbyterian Society of Forest River Forest River Grand Forks 3 01/26/1879 2104 180
Dakota River View Cemetery Forestburg Sanborn 5 03/29/1886 2112 487
First Congregational Church of Forman Forman Sargent 3-9 01/14/1889 2118 257
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fort Abercrombie Fort Abercromb Richland 3 12/13/1886 2114 499
First Congregational Church Society of Abercrombie Fort Abercromb Richland 3 04/10/1886 2112 527
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Retrieve Silver Mining Company Fort Buford Hutchinson 3 100,000 05/01/1888 2117 132
Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confessio Foster (twp) Beadle 3 03/27/1889 2118 477
Fountain Townsite and Land Company Fountain Brookings 5 50,000 05/10/1879 2104 84
Roman Catholic Church of St, Ann of Frankfort Frankfort Spink 3 04/16/1884 2110 151
Farmers Elevator and Warehouse Frankfort Spink 7 10,000 07/29/1887 2116 42
Frankfort Methodist Episcopal Church Frankfort Spink Not Listed 01/14/1889 2118 277
Advent Christian Church of Frankfort Frankfort Spink 3 12/11/1888 2118 168
Frankfort Building and Loan Corporation Frankfort Spink 9 200,000 04/16/1886 2113 9
Frankfort & East Valley Railroad Company Frankfort Spink 6 1,000,000 01/04/1884 2109 391
Congregational Church of Frankfort Frankfort Spink 3 09/28/1883 2109 211
Frederick Board of Trade Frederick Brown 7 10,000 10/21/1884 2111 32
Frederick Mill Co. (Increase In Capitol Stock) Frederick Brown 20,000 12/14/1885 2112 290
First Presbyterian Church of Fredrick Frederick Brown 3 08/17/1883 2109 136
Ordway Frederick & Bismarck Railroad Co. Frederick Brown 7 250,000 05/08/1883 2108 288
Bank of Frederick Frederick Brown 5 25,000 12/01/1886 2114 462
Farmers Elevator Company of Frederick Frederick Brown 7 5,000 06/24/1887 2115 511
St. Frederick Roman Catholic Church at Frederick Frederick Brown 4 04/17/1889 2118 479
Frederick Methodist Episcopal Church Frederick Brown 5 04/20/1885 2111 426
Frederick Farmers Alliance Frederick Brown 7 5,000 03/30/1888 2117 33
Frederick Mill Company Frederick Brown 7 12,000 10/05/1885 2112 209
Dakota Farmer Elevator Co Freeman Hutchinson 9 5,000 03/30/1886 2112 490
German Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Congregation Unaltered Augsburg Confe Freeman Hutchinson 3-9 01/26/1889 2118 323
Webster Chapel of Ramsey County Freshwater (tw Ramsey 4 06/30/1888 2117 334
German Free Evangelical Church of Friedenthal Friedenthal Hutchinson 3-9 07/19/1886 2114 185
German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Friedeusthal Dakota Friedeusthal Bon Homme 3 05/31/1887 2115 416
Ft. Thomas Improvement Company Ft. Thomas Pembina 5 30,000 03/24/1883 2108 189
Galena Smelting Company Galena Lawrence 5 50,000 05/07/1887 2115 332
Bank of Galena Galena Lawrence 5 10,000 11/08/1886 2114 420
Spring Hill Cemetery Association Gann Valley Buffalo 3 12/13/1888 2118 172
Garden City Methodist Episcopal Church Garden City Clark Not Listed 07/28/1888 2117 418
Deuel County Bank Gary Deuel 3 or 5 50,000 10/08/1888 2118 51
Cemetery Association Deuel County Gary Deuel 5 08/11/1882 2107 173
Deuel County Agricultural Society Gary Deuel 3 07/18/1884 2110 364
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Gary Gary Deuel 3 06/14/1882 2107 50
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Gary Mill Company Gary Deuel 5 2,000 12/27/1880 2105 43
Farmers Produce and Fuel Company of Gary Gary Deuel 5 1,000 04/07/1887 2115 231
First Presbyterian Church of Gary Gary Deuel 3 10/08/1883 2109 232
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Tabor Congregation Georgia Grant 3-11 05/08/1886 2113 173
Germantown Presbyterian Church of Dakota German Town Turner 3 09/06/1886 2114 326
Congregational Church of Gettysburg Gettysburg Potter 3 07/27/1885 2112 212
Gettysburg Cemetery Association Gettysburg Potter 5 125 10/19/1886 2114 403
First Methodist Episcopal Church Gettysburg Potter Not listed 05/28/1887 2115 406
First Baptist Church of Gettysburg Gettysburg Potter Not Listed 11/05/1887 2116 282
Potter County Farmers Elevator Company Gettysburg Potter 9 1,500 08/06/1888 2117 475
Potter County Agricultural Association Gettysburg Potter 7 2,000 08/21/1885 2112 162
Beulah Presbyterian Church of 113.66 Hand County Gilbert (twp) Hand Not Listed 11/06/1886 2114 414
Bank of Gilby Gilby Walsh 3 50,000 12/22/1887 2116 382
Gilby Cemetery Corporation Gilby Grand Forks 3 07/03/1885 2112 40
St. Paul Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church Gilby Grand Forks 3 03/25/1889 2118 426
Presbyterian Church of Gilby Gilby (twp) Grand Forks 3-11 09/09/1887 2116 156
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Gill, County of Cass, Territory of Dakota Gill Cass Not Listed 03/08/1889 2118 413
Congregational Church of Gladstone Gladstone Clark 3 09/21/1883 2109 199
Gladstone Athenaeum Association Gladstone Stark 11 1,000 03/21/1888 2117 3
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Gladstone Gladstone Stark 3 02/05/1885 2111 216
Gladstone Woolen Mill Co. Gladstone Stark 9 100,000 02/19/1886 2112 387
Presbyterian Church of Glasston Glasston Pembina 3 03/07/1888 2116 527
Congregational Church of Glen Ullin Glen Ullin Morton 3 05/06/1885 2111 472
Glen Ullin Cemetery Association Glen Ullin Twp. Morton 5 12/08/1885 2112 244
Albert Barnes Memorial Church of Glencoe Dakota Glencoe (twp) Burleigh 5 10/04/1888 2118 39
Goodwin Cemetery Association Goodwin Deuel 6 03/30/1886 2112 488
First Baptist Church of Goodwin Goodwin Deuel 6 07/05/1881 2105 253
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Grafton Walsh 5 02/19/1886 2112 383
Grafton Amusement Company Grafton Walsh 7 10,000 04/01/1885 2111 359
Walsh County Stock Breeders Association Grafton Walsh 3 12,000 06/11/1885 2112 1
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Grafton Grafton Walsh 3 06/11/1883 2109 22
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Grafton Grafton Walsh 3 04/16/1883 2108 240
Duluth, Dakota and Manitoba Railway Grafton Walsh 7 500,000 10/10/1887 2116 236
Our Saviors Evangelical Lutheran Church Grafton Walsh 3 07/03/1882 2107 78
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First Presbyterian Church of Grafton Grafton Walsh 3 10/18/1882 2107 265
Bank of Grafton Grafton Walsh 12/26/1881 2106 92
Grafton Union League Grafton Walsh 3 05/09/1888 2117 164
First Baptist Church of Grafton Grafton Walsh 3 01/29/1884 2109 434
Walsh County Agricultural Society Grafton Walsh 5 10,000 10/15/1886 2114 385
Grafton Brass Band Grafton Walsh 4 08/13/1883 2109 127
Zion Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Grand Centre Grand 3 10/02/1885 2112 202
Grand Forks Roller Mills (reduction of Directors) Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 05/29/1888 2117 210
Grand Forks Hotel Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3-7 150,000 07/11/1888 2117 301
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 07/26/1884 2110 377
Order of Bachelors (O.A.B's) Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 04/07/1886 2112 523
Grand Forks Creamery Grand Forks Creamery 5 5,000 01/30/1888 2116 420
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Grand Forks Dakota Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 04/19/1887 2115 252
Grand Forks City Street Railway Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 250,000 03/23/1889 2118 466
Zion Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 03/25/1889 2118 421
Grand Forks Opera House Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3-7 100,000 03/23/1889 2118 467
Grand Forks Building Savings and Loan association Grand Forks Grand Forks 9 125,000 02/24/1882 2106 192
Grand Forks Telephone Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 5,000 03/07/1882 2106 219
North Dakota Masons and Odd Fellows Aid and Accident Association Grand Forks Grand Forks 9 02/21/1889 2118 380
Plain Dealer Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 25,000 02/14/1889 2118 362
Grand Forks Telephone Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 05/02/1882 2106 307
Pioneer Club Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 5,500 10/13/1882 2107 261
Grand Forks and Dakota Southern Railroad Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 3,000,000 01/18/1888 2116 396
Plaindealer Printing Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 10,000 05/21/1881 2105 189
Grand Forks Electric Light Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 25,000 09/09/1886 2114 337
Grand Forks Lumber Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 200,000 04/04/1884 2110 121
Northwestern Electric Light and Power Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 4 50,000 04/13/1888 2117 91
Nelson County Land Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 75,000 04/30/1884 2110 190
Dakota Investment Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 50,000 05/13/1884 2110 219
Grand Forks Baseball Association Grand Forks Grand Forks 3-7 1,250 04/01/1887 2115 219
Herald Printing Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 25,000 06/04/1889 2119 140
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Thompson County Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 10/04/1884 2111 12
Grand Forks Gas and Electric Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 6 200,000 05/11/1889 2119 86
Herald Printing Company Grand Forks Grand forks 7 15,000 02/08/1884 2109 466
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Grand Forks Bridge Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 30,000 07/28/1881 2105 272
Norwegian and Danish Methodist Episcopal Church (Election of Directors) Grand Forks Grand Forks 03/08/1887 2115 169
Norwegian and Danish Methodist Episcopal Church of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 03/15/1887 2115 170
Bank of Grafton Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 30,000 10/31/1881 2106 35
Grand Forks Building and Loan Association Grand Forks Grand Forks 10 500,000 12/16/1886 2114 508
North Dakota Trust Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 50,000 01/09/1883 2108 44
Grand Forks Manufacturing Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 25,000 05/17/1882 2106 343
Farmer's Mutual Livestock Protective Association Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 30,000 10/18/1887 2116 247
Grand Forks Publishing Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 25,000 06/26/1883 2109 48
Pioneer Club Grand Forks Grand Forks 100,000 10/30/1882 2107 285
Grand Forks Rollin Mills Grand forks Grand Forks 7 100,000 06/23/1883 2109 44
Bank of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 50,000 10/05/1882 2107 256
Devils Lake Town Site Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 3,000,000 11/24/1882 2107 314
Grand Forks Fireman's Relief Association Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 12/29/1888 2118 215
Vermont Loan and Trust Company (increase of stock) Grand Forks Grand Forks 250,000 09/28/1887 2116 205
Plymouth Congregational Church of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand forks 3 07/02/1885 2112 34
Fargo Grand Forks and Pembina Railroad Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 11 1,500,000 02/08/1883 2108 87
Grand Forks Loan and Land Company of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 3-7 50,000 09/12/1887 2116 165
First Baptist Church of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 09/05/1887 2116 147
Vermont Loan & Trust Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 10,000 03/19/1883 2108 175
Dakota Thorough Bred Cattle Nursery Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 250,000 08/20/1885 2112 159
Antelope Valley Farming Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 20,000 12/21/1885 2112 301
Banner Lodge No. 19 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 02/02/1886 2112 369
Red River Farming Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 40,000 06/14/1882 2107 46
Union Elevator Co. of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 30,000 06/14/1882 2107 48
Dakota Investment Company (increase of stock) Grand Forks Grand Forks 100,000 11/25/1887 2116 321
St. Bernard's Ursuline College & Convent Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 12/31/1885 2112 326
Incandescent Lamp Company of Grand Forks Dakota Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 50,000 07/13/1889 2119 279
Grand Forks Banking Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 50,000 07/18/1882 2107 94
Grand Forks Land & Improvement Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 150,000 04/05/1883 2108 220
Grand Forks & Missouri Valley Rail Road Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 500,000 08/10/1882 2107 169
Independent Order of God Templar Building Association of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 10,000 06/02/1887 2115 436
Northwestern Scandinavian Farmers Mutual Fire and Hail insurance Company o Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 06/09/1887 2115 450
Grand Forks County Agricultural Society Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 10,000 11/17/1885 2112 246
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Dakota Gas and Fuel Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 5 100,000 10/20/1887 2116 257
Moose River Livestock Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 4 50,000 10/27/1885 2112 226
Grand Forks Incandescent Light Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 100,000 07/21/1888 2117 433
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 4 04/26/1879 2104 66
Security Improvement Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 3-15 100,000 07/27/1889 2119 310
First Presbyterian Society of Grand Forks Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 07/15/1879 2104 112
Vermont Loan and Trust Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 9 75,000 09/08/1886 2114 330
Grand Forks National Gas and Fuel Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 100,000 09/04/1886 2114 319
Grand Forks Opera House Company Grand Forks Grand Forks 6 50,000 07/22/1889 2119 297
Grand Forks Cadet Band Grand Forks Grand Forks 3 480 06/30/1886 2114 137
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Lamoure 6 03/29/1886 2112 474
First Reformed Church of Grand View Grand View Douglas Not Listed 02/10/1887 2115 48
Dakota Mortgage & Land Trust Co. Grand View 3 100,000 09/10/1885 2112 178
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Grandin Grandin Cass Not Listed 01/19/1887 2114 575
Grandin Alliance Elevator Company Grandin Cass 9 5,000 07/27/1887 2116 29
First Congregational Church of Grandview Grandview Douglas 3 12/15/1883 2109 345
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Grant Twp. Grant Twp. McCook 4 06/05/1885 2111 563
Grashull Agricultural Ditch Company Grashull Lawrence 5 5,000 01/26/1887 2115 18
Congregational Church of Greenleaf, County of Hand Greenleaf Hand 3-9 01/17/1889 2118 290
Groton Linseed Oil Company Groton Brown 9 60,000 04/27/1888 2117 126
Presbytery of Aberdeen Groton Brown 3 5,000 05/02/1885 2111 458
Groton Methodist Episcopal Church Groton Brown Not Listed 09/16/1887 2116 177
Groton Building and Loan Association Groton Brown 9 500,000 04/10/1888 2117 82
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Groton Brown 7 03/19/1885 2111 328
Groton Linseed Oil Company (change of amount of directors) Groton Brown 3+ 09/12/1889 2119 435
Union Elevator Company of Groton Groton Brown 7 5,000 11/13/1884 2111 61
First Presbyterian Church of Groton Groton Brown 3 03/22/1883 2108 186
Brown County Banking Company Groton Brown 5 50,000 09/12/1889 2119 429
Zoar Church of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Association of North A Groton Brown 3+ 07/07/1888 2117 343
Farmers Bank Groton Brown 5 35,000 05/20/1886 2113 422
Groton Roller Milling Company Groton Brown 4 25,000 04/23/1887 2115 284
Bank of Groton Groton Brown 3 50,000 11/01/1883 2109 288
Congregational Church of Groton Groton Brown 3 05/29/1883 2108 334
Groton Union Cemetery Association Groton Brown 3 03/24/1886 2112 460
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Wild Rice Farm and Stock Company Hall (twp) Sargent 5 25,000 01/18/1887 2114 555
Hamilton Artesian Well Company (increase of stock) Hamilton Pembina 7 10,000 12/24/1888 2118 220
Hamilton Artesian Well and Water Works Company Hamilton Pembina 7 5,000 06/09/1887 2115 453
Hamilton Elevator Company Hamilton Pembina 3 100,000 08/19/1882 2107 184
Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Hamilton Pembina 3 08/13/1884 2110 452
Bank of Hamilton Hamilton Pembina 3 10,000 01/07/1886 2112 341
Christian Union Congregational Church of Hanksinson, Brightwood Township Hankinson Richland 5 06/16/1887 2115 495
Griggs County Blooded Stock Association Hannaford Griggs 9 20,000 03/27/1889 2118 483
Harlen Creamery Company Harlem Sargent 7 2,500 03/17/1888 2116 570
First Holland Christlyke Gereformeerde Hert Harrison Douglas ?? 03/02/1885 2111 284
Harrison Hotel Company Harrison Douglas 5 2,000 04/23/1887 2115 283
First Protestant Reformed Church of Douglas County Harrison Douglas 7 03/15/1884 2110 78
First Reformed (Dutch) Church of Harrison Harrison Douglas Per Discipli 09/26/1889 2119 463
Harrold Cemetery Association Harrold Hughes 3 05/24/1887 2115 371
Hartford Cemetery Association Hartford Minnehaha 3 07/14/1882 2107 87
Hartford Tow Company Hartford Minnehaha 5 10,000 01/21/1889 2118 301
Farmers Alliance of Harford Hartford Minnehaha 7 5,000 10/24/1887 2116 269
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hartford Hartford Minnehaha 3 09/17/1885 2112 274
Erwin Buying and Shipping Association Hartland Kingsbury 5 3,000 08/06/1887 2116 68
Bethania Meuigheds Cemetery Corporation Hartland (twp) Kingsbury 5 03/31/1887 2115 215
Bethania Evangelisk Luthersk Meuighed Hartland (twp) Kingsbury 6 03/31/1887 2115 217
Congregational Church of Christ of Hartland Hartland Twp. Kingsbury 3 11/19/1885 2112 248
Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter Congregation Hartland/Badge Kingsbury 3 03/10/1888 2116 541
Hatton Farmers Alliance Company Hatton Traill 7 02/29/1888 2116 514
Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Congregation of Havana Havana Deuel Not Listed 09/26/1888 2118 34
First Holland Presbyterian Church of Havana Havana (twp) Deuel Not Listed 11/18/1887 2116 310
Tabor Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Havanna Deuel 3+ 09/16/1886 2114 288
Iron and Battle Creeks Flume and Mining Company Hayward City Custer 4 40,000 11/09/1878 2104 27
Iron Creek Flume and Mining Company Hayward City Custer 5 25,000 09/12/1878 2104 21
Foster Creek Mamuluke & Rosebud Mining Company Hayward City Custer 4 20,000 03/20/1879 2104 77
Battle Creek Flume and Mining Company Hayward City Custer 3 20,000 07/23/1878 2104 1
German Evangelical St. John's Church Hebron Morton 5 12/18/1885 2112 298
Bank of Hecla Hecla Brown 3 35,000 12/07/1888 2118 152
Hecla Cheese and Creamery Company Hecla Brown 5 1,000 07/13/1888 2117 329
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First Methodist Episcopal Church Henry Codington 3 04/23/1884 2110 182
Brett Baker Company Henry Codington 5 50,000 06/24/1889 2119 217
Congregational Church of Henry Henry Codington 3 03/26/1883 2108 198
German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Organization of the Unaltered Augsburg Co Henry Brown 3-11 12/09/1886 2114 490
Hermosa Ice Company Hermosa Custer 3 50,000 08/13/1887 2116 89
Hermosa hill City and Western Railroad Company Hermosa Custer 5 750,000 03/10/1888 2116 538
Bank of Hermosa Hermosa Custer 7 35,000 07/06/1886 2114 158
Custer County Agricultural Mineral and Stock Association Hermosa Custer 7-11 2,500 09/05/1887 2116 149
Hayward Group Silver Mining Company Hermosa Custer 11 250,000 08/21/1886 2114 164
Farmers Shipping Association of Hetland Hetland Kingsbury 9 10,000 02/18/1889 2118 373
Rosendal Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Highland (twp) Minnehaha 3 06/16/1888 2117 264
Hosanger Norske Evangeliske Lutherske Meuighed of Clark and Day Counties D Highland (twp) Clark 3 12/24/1888 2118 204
Farmers Hail Association Highmore Hyde 11 02/21/1889 2118 398
Phoenix Hotel Company of Highmore Highmore Hyde 5 3,000 09/05/1888 2118 10
First Congregational Church of Highmore Highmore Hyde 3 11/30/1885 2112 255
Highmore Cemetery Association Highmore Hyde 5 04/20/1887 2115 262
Anglo Dakota Loan and Trust Company Highmore Hyde 5 100,000 05/31/1887 2115 424
Highmore Hotel Company Highmore Hyde 5 1,500 06/21/1887 2115 502
Hill City Miners Union Hill City Pennington 3-9 10/08/1889 2119 496
Hillsboro Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Hills Traill 3 02/26/1885 2111 247
Hillsboro Driving Park Association Hillsboro Traill 5 3,000 12/17/1886 2114 510
Hillsboro Opera House Company Hillsboro Traill 5 10,000 08/16/1888 2117 513
Hillsboro Cemetery Association Hillsboro Traill 5 08/16/1888 2117 519
Presbyterian Church of Hillsboro Hillsboro Traill 3 09/22/1884 2110 516
Hillsboro Farmers Elevator Company Hillsboro Traill 7 6,000 03/28/1887 2115 198
Hans Johnson Mercantile Company Hillsboro Traill 5 25,000 08/28/1889 2119 411
Fargo, Grand Forks and Pembina Railway Company Hillsboro Traill 5 1,500,000 02/11/1887 2115 52
First Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church of Hillsboro Hillsboro Traill 3 08/02/1882 2107 133
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hillsboro Hillsboro Traill 3 06/02/1882 2107 26
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hitchcock Hitchcock Beadle 3 05/26/1883 2108 326
First Presbyterian Society of Hitchcock Hitchcock Beadle 3 11/07/1882 2107 300
Maplewood Cemetery Association Holabird Hyde 5 06/01/1885 2112 264
Hooper Church of the Reformed Church of America Hooper City Emmons 3 08/20/1885 2112 272
Congregational Church of Christ In Hope Hope Steele 3 12/18/1883 2109 350
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Queen Bee Mill Co. Hope Griggs 3 50,000 02/27/1883 2108 126
Zion Presbyterian Society of Edmunds County Hosmer Edmunds 3-11 03/25/1889 2118 470
Dakota Hot Springs Company Hot Springs Custer 3 2,000,000 10/24/1882 2107 283
Evergreen Cemetery Association Hot Springs Fall River 9 10/17/1887 2116 242
Battle Mountain Marble and Improvement Company Hot Springs Fall River 5 1,000,000 06/29/1887 2115 541
Minnekahta Bank Hot Springs Fall River 3 25,000 06/11/1888 2117 254
Black Hills College Hot Springs Fall River 11 12/01/1887 2116 332
First Presbyterian Church of Hot Springs Hot Springs Fall River 3-11 10/04/1889 2119 486
Houghton Farmers Elevator Company Houghton Brown 9 1,000 10/24/1888 2118 83
Congregational Church of Howard Howard Miner 3 01/06/1885 2111 142
Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation of Unaltered Augsburg Confession Howard Miner 3 04/15/1887 2115 286
Howard Norsk Evangelical Lutheresk Minighed Howard Miner 3 02/08/1884 2109 464
Beach Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Howard Miner 4 06/28/1884 2110 327
Howard Union Congregational Church Howard Mines 3 09/27/1882 2107 241
Miner County Agricultural & Industrial Association Howard Miner 25 07/31/1885 2112 132
Ladies Library Association of Howard Howard Miner 7 01/07/1886 2112 340
Miner County Stockman and Driving Park Association Howard Miner 5 2,000 06/08/1887 2115 442
Security Bank of Dakota Howard Miner 5 10,000 02/06/1885 2111 227
First Presbyterian Church of Huffton, Dakota Huffton Brown 3 03/10/1888 2116 535
First Presbyterian Church of Hunter Hunter Cass 5 04/14/1887 2115 120
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hunter, County of Cass Hunter Cass Not Listed 07/28/1887 2116 36
Hurley Cemetery Association Hurley Turner 7 02/10/1885 2111 238
Harmony Presbyterian Church of Hurley Hurley Turner 3 07/11/1883 2109 75
Hurley Cornet Band Hurley Turner 3 06/05/1884 2110 272
Hurley Building and Loan Association Hurley Turner 7 2,500 07/08/1889 2119 261
First Regular Baptist Church of Hurley Hurley Turner 3 07/01/1883 2109 103
Grace Church Hurley Hurley Turner 5 05/09/1884 2110 205
Capital City Mining Company Huron Beadle 5 500,000 12/19/1887 2116 370
Huron Street Railway Company Huron Beadle 5 50,000 05/26/1883 2108 324
Huron Electric Light and Power Company Huron Beadle 3 50,000 10/27/1886 2114 406
St. Peters German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 02/12/1883 2108 92
Beadle County Agricultural Association Huron Beadle 9 10,000 08/14/1883 2109 132
Dakota Publishing Company Huron Beadle 3 2,000 11/01/1886 2114 412
Huron Creamery and Cold Storage Company Huron Beadle 5 6,500 02/24/1888 2116 497
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First Congregational Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 09/03/1884 2110 487
Farmer's Beadle County Protective Association Huron Beadle 11 50,000 07/16/1885 2112 78
Capitol City Building and Loan Association of Huron Dakota Huron Beadle 5 250,000 04/09/1887 2115 240
Norwegian and Dane Free Lutheran Church of Huron Huron Beadle 4 04/10/1889 2118 445
Traders Banking Co. Huron Beadle 7 100,000 01/20/1885 2111 172
Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin in Huron Huron Beadle 3 07/11/1884 2110 347
James River Lodge I.O.O.F. No. 32 Huron Beadle 3 08/10/1883 2109 124
National Land and Trust Company Huron Beadle 5 250,000 01/12/1889 2118 252
Alliance Aid Association Huron Beadle 9 12/15/1888 2118 185
South Dakota Telephone and Telegraph Company Huron Beadle 3-7 10,000 09/18/1889 2119 449
Duluth Huron & Denver Railroad Company Huron Beadle 10,0000,00 08/19/1885 2112 157
First Baptist Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 05/19/1881 2105 182
North American Investment Company Huron Beadle 5 500,000 01/17/1887 2114 563
Huron City Railway Company Huron Beadle 3 100,000 07/31/1886 2114 222
Free Swedish Lutheran Church Huron Beadle 6 09/21/1887 2116 185
Dakota Mortgage Banking Co. Huron Beadle 3 20,000 12/28/1885 2112 316
Dakota State Bindery Company Huron Beadle 5 15,000 05/16/1887 2115 346
Empire Coal Company Huron Beadle 5 500,000 01/23/1888 2116 401
Dakota Coal Economizing Co. Huron Beadle 4 6,000 03/08/1886 2112 420
Beadle County Abstract Company Huron Beadle 5 20,000 01/24/1889 2118 317
Rubel Furniture Company Huron Beadle 3 1500 08/31/1885 2112 174
Huron Building & Loan Association Huron Beadle 7 1,000,000 02/09/1885 2111 265
Dakota Packing and Provisions Company Huron Beadle 4 10,000 10/01/1886 2114 369
Huron Coal and Mining Company Huron Beadle 3 500,000 05/23/1887 2115 369
Union League Club of Huron Huron Beadle 4 11/23/1883 2109 315
Northwestern Life Insurance Co. Huron Beadle 5 100,000 02/12/1886 2112 375
Northwestern Pressed Brick Company Huron Beadle 5 5,000 05/09/1882 2106 322
Beadle County Bank Huron Beadle 7 20,000 01/29/1883 2108 62
Dakota Farm Mortgage Company Huron Beadle 7 1,000,000 10/27/1887 2116 271
Northwestern Savings Loan and Building Association Huron Beadle 7 20,000,000 02/18/1889 2118 375
Huron Furniture Company Huron Beadle 3-5 15,000 01/21/1888 2116 405
Kilpatrick Post No. 4 of Dakota G.A.R. (conduct election of Trustees Huron Beadle 04/02/1885 2111 399
Huron City Mill company Huron Beadle 3 30,000 08/02/1884 2110 399
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 09/03/1881 2105 369
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Huron Printing and Bindery Company Huron Beadle 5 100,000 04/17/1889 2118 558
Huron Co-Operative Supply Company Huron Beadle 7 5,000 06/22/1888 2117 285
City Bank Huron Beadle 3 25,000 06/22/1883 2109 39
Merchants Protective and Collecting Association Huron Beadle 3 10,000 03/15/1887 2115 158
Grand Lodge of Dakota Knights of Pythias Huron Beadle 3 05/13/1886 2113 260
Grace Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 06/13/1883 2109 30
First Presbyterian Society of Huron Huron Beadle 3 07/05/1881 2105 256
German Congregational Church of Huron Huron Beadle 3 12/08/1886 2114 487
Kilpatrick Post No. 4 of Dakota G.A.R. (conduct election of Trustees Huron Beadle 5 04/10/1885 2111 400
Huron Stone Company Huron Beadle 3 30,000 11/20/1880 2105 28
Democrat Publishing Company Huron Beadle 5 15,000 03/23/1885 2111 340
Huron Masonic Hall Building Co. Huron Beadle 5 2,000 08/10/1881 2105 294
Central Dakota Mortgage Company Huron Beadle 3 10,000 03/08/1884 2110 41
Houston Baptist Church of Houston Huston Douglas 3 06/30/1883 2109 56
First Presbyterian Church of Boundary Congregation Hyde Park Pembina 3 05/20/1883 2108 319
Inkster Presbyterian Church Inkster Grand Forks 3 06/19/1885 2112 12
Congregational Church of Inkster Inkster Grand Forks 3 07/13/1885 2112 65
Farmers Elevator Company of Ipswich Ipswich Edmunds 7 6,000 07/03/1886 2114 141
Ladies Library Association Ipswich Edmunds 7 09/20/1886 2114 347
First Baptist Church Ipswich Edmunds 3 07/26/1884 2110 384
Congregational Church of Ipswich Ipswich Edmunds 3 09/27/1884 2110 529
First Baptist Church of Ipswich Ipswich Edmunds 3+ 08/10/1886 2114 230
Continental Loan and trust Company of Ipswich, Dakota Ipswich Edmunds 5 200,000 08/13/1888 2117 497
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Ipswich Dakota Ipswich Edmunds Not Listed 07/05/1887 2115 432
Edmunds County Abstract Company Ipswich Edmunds 6 10,000 11/04/1889 2118 568
Mortgage Bank and Investment Company Ipswich Edmunds 7 500,000 06/13/1887 2115 483
Kimball Mortgage Company Ipswich Edmunds 5 100,000 11/23/1887 2116 316
Bank of Ipswich Ipswich Edmunds 3 25,000 05/26/1887 2115 384
Ipswich Creamery Company Ipswich Edmunds 3 3,500 05/21/1888 2117 188
Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Ipswich Edmunds 4 07/09/1884 2110 341
Edmunds Agricultural Fair Association Ipswich Edmunds 11 5,000 06/15/1886 2114 78
Congregational Church of Ipswich Ipswich Edmunds 3 01/13/1884 2109 471
Union Congregational Church of Liberty Township County of Edmunds Ipswich Edmunds 3-9 05/23/1889 2119 110
Iroquois Public and Lodge Hall Association Iroquois Kingsbury 11 5,000 06/24/1887 2115 513
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Iroquois Building and Loan Association Iroquois Kingsbury 9 2,000 03/04/1887 2115 106
Bank Of Iroquois Iroquois Kingsbury 3 25,000 01/01/1886 2112 327
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Iroquois Iroquois Kingsbury 3 08/26/1885 2112 170
Bank of Iroquois (Acceptance of Provisions) Iroquois Kingsbury 01/21/1888 2116 400
Farmer and Merchants Bank Iroquois Kingsbury 3 100,000 06/05/1888 2117 220
Congregational Church of Iroquois Iroquois Kingsbury 3 04/10/1885 2111 367
South Dakota Farm Mortgage Company Iroquois Kingsbury 5 25,000 04/25/1888 2117 124
Iroquois Roller Flouring and Feed Mill and Elevator Company Iroquois Kingsbury 7 15,000 08/26/1887 2116 120
Bethel Church Society of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Association Irving Spink 3 11/14/1888 2118 108
Pioneer Publishing Co. Jamestown Stutsman 3 5,000 09/25/1885 2112 195
Congregational Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 3-9 10/07/1889 2119 493
Jamestown Alert Printing Co. Jamestown Stutsman 3 40,0000 07/07/1883 2109 62
North Dakota Loan & Trust Company Jamestown Stutsman 9 100,000 05/13/1882 2106 336
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 7 08/27/1881 2105 344
James River Elevator Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 100,000 10/27/1883 2109 268
Jamestown Building Loan & Savings Association Jamestown Stutsman 11 600,000 05/07/1881 2105 163
Jamestown Hotel Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 120,000 04/27/1886 2113 71
Jamestown Electric Light Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 35,000 12/01/1887 2116 330
Northern Dakota Elevator Co. Jamestown Stutsman 7 50,000 07/27/1885 2112 111
Jamestown Street Car Railway Jamestown Stutsman 5 100,000 12/13/1882 2107 342
Jamestown and Northern Extension Railroad Company (change of route directi Jamestown Stutsman 4 10/11/1889 2119 507
North Dakota Loan and Trust Company Jamestown Stutsman 7 100,000 06/11/1887 2115 470
Windsor Cattle Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 100,000 09/04/1886 2114 321
Brown Brothers and Preston Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 100,000 01/04/1883 2108 37
James River Valley Railroad Company Jamestown Stutsman 7 1,000,000 08/02/1883 2109 108
Jamestown and Northern Extension Railroad Jamestown Stutsman 4 1,600,000 06/08/1889 2119 154
North Dakota Farmer Publishing Company Jamestown Stutsman 6 5,000 08/24/1886 2114 291
Stutsman County Agricultural and Sporting Association Jamestown Stutsman 5 5,000 08/06/1887 2116 71
Dakota & Minnesota Railroad Co. Jamestown Stutsman 5 1,000,000 12/01/1883 2109 336
Jamestown Gas Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 30,000 12/12/1884 2111 111
Jamestown Telegraph & Telephone Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 10,000 06/13/1882 2107 42
Jamestown Creamery Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 5,000 01/31/1888 2116 425
First Baptist Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 3 06/13/1882 2107 52
Jamestown Elevator Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 300,000 07/20/1882 2107 99
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First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 6 08/16/1880 2104 356
Der Deutschen Verem of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 5 20,000 09/25/1885 2112 199
Jamestown Turnverein of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 5 25,000 03/25/1881 2105 133
Northern Dakota Elevator Company (increase of stock) Jamestown Stutsman 7 100,000 09/24/1886 2114 357
North Dakota Telephone & Telegraph Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 50,000 10/20/1883 2109 260
James River Valley Railroad Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 1,000,000 07/29/1882 2107 127
South Eastern Dakota Railroad Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 1,000,000 12/02/1886 2114 475
St. James Catholic Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 3 07/23/1884 2110 385
James River Valley Stock Raising Association Jamestown Stutsman 3 50,000 07/11/1883 2109 77
Jamestown Light & Water Works Co. Jamestown Stutsman 3 500,000 02/07/1883 2108 82
Jamestown Library Association Jamestown Stutsman 11 01/20/1883 2108 74
Jamestown College Jamestown Stutsman 9 01/04/1884 2109 393
James River Lumber Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 25,000 07/14/1883 2109 86
Stutsman County Elevator Company Jamestown Stutsman 3 24,000 08/22/1882 2107 192
Jamestown Law Library Jamestown Stutsman 9 20,000 02/21/1888 2116 490
Jamestown Livestock Company Jamestown Stutsman 5 10,000 03/13/1888 2116 556
Jamestown Hotel Jamestown Stutsman 3 150,000 02/12/1883 2108 90
Jamestown Methodist Episcopal Church of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 3 07/30/1880 2104 344
Dakota Building and Loan Association of Jamestown Jamestown Stutsman 11 09/16/1882 2107 215
Kampeska Cemetery Association Kampeska Codington 6 03/13/1886 2112 432
Kampeska Methodist Episcopal Church Kampeska Codington Not Listed 06/27/1887 2115 525
Kampeska Milling Company Kampeska Codington 5 15,000 11/17/1887 2116 302
Zion Church Society of the Dakota Conference of Evangelical Association of Nor Kellerton Hamlin 3 06/28/1889 2119 220
First Presbyterian Church of Kensington Kensington Walsh 3 08/13/1884 2110 448
First Presbyterian Church of Keystone Keystone Dickey 3 09/06/1883 2109 179
North Dakota Dairymen's Association Kibby Cass 5 12,000 01/06/1882 2106 113
First M. E. Church at Kidder, Lincoln County Kidder Lincoln 5 08/28/1878 2104 8
First United Bretheran Church of Kilborn Kilborn (twp) Grant Not Listed 06/13/1889 2119 181
First Baptist Church of Kimball Kimball Brule 3 04/21/1884 2110 169
Brule County Well Drilling Company Kimball Brule 3 800 08/30/1882 2107 195
Farmers and Traders Bank of Kimball (Increase of Stock) Kimball Brule 8 50,000 08/11/1886 2114 267
Kimball Townsite Company Kimball Brule 5 6,000 05/09/1882 2106 318
Kimball Milling Company Kimball Brule 3 15,000 07/06/1886 2114 157
Brule Lodge No. 44 A. F. and A. M. Kimball Brule 3 04/02/1888 2117 50
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Brule County Fair Association Kimball Brule 5 5,000 08/06/1884 2110 432
St. Lawrence Investment Company Kimball Brule 3 1,000 08/21/1884 2110 464
Index Publishing Company Kimball Brule 5 10,000 06/06/1883 2109 1
Brule County Agricultural Society Kimball Brule 5 06/30/1882 2107 67
Farmers and Traders Bank Kimball Brule 3 25,000 08/19/1884 2110 460
Presbyterian Church of Kimball Kimball Brule 3 04/13/1882 2106 277
Our Lady of the Rosary County of Codington, Territory of Dakota Kranzburg Codington 5 03/31/1888 2117 42
Campbell County Methodist Episcopal Church La Grace Campbell 3 08/28/1885 2112 273
La Grace Land & Improvement Co. La Grace Campbell 3 100,000 02/25/1884 2110 9
Congregational Church of LaGrange La Grange Yankton 3-9 12/03/1887 2116 337
First Presbyterian Church of LaFoon LaFoon Faulk 3 06/26/1885 2112 230
Farmers Bank of South Dakota, in the County of Kingsbury Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 5,000 04/27/1889 2119 50
Lake Preston Cheese Company Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 500 07/27/1888 2117 452
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lake Preston Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 08/27/1889 2119 404
Congregational Church of Preston Lake Preston Kingsbury 3 12/30/1881 2106 95
Lake Preston Building and Loan Association Lake Preston Kingsbury 7 50,000 06/14/1887 2115 490
Farmers Shipping Association of Lake Preston Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 1,200 10/21/1884 2111 30
Merchants Exchange Bank Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 20,000 12/17/1887 2116 362
Kingsbury County Board of Trade Lake Preston Kingsbury 5 01/04/1882 2106 104
Bloom Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Lake Sinai Brookings 3 05/11/1889 2118 514
Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist Lakeport Yankton 3 09/22/1884 2110 523
Lakeport Horse and Livestock Company Lakeport Yankton 5 1,600 06/22/1887 2115 509
Dakota Methodist Episcopal Church Lakota Nelson 12/09/1885 2112 279
Farming and Stock Company of Lakota, Nelson County, Dakota Territory Lakota Nelson 3 25,000 06/06/1888 2117 240
Lakota Creamery Company Lakota Nelson 5 4,000 03/03/1888 2116 518
Owl Club of Lakota Dakota Lakota Nelson 7 5,500 03/25/1887 2115 196
First Presbyterian Church of LaMoure LaMoure LaMoure 3 10/25/1883 2109 262
Board of Trade town of Lamoure Lamoure Lamoure 5 03/04/1884 2110 26
Baptist Church of Lamoure Lamoure Lamoure 3 08/25/1885 2112 169
LaMoure County Creamery LaMoure LaMoure 5 5,000 02/19/1888 2116 483
Northern Pacific LaMoure and Missouri River Railroad Company LaMoure LaMoure 5 1,850,000 12/10/1886 2114 494
Farmers Elevator Company of LaMoure LaMoure LaMoure 5 5,000 03/02/1889 2118 404
LaMoure Stock Breeders Association LaMoure LaMoure 3 2,500 04/05/1889 2118 498
Missouri River Roscoe and Duluth Rail Road Company LaMoure Lamoure 13 1,400,000 08/04/1887 2116 60
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Western Oil and Mining Company LaMoure LaMoure 5 100,000 08/30/1888 2118 6
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lamoure Lamoure Lamoure 4 03/29/1886 2112 473
Lampton Cemetery Corporation Lampton Walsh 3 09/16/1885 2112 183
Cavalier County Bank Langdon Cavalier 3 25,000 12/06/1887 2116 349
J. A. Hobis Methodist Episcopal Church of Langdon Langdon Cavalier Not Listed 06/13/1889 2119 201
Dakota Land and Townsite Company Langdon Cavalier 3 07/19/1887 2116 9
North Dakota Land and Townsite Company Langdon Cavalier 3 11/21/1887 2116 314
Cavalier County Democrat Publishing Company Langdon Cavalier 5 2,300 08/05/1887 2116 66
Cavalier County Agricultural Society Langdon Cavalier 11 50,000 08/22/1888 2117 545
Bank of Langdon Langdon Cavalier 4 12,000 02/07/1888 2116 448
Presbyterian Church of Langdon Langdon Cavalier 5 08/08/1888 2117 483
Langford Methodist Episcopal Church Langford Marshall Not Listed 10/22/1888 2118 19
Finis Apostolic Lutheran Church of Lara Township Lara (twp) Brown 9 03/28/1887 2115 117
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Larimore Larimore Grand Forks Not Listed 05/09/1889 2118 512
First Presbyterian Church of Le Beau Le Beau Walworth 3 10/08/1883 2109 234
Le Sueur Elevator Company Le Sueur (twp) Kingsbury 5 10,000 09/14/1888 2118 23
Isadorah Mining Co. Lead Lawrence 5 200,000 03/13/1886 2112 437
Mugwamp Mining Company Lead Lawrence 5 1,000,000 12/09/1884 2111 105
Satterfield Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 511
Magnolia Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 558
Rochester Black Hills Gold Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 500,000 08/30/1887 2116 132
Harrison Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,000,000 07/16/1888 2117 319
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Lead City Lead City Lawrence Not Listed 06/18/1888 2117 273
Tornado Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining & Milling co. Lead City Lawrence 3 1,000,000 09/08/1883 2109 181
Isadora Mining Company (increase in capital stock) Lead City Lawrence 5 250,000 09/14/1888 2118 18
Canadian Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/25/1886 2114 120
International Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/25/1886 2113 478
Blackstone Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 06/14/1886 2114 72
Pennsylvania Oil Company of Dakota Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 548
Glenwood Gold & Silver Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 3 1,500,000 12/11/1884 2111 113
Revenue Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/14/1888 2117 326
Lead City Bank (Acceptance of Amendments) Lead City Lawrence 3 08/23/1887 2116 109
Hawkeye Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/26/1886 2113 487
Lead City Hose Company No. 2 Lead City Lawrence 5 06/20/1888 2117 280
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North Star Gold & Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 10,000,000 08/08/1879 2104 120
Axiom Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 1,250,000 10/26/1888 2118 85
Wall Street Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 2,000,000 05/27/1886 2113 502
Kimberly Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/07/1888 2117 245
Star Lodge No. 9 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lead City Lawrence 5 07/26/1887 2116 20
Lead City Bank Lead City Lawrence 3 10,000 01/20/1883 2108 73
Lead City Bank (increase in stock) Lead City Lawrence 01/07/1888 2116 391
Lead City Lodge No. 17, I. O. O. F. Lead City Lawrence 5 50,000 06/29/1887 2115 544
Homblende Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 4 2,500,000 12/03/1888 2118 139
Great North Western Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 9 2,500,000 05/26/1886 2113 491
Retriever Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 560
Commonwealth Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 04/30/1886 2113 98
Silver Brick Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 448
Bald Mountain Silver and Gold Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 02/15/1888 2116 480
Wild West Silver Mining co Lead City Lawrence 9 1.250,000 04/08/1886 2112 520
Quincy Silver Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 6 150,000 04/10/1886 2112 529
Crown Point Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/14/1886 2112 530
Beaver Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,500,000 02/14/1888 2116 478
Northside Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,000,000 04/07/1887 2115 236
Tornado Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining and Milling Company (increase of Lead City Lawrence 5 07/05/1889 2119 249
Silver Bar Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 375
Eagle Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 02/05/1887 2115 40
Illumination Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 01/24/1887 2115 8
Champagne Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 06/05/1886 2114 5
Lead City Miners Union Lead City Lawrence 3 02/24/1880 2104 208
Ingersoll Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 343
Dido Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/08/1886 2113 178
Comstock & Belfast Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 7 750,000 04/12/1886 2112 539
Plutus Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 02/25/1888 2116 507
Grand Army Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/08/1886 2113 176
Lead City Gold & Silver Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 5 500,000 03/22/1886 2112 455
Lucile Gold & Silver Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 7 400,000 03/25/1886 2112 465
Black Hills Railroad Company Lead City Lawrence 5 500,000 06/12/1881 2105 229
Amazon Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 426
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Lead City Hose Company Lead City Lawrence 5 20,000 10/16/1880 2104 395
Josephine Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 315
Ontario Silver & Gold Mining Co. Lead City Lawrence 9 1.250,000 04/08/1886 2112 518
Monitor Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/19/1886 2113 371
Monroe Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 2,500,000 01/26/1889 2118 329
Deadwood and Lead City Horse Rail Road Company Lead City Lawrence 5 50,000 11/27/1878 2104 29
Superior Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/30/1886 2113 93
Young American Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3-11 2,500,000 02/05/1889 2118 346
Double Standard Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/13/1887 2115 340
California Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 3,000,000 05/13/1886 2113 248
Syracuse Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 250,000 04/30/1886 2113 91
Pennsylvania Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 7 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 439
Deadwood Lead Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 250,000 05/14/1886 2113 318
Cumberland Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 12 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 197
Home Rule Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 9 420,000 05/08/1886 2113 188
Horn Silver Mining Co. of Ruby Basin Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 04/15/1886 2112 543
Ingleside Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/25/1886 2113 463
Ivanhoe Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/19/1886 2113 354
Socrates Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 225,000 05/19/1886 2113 368
Keystone Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 4 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 278
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lead City Lead City Lawrence 3 02/03/1881 2105 85
Java Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 8 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 226
Gladstone Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,250,000 04/20/1886 2113 46
Sunset Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 213
Lead City and Whitewood Toll Road Company Lead City Lawrence 3 1,000 08/31/1878 2104 14
Box Elder Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/25/1886 2113 470
Deer Mountain Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 04/26/1886 2113 61
Hartford Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 12/08/1886 2114 480
Tennessee and Kentucky Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 04/26/1886 2113 59
St. Paul Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,000,000 05/19/1886 2113 365
Lead City Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 7 1,000,000 04/18/1888 2117 107
Empire Oil Company Lead City Lawrence 5 250,000 01/19/1887 2114 577
Calloa Gold and Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 4 1,250,000 05/08/1886 2113 181
Mountain Rose Gold and Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/15/1886 2113 3
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Lead City Miners Building Association Lead City Lawrence 5 07/13/1882 2107 90
Appleton Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/07/1886 2114 7
Nyjer Hill Tin Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 02/01/1888 2116 433
Back Hills Railroad Company Lead City Lawrence 07/17/1882 2107 93
Big Sioux Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 455
Alta Italia Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 352
Congregational Church of Lebanon Lebanon Potter 3-9 05/23/1889 2119 99
Bank of Leeds Leeds Cass 5 25,000 10/17/1889 2119 525
Lennox Cemetery Association Lennox Lincoln 3 03/09/1882 2106 226
Ebenezer German Presbyterian Church of Lennox Lennox Lincoln 3 01/17/1889 2118 292
Lincoln County Agricultural Association Lennox Lincoln 7 07/20/1881 2105 269
German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church of Lennox Lennox Lincoln 3 08/15/1889 2119 379
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lennox Lennox Lincoln 3 07/19/1880 2104 324
Church of Christ Lennox Turner 3 09/22/1884 2110 511
First Presbyterian Society of Leola Dakota Territory Leola McPherson 3-11 07/02/1887 2115 559
Fidelity Loan Company Leola McPherson 5 25,000 05/17/1889 2119 96
Green Mound Cemetery Association of Leola McPherson County Leola McPherson 5 09/15/1887 2116 172
Evangelic Lutheran St. Takobin Genecide of Leola Leola McPherson 3-11 04/12/1888 2117 88
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church of Leonard Leonard Cass Not Listed 05/31/1887 2115 421
Congregational Church of Christ of Lesterville, Dakota Lesterville Yankton 5 02/02/1889 2118 336
Congregational Church of Letcher Letcher Miner 3 03/02/1883 2108 134
Farmers Warehouse Company Letcher Sanborn 7 10,000 08/10/1886 2114 266
Liberty Farmers Alliance Liberty Brown 5 1,000 05/28/1888 2117 206
Liberty Centre Methodist Episcopal Church Liberty (twp) Beadle Not Listed 11/14/1887 2116 295
Richland County Agricultural Society Lidgerwood Richland 5 10/12/1888 2118 56
Farmers Elevator Company Lidgerwood Richland 7 5,000 07/19/1889 2119 294
Salem Church Society of the Dakota Conference of the Evangelical Association o Lincoln (twp) Douglas 3+ 05/02/1889 2119 63
Lisbon Building and Loan Association Lisbon Ransom 9 250,000 03/03/1887 2115 132
Lisbon Library Association Lisbon Ramsey 3 01/20/1885 2111 170
Lisbon Board of Trade Lisbon Ransom 9 02/15/1884 2109 474
St. Aloysius Church of Lisbon Lisbon Ransom 5 08/18/1886 2114 282
Standing Rock Mining Company Lisbon Ransom 9 250,000 03/12/1884 2110 66
Lisbon Electric Light Company Lisbon Ransom 5 25,000 01/03/1883 2108 31
Lisbon City Band Lisbon Ransom 5 08/13/1889 2119 368
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Lisbon Republican Company Lisbon Ransom 5 1,300 05/25/1882 2107 12
Lisbon Street Railway Co. Lisbon Ransom 3 10,000 11/07/1882 2107 295
Lisbon Brick & Tile Company Lisbon Ransom 3 25,000 05/18/1882 2107 1
Newport Union Church Society Lisbon Ransom 5 04/25/1882 2106 294
Lisbon Telephone Company Lisbon Ransom 5 25,000 01/03/1883 2108 33
First Presbyterian Church of Lisbon Lisbon Ransom 3 05/05/1884 2110 200
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lisbon Lisbon Ransom 3 08/08/1882 2107 162
Ransom County Agricultural and Driving Park Association Lisbon Ransom 9 5,000 09/14/1885 2112 180
Alpha Mining Company Lisbon Ransom 4 500,000 11/06/1883 2109 300
First Baptist Church of Lisbon Lisbon Ransom 3 08/01/1883 2109 106
Southwestern Lumber Company Lisbon Ramsey 3 30,000 07/14/1883 2109 88
Little Muddy Bridge Company Little Muddy Ra Wallette 3 1,000 06/12/1879 2104 104
Lodi Cemetery Association Lodi Clay 6 03/09/1885 2111 298
Lodi Methodist Episcopal Church Lodi Clay 5 05/11/1885 2111 225
Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick Lodi Clay 4 06/11/1885 2112 266
Ludden Methodist Episcopal Church Ludden Dickey Not Listed 06/07/1887 2115 267
Ludden Cemetery Association Ludden Dickey 5 08/12/1889 2119 362
First Baptist Church of Ludden Ludden Dickey 3 03/28/1887 2115 204
Northwestern Loan and Banking Company Madison Lake 5 1,000,000 07/11/1889 2119 270
Madison Bank of Madison Madison Lake 3 50,000 06/30/1884 2110 334
South Dakota State Bindery Company Madison Lake 4 15,000 04/26/1889 2119 44
First Baptist Church of Madison Madison Lake 6 03/08/1884 2110 52
First German Baptist Church of Madison Madison Lake 3 12/09/1885 2112 280
Madison Lodge No. 20 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Madison Lake 3 3,500 10/19/1882 2107 271
Lake County Grain Association Madison Lake 9 2,000 11/02/1885 2112 233
Lakeside Stock Farm Madison Lake 3 100,000 06/11/1887 2115 457
Madison Telephone Company Madison Lake 5 400 06/11/1887 2115 459
Lake Madison Steamboat Pleasure and Improvement County Madison Lake 3 50,000 06/11/1887 2115 461
Lake County Publishing Company Madison Lake 7 5,000 10/19/1889 2119 539
Madison Fair and Trotting Association Madison Lake 5 9,000 09/20/1889 2119 454
Madison Motor Railway Company Madison Lake 5 30,000 08/05/1889 2119 338
Alliance Warehouse Company Madison Lake 7 10,000 10/18/1887 2116 254
Madison Electric Light Heat and Power Company Madison Lake 3 50,000 02/18/1889 2118 384
Madison Cemetery Association Madison Lake 3 10/25/1883 2109 265
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Mutual Publishing House Madison Lake 5 5,000 12/22/1887 2116 374
National Loan and Banking Company Madison Lake 5 1,000,000 03/30/1889 2118 485
First Seventh Day Adventist Church of Madison Madison Lake 3 04/28/1884 2110 183
American Mortgage and Investment Co.; Madison Lake 3 100,000 07/09/1885 2112 56
Madison Building and Loan Association Madison Lake 7 500,000 02/13/1888 2116 471
Madison Opera House Company Madison Lake 5 5,000 04/16/1884 2110 149
Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas Madison Lake 3 02/15/1884 2109 479
Lake County Agricultural Association Madison Lake 7 07/18/1885 2112 88
First Methodist Episcopal Church Madison Lake 3 12/31/1883 2109 383
American Mortgage and Investment Company Madison Lake 5 500,000 05/06/1887 2115 327
Lake County Bank Madison Lake 3 10,000 03/07/1881 2105 103
Bank of South Dakota Madison Lake 5 100,000 07/25/1889 2119 306
Dakota Book & Stationery Co. Madison Lake 3 5,000 04/20/1885 2111 428
Madison Bank of Madison Lake Madison Lake Lake 3 100,000 02/03/1885 2111 212
First Presbyterian Society of Manchester Manchester Kingsbury 3-11 10/11/1886 2114 379
Manchester Farmers Shipping Association Manchester Kingsbury 5 5,000 08/31/1887 2116 135
Mandan Creamery Company Mandan Morton 3 5,000 04/05/1888 2117 62
West Missouri Colony Bureau of North Dakota Mandan Morton 3 10,000 06/02/1886 2113 545
Mandan Building Association Mandan Morton 7 1,000,000 06/13/1883 2109 27
Roman Catholic Congregation of St. Joseph Mandan, County of Morton Mandan Morton 5 01/30/1888 2116 416
Pioneer Publishing Company Mandan Morton 3 17,000 08/27/1883 2109 159
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Mandan Morton 3 03/07/1885 2111 289
Greenwood Cemetery Mandan Morton 5 01/04/1883 2108 35
First Baptist Church of Mandan Mandan Morton 3 04/27/1882 2106 302
Mandan Street Railway Company Mandan Morton 5 50,000 06/13/1884 2110 299
Mandan Roller Mills Company Mandan Morton 6 50,000 06/13/1884 2110 297
Greenwood Cemetery Mandan Morton 5 02/23/1882 2106 190
Upper Missouri Navigation Company Mandan Norton 5 3,000 05/18/1883 2108 300
Emerson Institute of Mandan Mandan Burleigh 5 05/24/1880 2104 284
Pioneer Land & Business Association Mandan Morton 5 24,000 01/17/1882 2106 125
HS Fellow Methodist Episcopal Church of Mandan Mandan Morton 3 01/04/1882 2106 106
Dakota Coal Mining & Fuel Co. Mandan Morton 5 50,000 12/31/1881 2106 102
Division Number 1 of Board of Erin Ancient Order of Hibernians Mandan Morton 5 03/19/1889 2118 457
Northwestern Land & Improvement Association Mandan Morton 7 10,000 11/03/1881 2106 44
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Merchant & Mechanic Bank of Mandan Mandan Morton 5 30,000 03/28/1881 2105 130
Mandan Congregational Church Mandan Morton 3 10/01/1881 2105 398
First Presbyterian Church of Mandan Mandan Morton 5 09/27/1881 2105 391
North Dakota Co-Operative Mercantile Company Mandan Morton 9 30,000 06/10/1889 2119 163
Roman Catholic Church of St. Timothy in Manvel Manvel Grand Forks 3 04/16/1884 2110 158
Mapes Townsite Company Mapes Nelson 5 25,000 09/21/1883 2109 196
First Baptist Church of Mapes Mapes Nelson 3 10/03/1883 2109 224
St. Olaf Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Maple River (tw Ransom 5 03/19/1889 2118 418
Sawyer Steam Plow Company Mapleton Cass 5 80,000 09/29/1885 2112 197
First Presbyterian Church of Mapleton Mapleton Cass 3 09/18/1882 2107 218
Pease Valley Presbyterian Church March Charles Mix 3 07/01/1889 2119 238
Jackson Cemetery Association March Charles Mix 5 07/01/1889 2119 235
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Marion Junction of Dakota Marion Junction Turner Not Listed 07/28/1888 2117 416
Marion Junction Presbyterian Church Marion Junction Turner 3 08/22/1882 2107 190
Imanuels German Presbyterian Church of Marion Junction Marion Junction Turner 3 06/20/1889 2119 215
Martin's Valley Stock Company Martin's Valley Custer 4 5,000 05/13/1886 2113 269
Chamber of Commerce of City of Mayville Mayville Traill 7 06/02/1886 2113 568
Congregational Church of Mayville Mayville Traill 3 08/04/1882 2107 149
Mayville Elevator Company Mayville Cook 3 20,000 08/04/1885 2112 145
Mayville Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Mayville Traill 3 03/04/1886 2112 407
Goose River Investment Co. Mayville Traill 3 100,000 03/24/1886 2112 463
Mayville Roller Skating Rink Co. Mayville Traill 7 15,000 09/01/1884 2110 477
Foster Methodist Episcopal Church of Mayville Mayville Traill Not Listed 04/20/1889 2118 529
Goose River Investment Company (decrease of capital stock) Mayville Traill 3 30,000 02/26/1889 2118 403
Beidler & Robinson Lumber Co. Mayville Traill 3 50,000 03/24/1885 2111 349
Goose River Telephone Company Mayville Traill 5 2,000 01/18/1887 2114 557
Farmers Elevator Company of Mayville Mayville Traill 5 6,000 07/31/1888 2117 461
Congregational Church of Meckling Meckling Clay 3 10/09/1885 2112 214
Medora and Black Hills Railroad Co. Medora Billings 5 10,000,000 05/15/1884 2110 234
Medora Stage & Forwarding Co. Medora Billings 3 30,000 12/08/1884 2111 103
Farmers Elevator Company Mellette Spink 7 50,000 07/10/1884 2110 344
Drifting Goose Lodge N. 85, I.O.O.F. Mellette Spink 3 12/05/1888 2118 148
First Presbyterian Society of Mellette Mellette Spink 3 06/09/1883 2109 9
Congregational Church of Melville Melville Foster 3 08/25/1883 2109 153
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St. Gertrude's Church Menno Hutchinson 3 01/31/1884 2109 445
First Congregational Church of Michigan City Michigan City Kelso 3 09/28/1883 2109 214
Michigan Townsite & Land Improvement Company Michigan City Nelson 3 15,000 05/16/1883 2108 298
Roscoe Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Moody County Midway Moody 3 09/29/1882 2107 244
Duluth Milbank and South Western Railway Company Milbank Grant 5 3,000,000 10/12/1887 2116 234
Grant County Agricultural and Mechanical Association Milbank Grant 7 5,000 06/15/1886 2114 76
Congregational Church of Milbank Milbank Grant 3 01/29/1885 2111 209
Roman Catholic Church of St. Lawrence in Milbank Milbank Grant 3 07/23/1884 2110 423
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Milbank Milbank Grant 3 02/11/1882 2106 175
Duluth Milbank Huron and Chamberlain Railroad Company Milbank Grant 6 1,800,000 09/07/1889 2119 420
Advance Publishing Company Milbank Grant 7 3,000 08/31/1888 2118 8
Farmers Joint Stock Elevator Company Milbank Grant 7 3,000 08/27/1888 2117 556
Milbank Driving Park Association Milbank Grant 9 5,000 08/26/1886 2114 304
Milbank Creamery Company Milbank Grant 5 10,000 04/17/1885 2111 403
Grant County Fuel and Supply Company Milbank Grant 5 1,000 08/30/1887 2116 129
Milbank Building and Loan Association Milbank Grant 9 500,000 05/04/1888 2117 147
Dakota Methodist Publishing Company Milbank Grant 9 10,000 05/25/1889 2119 118
Milbank Egan and Sioux City Railway Company Milbank Grant 7 1,300,000 09/07/1889 2119 418
Milbank Library Association Milbank Grant 7 08/02/1882 2107 141
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Salem's Congregation of Milbank Milbank Grant 3 08/02/1885 2112 143
Millard Cemetery Association Millard Faulk 5 04/18/1889 2118 561
Canby Post No. 12 Department of Dakota Grand Army of the Republic Miller Hand 5 06/27/1887 2115 530
Hand County Abstract Company Miller Hand 3 5,000 04/01/1889 2118 489
Hand County Agricultural Fair Association Miller Hand 11 2,000 09/22/1885 2112 186
Ree Valley and Hand County Agricultural Society Miller Hand 7 08/02/1887 2116 73
St. Lawrence and Miller Rail Road Company Miller Hand 6 50,000 02/14/1887 2115 54
Board of Trustees of the Miller Methodist Episcopal Church Miller Hand 10/08/1884 2111 19
First Presbyterian Society of Miller Miller Hand 3 08/04/1882 2107 152
Hand County Elevator Company Miller Hand 5 50,000 07/31/1885 2112 124
Hand County Farmers Alliance Elevator Company Miller Hand 11 10,000 08/20/1888 2117 530
Board of Trustees of the Miller Methodist Episcopal Church Miller Hand Not Listed 03/21/1888 2117 5
Miller Mutual Building Association Miller Hand 9 200,000 01/15/1884 2109 410
Ree Valley Lodge No. 62 I.O.O.F. Miller Hand 3 03/17/1885 2111 326
Miller Mutual Building Association Miller Hand 9 200,000 03/11/1886 2112 427
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Trustees of Funds & Property of the United Brethren Church in /Dakota Milltown Armstrong 7 09/23/1880 2104 379
Milltown Cemetery Milltown Hutchinson 3 05/07/1884 2110 203
Territorial Normal School at Milnor Dakota Milner Sargent 11 09/15/1887 2116 174
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church of Milnor Milnor Sargent 9 03/26/1886 2112 466
Milnor Land Company Milnor Sargent 6 25,000 01/11/1884 2109 405
Milnon Scandinavian Lutheran Free Church Society Milnor Sargent 3 01/19/1886 2112 353
Sargent County Mill Company Milnor Sargent 7 15,000 06/21/1886 2114 97
Dakota Mortgage Loan Corporation Milnor Sargent 3 50,000 08/25/1883 2109 156
Sargent County Banking Company Milnor Sargent 5 50,000 08/04/1887 2116 62
Presbyterian Church of Milnor Milnor Sargent ?? 04/10/1885 2111 363
Presbyterian Church of Milton Milton Cavalier Not Listed 07/06/1888 2117 341
Milton Farmers Co-Operative Association Milton Cavalier 7 5,000 12/27/1888 2118 225
Milwaukee Junction Town Lot Company Milwaukee Junc Miner 5 03/21/1882 2106 253
First Presbyterian Church of Miner Miner Miner 3-11 02/28/1887 2115 96
Mines Townsite Company Mines Mines 3 6,000 09/21/1882 2107 234
Mouse River and Dakota Southern Railroad Company Minneapolis 5 8,000,000 04/30/1887 2115 310
Minneapolis St. Paul & Saulk Ste. Marie Railway Company of Minnesota, Wisco Minneapolis Hennepin 13 21,000,000 06/12/1888 2117 355
Redwater & Belle Fourche Milling and Irrigation Co. (Increase Cap. Stock) Minnesela Butte 250,000 03/04/1886 2112 410
Mandan Cattle Company Minnesela Lawrence 5 100,000 01/20/1883 2108 71
Minnesela Town Lite and Water Power Company Minnesela Butte 6 50,000 02/08/1887 2115 42
Minnesela Flour Milling Co. Minnesela Lawrence 5 20,000 05/25/1881 2105 201
Butte County Irrigating Ditch Company Minnesela Butte 3 10,000 03/06/1884 2110 31
Black Hills Creamery Company Minnesela Butte 5 6,000 03/02/1889 2118 408
Minnewaukan Presbyterian Church Minnewaukan Benson 08/17/1886 2114 236
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Minnewaukan County Minnewaukan Benson 05/11/1886 2113 195
Bank of Minnewaukan Minnewaukan Benson 3 25,000 03/15/1884 2110 76
Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church of Minot Minot Ward Not Listed 09/24/1887 2116 196
Presbyterian Church of Minto Dakota Minot Ward 7 02/06/1888 2116 439
First Baptist Church of Minot Minot Ward Not Listed 04/27/1888 2117 130
Bank of Minot Minot Ward 5 100,000 09/09/1887 2116 158
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Minto Minto Walsh 3 03/21/1884 2110 93
Roman Catholic Church of St. Patrick in Minto Minto Walsh 4 04/16/1884 2110 145
Minto Roller Mill & Elevator Co. Minto Walsh 5 35,000 12/19/1883 2109 357
Bank of Minto Minto Walsh 4 50,000 04/24/1885 2111 443
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Farmer's Elevator Company of Minto Minto Walsh 9 2,500 01/13/1886 2112 348
Forest Rivers Bank Minto Walsh 5 30,000 12/28/1882 2108 21
Knox Presbyterian Church of Minto Minto Walsh 5 10/11/1886 2114 382
Miranda Farmers Elevator Company Miranda Faulk 9 5,000 08/03/1888 2117 467
Congregational Church of Miranda, County of Faulk Territory of Dakota Miranda Faulk 3-9 08/25/1887 2116 118
Congregational Church of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 08/18/1881 2105 331
Mitchell Printing Company Mitchell Davison 3 12,000 04/21/1888 2117 118
Mitchell Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Davison County Dako Mitchell Davison 3 02/23/1889 2118 386
Mitchell Street Railway Company Mitchell Davison 4 50,000 05/15/1883 2108 296
Mitchell Dry Goods Company Mitchell Davison 3 10,000 03/19/1889 2118 452
J. M. LeVake Lumber Company Mitchell Davison 3-5 7,000 11/26/1888 2118 134
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 04/28/1884 2110 186
Mitchell Building and Loan Association Mitchell Davison 9 500,000 02/24/1887 2115 80
Mitchell Building and Loan Association (stock split) Mitchell Davison 9 04/10/1889 2118 526
Mitchell Library Association Mitchell Davison 9 1,000 02/07/1882 2106 166
First Baptist Church of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 03/29/1882 2106 259
Security Bank Mitchell Davison 3 25,000 07/25/1885 2112 106
Farmers Purchasing & Shipping Association Mitchell Davison 7 10,000 03/19/1886 2112 451
Dakota University Mitchell Davison 3 04/27/1885 2111 445
St. Mary's Parish of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 02/27/1883 2108 131
Chanka Lodge No 21 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Mitchell Davison 3 04/21/1887 2115 276
Milwaukee Pressed Brick Co. Mitchell Davison 5 5,000 06/29/1882 2107 65
National Homestead Monument Association Mitchell Davison 3 10/07/1885 2112 210
Dakota Agricultural and Livestock Association Mitchell Davison 11 6,000 09/09/1886 2114 333
South Eastern Dakota Agricultural Fair Mitchell Davison 11 09/30/1880 2104 386
First Presbyterian Church of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 11/05/1880 2105 9
Davison County Horse Breeding Association Mitchell Davison 3 5,000 04/02/1888 2117 48
Holy Family Church at Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 02/02/1885 2111 199
Bank of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 4 25,000 07/14/1882 2107 81
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mitchell Mitchell Davison 3 03/06/1883 2108 150
Montrose Bank Montrose McCook 3-7 10,000 06/07/1886 2114 18
First Baptist Church of Montrose Montrose McCook 3 12/12/1882 2107 339
Montrose Roller Mill Company Montrose McCook 7 7,500 07/28/1888 2117 455
McCook Agricultural Society Montrose McCook 7 01/17/1887 2114 569
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Montrose Cemetery Corporation Montrose McCook 3 03/08/1882 2106 232
Merton Cemetery Association Morton Clark 3 08/06/1888 2117 469
Farmers Alliance Elevator & Warehouse Co. Mt. Vernon Davison 11 5,000 04/02/1886 2112 497
Mt Vernon Cemetery Association Mt. Vernon Davison 3 05/28/1883 2108 329
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Davison 3 03/19/1883 2108 177
First Free Methodist Church of Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Davison 5 11/29/1886 2114 473
First Baptist Church of Myron Myron Faulk 3 09/27/1886 2114 363
Congregational Church of Christ at Myron Myron Faulk 3 05/18/1885 2111 525
German Baptist Church of Plum Creek Near Bridgewat McCook 3 01/19/1886 2112 359
Congregational Church of Christ at Lake Henry Near Lake Henr Kingsbury 3 01/21/1886 2112 362
Bank of Neche Neche Pembina 6 12,000 02/01/1887 2115 32
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Neche Neche Pembina Not Listed 04/19/1887 2115 122
Union Congregational Church New England Ci Hettinger 3-9 08/02/1887 2116 53
First Holland Christelyke Reformed Kerk New Holland Douglas 6 03/31/1884 2110 110
Presbyterian Church of New Madison New Madison Lake 3 04/23/1881 2105 149
Rockford Creamery Company New Rockford Eddy 7 5,000 06/02/1888 2117 216
New Rockford Cemetery Association New Rockford Eddy 3 08/06/1888 2117 472
Baptist Church of New Rockford New Rockford Eddy 3 09/25/1885 2112 193
First Congregational Church of New Rockford New Rockford Eddy 3 07/20/1885 2112 82
Dakota County Bureau New Salem Morton 4 5,000 01/03/1884 2109 388
Deutsche Evangelical Friedent Gemeinde of New Salem New Salem Morton 3 12/19/1883 2109 352
Farmers Corporation Newark Marshall 11 20,000 05/10/1888 2117 170
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Newark Marshall Not Listed 06/01/1889 2119 11
Newark Milling and Elevator Company Newark Marshall 11 20,000 09/14/1888 2118 21
Newark Elevator Company Newark Marshall 3 15,000 04/09/1889 2118 518
First Apostolic Lutheran Church of Norden Norden Hamlin 9 06/15/1885 2112 6
First Baptist Church of Nordland Nordland Kingsbury 3 12/31/1883 2109 380
Denver Cemetery Association Nordland Kingsbury 5 03/16/1885 2111 314
First Methodist Episcopal Church Nordland Kingsbury 06/06/1884 2110 280
Northville Elevator Company Northville Spink 3 5,000 04/20/1885 2111 423
First Presbytery Society of Northville Northville Spink 3 06/09/1883 2109 5
Fairview Cemetery Association Northville Spink 7 02/13/1883 2108 101
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Northville Northville Spink 3 07/01/1882 2107 72
Northville Methodist Episcopal Church Northville Spink Not Listed 08/15/1888 2117 500
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Bergens Norsk Evangelical Lutherske Weirghed Norway Clay 5 01/13/1887 2114 560
Grans Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Norway Clay 3 01/28/1887 2115 20
Oakes Building and Loan Association Oakes Dickey 11 500,000 09/17/1887 2116 179
Central Dakota Agricultural Association Oakes Dickey 13 10,000 07/18/1888 2117 428
Prospect Hill Cemetery Association Oakes Dickey 3 07/03/1889 2119 243
Bank of Oakes Oakes Dickey 5 35,000 11/08/1886 2114 424
First Baptist Church of Oakes Oakes Dickey 3 03/28/1887 2115 205
Oakes Milling Company Oakes Dickey 5 40,000 06/05/1888 2117 238
First Presbyterian Society of Oakes County of Dickey, Territory of Dakota Oakes Dickey 3 01/03/1888 2116 384
First Evangelical Scandinavian Society of Oakes Oakes Dickey 3-11 10/18/1888 2118 67
Hillside Cemetery Association Oberon Benson 3 04/26/1889 2119 46
German Reformed Odessa Church of Township 96 North of Range 57 in Yankto Odessa (twp) Yankton 3-11 01/08/1889 2118 263
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Oelrichs Oelrichs Fall River 3-11 04/21/1888 2117 111
Church of St. Blanche Oelrichs Dakota Oelrichs Fall River 5 06/01/1889 2119 22
Oelrichs Packing House Company Oelrichs Fall River 3 50,000 01/05/1889 2118 249
Oelrichs Cemetery Association Oelrichs Fall River 5 06/10/1889 2119 166
Okobojo Cemetery Association Okobojo Sully 3 05/12/1888 2117 175
St. Procopins Roman Catholic Church of Ola Dakota Ola (twp) Brule 5 04/20/1889 2119 18
Oldham Baptist Church Oldham Kingsbury 3 04/07/1887 2115 232
Oldham Shipping Association Oldham Kingsbury 7 2,000 08/16/1888 2117 501
Trustees of the Free Methodist Church of Olivet Olivet Hutchinson 3 05/17/1887 2115 357
True Williams and Company Olivet Hutchinson 3 100,000 01/26/1888 2116 414
Church of Christ Olivet Hutchinson 3 05/23/1885 2111 543
First Free Methodist Church of Olivet Olivet Hutchinson 3 08/10/1881 2105 290
Olivet Society of Brethren Church Olivet Hutchinson 3 05/28/1883 2108 317
Cold Springs Creamery Olivet Hutchinson 5 4,000 02/27/1885 2111 253
Oneota Methodist Episcopal Church Oneota (twp) Brown Not Listed 04/16/1888 2117 99
Congregational Church of Onida Onida Sully 3 08/24/1883 2109 150
Onida Land & Building Association Onida Sully 4 9,600 05/08/1885 2111 500
Onida Cemetery Association Onida Sully 5 05/22/1886 2113 450
Sully County Bank Onida Sully 3 25,000 09/18/1889 2119 440
Ordway Bismarck & Northwester Railway Co. Ordway Brown 5 500,000 05/30/1883 2108 339
Central Dakota University Ordway Brown 7 11/15/1884 2111 64
Ordway Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Co. (sep. of classes of stocks) Ordway Brown 5 5,000,000 10/27/1886 2114 408
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Ordway Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company (change of route) Ordway Brown 05/28/1887 2115 401
Ordway Cemetery Association Ordway Brown 5 10/26/1888 2118 87
Elm River Library Association Ordway Brown 7 2,000 01/27/1882 2106 145
Aberdeen Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company (name change from Or Ordway Brown 5 05/09/1888 2117 156
Ordway Bismarck and North Western Railway Co. (change of RR direction) Ordway Brown 5 500,000 09/20/1886 2114 349
Ordway, Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Co. (Stock Split and Classification) Ordway Brown 5,000,000 05/31/1887 2115 423
Methodist Episcopal Church of Ordway Ordway Brown 3 09/12/1882 2107 203
Orient Creamery Company Orient Faulk 5 1,000 04/09/1888 2117 73
Farmers Elevator Company Oriska Barnes 3 10,000 07/22/1886 2114 192
Congregational Church of Osceola Osceola Kingsbury 3-9 12/03/1888 2118 144
Osceola Shipping Association Osceola Kingsbury 7 5,000 08/13/1888 2117 495
Blom Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Oslo (twp) Brookings 3 12/07/1888 2118 153
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lake Campbell Oslo and Medar Brookings 3 07/30/1887 2116 45
First Baptist Church of Page Page Cass 3 07/30/1887 2116 49
Palisade Building Association & Improvement Co. Palisade Twp. Minnehaha 7 1,000 03/15/1886 2112 439
Palisades Improvement Company Palisades (twp) Minnehaha 5 50,000 03/27/1888 2117 19
Park River Driving Park and Agricultural Fair Association of Park River, Walsh Co Park River Walsh 5 1,500 07/18/1888 2117 423
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Park River Park River Walsh 3 11/17/1884 2111 67
Park River Baptist Church Park River Walsh 3 06/19/1885 2112 9
First Presbyterian Church Park River Park River Walsh 3 01/14/1885 2111 156
Farmers Union Elevator Co. Park River Walsh 11 10,000 02/15/1886 2112 378
Park River Creamery Company of Park River Park River Walsh 7 5,000 03/30/1888 2117 32
Turner County Farmers Alliance Company Parker Turner 9 20,000 05/10/1888 2117 168
Turner County Agricultural Society Parker Turner 7 1,250 03/17/1884 2110 82
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Parker Parker Turner 3 07/30/1881 2105 281
Parker Mill Company Parker Turner 3 25,000 02/05/1885 2111 220
First Presbyterian Church of Parker Parker Turner 3 05/07/1880 2104 274
Parker Cemetery Association Parker Turner 3 08/21/1880 2104 359
First Baptist Church of Parker Parker Turner 5 07/29/1880 2104 338
Parkston Opera House Company Parkston Hutchinson 3-11 1,000 04/27/1889 2119 48
Zion Congregational Church of Parkston Parkston Hutchinson 3-9 10/27/1888 2118 89
German Congregational church of Parkston Parkston Hutchinson 3-9 10/27/1888 2118 91
First Methodist Episcopal Church Parkston Hutchinson Not Listed 07/29/1887 2115 547
First Baptist Association of Parkston Parkston Hutchinson 3 05/20/1887 2115 360
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Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel's Congregation Pearl McCook 3 08/30/1888 2118 3
Pembina Bridge Association Pembina Pembina 3 2,000 07/18/1879 2104 114
Icelandic Printing Company Pembina Pembina 5 3,000 10/12/1888 2118 53
Pembina Mill Company Pembina Pembina 3 12/12/1881 2106 81
Pembina Elevator Company Pembina Pembina 4 50,000 11/29/1886 2114 467
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pembina Pembina Pembina 3 04/20/1881 2105 141
Dakota and Northwestern Railroad Company Pembina Pembina 7 2,000,000 08/27/1889 2119 414
Pembina Mill Company Pembina Pembina 50,000 06/23/1883 2109 53
Pembina County Creamery Company Pembina Pembina 5 8,000 01/23/1888 2116 393
Manitoba Pembina and Grand Forks Railroad Co. Pembina Pembina 5 1,000,000 10/20/1882 2107 273
Congregational Church of Pembina Pembina Pembina 6 06/01/1882 2107 22
Pembina Milling & Manufacturing Co. Pembina Pembina 4 50,000 03/13/1886 2112 434
North America Milling and Elevator Company Pembina Pembina 4 25,000 10/10/1887 2116 228
Grace Church Pembina Pembina 08/05/1886 2114 252
First Presbyterian Church of Pembina Pembina Pembina 5 04/29/1880 2104 272
Pembina Hotel Company Pembina Pembina 7 6,000 05/11/1881 2105 165
Pembina Mill Co. Pembina Pembina 4 15,000 06/03/1880 2104 306
Pembina County Telephone Company Pembina Pembina 3 5,000 10/31/1888 2118 94
Pembina Building and Loan Association Pembina Pembina 9 400,000 02/09/1888 2116 450
First Congregational Church of Christ in Petersburg Petersburg nelson 3 09/18/1888 2118 25
Free Evangelical Lutheran Church of Petersburg Petersburg Bon Homme 3-9 07/19/1886 2114 180
First Presbyterian Society of Pierpont Pierpont Day 3-11 01/29/1889 2118 331
First Baptist Church of Pierpont Dakota Pierpont Day 3 12/11/1888 2118 158
Security Mortgage & Investment Co. Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 08/22/1883 2109 149
Presbytery of Southern Dakota Pierre Hughes 3 07/09/1883 2109 68
Signal Publishing Company Pierre Hughes 3 12,000 07/06/1883 2109 66
Dakota Construction & Hotel company of Pierre Pierre Hughes 5 25,000 08/27/1883 2109 165
Pierre Electric Light and Power Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 06/13/1889 2119 183
Hughes County Abstract Co. Pierre Hughes 3 10,000 04/19/1889 2119 8
Mutual Investment Company Pierre Hughes 5-11 10,000,000 05/21/1888 2117 190
Pierre Savings Bank Pierre Hughes 7 50,000 05/15/1888 2117 179
Capital Building Company Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 10/21/1889 2119 543
Pierre Livestock Company Pierre Hughes 5 100,000 08/14/1889 2119 373
Free Press Company Pierre Hughes 5 5,000 05/28/1888 2117 208
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Connecticut Land Company Pierre Hughes 5 100,000 10/31/1889 2119 542
McDonald Horse Company Pierre Hughes 3 500,000 11/19/1888 2118 120
Pierre Cemetery Association Pierre Hughes 4 2,000 02/09/1882 2106 172
Security Mortgage and Investment Company (acceptance of amendments) Pierre Hughes 11/08/1888 2118 102
Pierre Publishing Company Pierre Hughes 4 20,000 04/19/1889 2119 5
Interstate Land Company Pierre Hughes 5 100,000 10/19/1888 2118 74
Pierre Pontoon Ridge Company Pierre Hughes 6 100,000 05/28/1889 2119 129
Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church Pierre Hughes Per Discipli 11/02/1889 2119 575
Pierre Street Railway Company Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 04/05/1883 2108 218
Bank of Commerce Pierre Hughes 7 100,000 04/29/1889 2119 57
Yankton, Okobojo and Fort Buford Rail Road Company Pierre Hughes 4 15,000,000 04/27/1883 2108 263
First Presbyterian Society of Pierre Pierre Hughes 3 04/28/1883 2108 273
Pierre Gas & Light Company Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 05/01/1883 2108 279
Park Addition Association Pierre Hughes 3 100,000 05/09/1883 2108 294
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pierre Pierre Hughes 3 05/24/1881 2105 211
Western Loan & Trust Company Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 08/29/1883 2109 166
First Congregational Church of Pierre Pierre Hughes 3 09/17/1881 2105 386
Pierre Ferry & Transfer Co Pierre Hughes 3 10,000 04/12/1886 2112 538
South Dakota Livestock Association (increase of stock) Pierre Hughes 5 500,000 01/24/1887 2115 7
Northwestern Straw Fuel Company Pierre Hughes 3+ 10,000 09/11/1886 2114 294
Pierre Union Bridge & Transfer Co. Pierre Hughes 7 2,000,000 12/26/1885 2112 312
River Side Cemetery Pierre Hughes 3 12/23/1884 2111 133
Western Loan and Trust Company (Increase in Capital Stock) Pierre Hughes Not Listed 250,000 04/19/1886 2113 19
Synod of Dakota Pierre Hughes 3 11/11/1884 2111 50
Hughes /County Agricultural Fair Association Pierre Hughes 5 5,000 07/09/1885 2112 54
Pierre Loan and Savings Company Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 12/18/1886 2114 518
Pierre City Railway Co. Pierre Hughes 5 25,000 07/03/1885 2112 47
Black Hawk Medicine Co. Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 04/03/1886 2112 502
Northwestern Grain & Land Co. Pierre Hughes 5 8,000 01/12/1886 2112 347
Security Mortgage and Investment Company (increase of stock) Pierre Hughes 100,000 05/20/1887 2115 359
South Dakota Livestock Association Pierre Hughes 5 100,000 05/19/1885 2111 530
Pierre Water Works Co. Pierre Hughes 5 125,000 05/16/1885 2111 517
Western Loan and Trust Company of Pierre (certificate of acceptance) Pierre Hughes 11/10/1887 2116 291
Pierre & Southwestern Railroad Company Pierre Hughes 7 5,000,000 05/24/1884 2110 251
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Pierre City Railroad Co. Pierre Hughes 5 25,000 06/08/1885 2111 567
Western Loan & Trust Company Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 09/22/1884 2110 505
Dakota Loan & Trust Co. Pierre Hughes 4 100,000 11/09/1885 2112 239
Central Insurance Company of Dakota Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 03/04/1885 2111 286
Roman Catholic Church of Sts Peter & Paul in Pierre Pierre Hughes 3 07/23/1884 2110 427
Dakota Loan & Trust Co. Pierre Hughes 3 100,000 02/27/1885 2111 276
Duluth Pierre and Black Hills Rail Road Company Pierre Hughes 7 3,000,000 10/01/1886 2114 371
Western Loan and Trust Company Pierre Hughes Not Listed 1,000,000 11/13/1886 2114 442
Pierre Publishing Company Pierre Hughes 5 10,000 04/11/1884 2110 132
Citizens Bank Pierre Hughes 3 50,000 01/13/1886 2112 285
Missouri Valley Land and Cattle Co. of Pierre Pierre Hughes 5 50,000 08/07/1886 2114 262
Western Loan & Trust Co. of Pierre Pierre Hughes 75,000 11/27/1885 2112 259
Box Elder Water Company Pinkerton Pennington 3 10,000 01/11/1883 2108 50
First Congregational Church of Plankinton Plankinton Aurora 3 07/14/1882 2107 84
Farmers Livestock Association Plankinton Aurora 5 08/03/1889 2119 330
State Livestock Association Plankinton Aurora 5 03/21/1889 2118 463
Plankinton Dairy Company Plankinton Aurora 7 2,500 06/22/1887 2115 505
Farmer's Mutual Protective Association Plankinton Aurora 5 11/19/1884 2111 73
Citizens Building and Loan Association Plankinton Aurora 9 500,000 06/09/1887 2115 455
Security Life and Accident Association Plankinton Aurora 5 01/29/1889 2118 326
Aurora County Agricultural Fair Association Plankinton Aurora 11 1,500 06/04/1887 2115 440
Bank Of Plankinton Plankinton Aurora 5 50,000 11/27/1885 2112 253
Dakota Mutual Relief Association Plankinton Aurora 5 02/24/1887 2115 129
Journal Printing Company Plankinton Aurora 9 10,000 01/08/1887 2114 553
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Plankinton Plankinton Aurora 3 03/19/1883 2108 180
Dakota Mutual Relief Association Plankinton Aurora 5 02/24/1887 2115 78
Farmers Elevator Co. of Plankinton Plankinton Aurora 9 5,000 04/02/1886 2112 499
Dakota Hail Association Plankinton Aurora 7 02/09/1889 2118 354
Aurora County Agricultural Society Plankinton Aurora 5 5,000 07/03/1883 2109 64
Plankinton Academy Plankinton Aurora 9 04/09/1886 2112 525
Pleasant Hill Burying Ground Association Pleasant Hill Hutchinson 3 11/08/1886 2114 418
Fire Steele Valley Dairy Association Pleasant Valley Aurora 7 400 04/23/1886 2113 52
Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church of Meade County Pleasant Valley Meade 3-11 10/12/1889 2119 499
Lodi Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Pleasant Valley Clay 3 12/08/1882 2107 333
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Portland Building Association Portland Traill 3 5,000 11/01/1887 2116 277
Bruflats Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Portland Traill 6 04/13/1888 2117 93
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland, County of Traill, Dakota Territory Portland Traill Not Listed 01/19/1889 2118 283
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of Powell Powell Edmunds 5 02/27/1885 2111 262
Welsh Congregational Church of Powell Powell Edmonds 3 12/01/885 2112 257
Suigsaas Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Prairie Farm Prairie Farm Brookings 3 05/23/1883 2108 311
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Prairie Queen Prairie Queen Lake 3 09/06/1884 2110 495
Congregational Church of Grove Hill Prairie Twp. Union 3 08/12/1880 2104 353
Oregon Colonization Company Prohibition City Stark 8 10,000 08/25/1884 2110 470
Free Methodist Church of Providence Providence Hutchinson 3 01/11/1886 2112 343
Putney Methodist Episcopal Church Putney Brown Not Listed 09/16/1887 2116 176
Badus Farmers Alliance Company Ramona Lake 5 3,000 08/09/1888 2117 486
St. John's Roman Catholic Church of Ransom Ransom Sargent 5 05/09/1889 2118 538
Black Hills Livestock Association Rapid City Pennington 5 12/10/1880 2105 32
Lower Rapid Ditch Company Rapid City Pennington 3 15,000 01/10/1881 2105 57
Pennington County Industrial Association Rapid City Pennington 5 50,000 07/27/1885 2112 109
Box Elder Land & Livestock Company Rapid City Pennington 6 100,000 07/29/1885 2112 113
Western Dakota Land & Mortgage Co. Rapid City Pennington 3 10,000 02/27/1885 2111 256
Rapid City Water Company Rapid City Pennington 5 200,000 09/29/1882 2107 249
Black Hills Central Railroad Company Rapid City Pennington 5 1,600,000 06/17/1889 2119 198
West Salem Gold and Silver Mining and Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 7 300,000 02/05/1887 2115 36
Golden Reef Mining and Milling Company of Rapid City, Dakota Rapid City Pennington 5-9 200,000 09/12/1887 2116 163
Silver Bar Mining and Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 5 1,250,000 06/22/1887 2115 507
Rapid City Wyoming and Western Railway Company of Rapid City Dakota Rapid City Pennington 6 1,000,000 06/13/1887 2115 476
First Presbyterian Church of Rapid city Rapid City Pennington 3-11 02/25/1887 2115 90
Mutual Water Company Rapid City Pennington 4 5,000 05/09/1883 2108 292
Dakota Nebraska Loan and Trust Company of Rapid City, Dakota Rapid City Pennington 7 100,000 02/18/1887 2115 86
Rapid City oil and Coal Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 11 2,000,000 08/04/1886 2114 245
Olive Tin Mining Milling and Manufacturing Company Rapid City Pennington 5 500,000 12/17/1888 2118 203
Gate City Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 1,000,000 12/03/1887 2116 342
Rapid City Water Works Rapid City Pennington 3 100,000 06/18/1880 2104 313
Keystone Land & Cattle Co. Rapid City Pennington 5 500,000 12/13/1884 2111 120
Evergreen Cemetery Association Rapid City Pennington 5 09/24/1888 2118 31
Rapid City Electric and gas Light Company Rapid City Pennington 11 None Listed 08/30/1886 2114 302
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Rapid City Harney Peak and Southwestern Railway Company Rapid City Pennington 5 2,500,000 07/23/1888 2117 435
Hermosa Hydraulic Company of Dakota Rapid City Pennington 5-9 1,000,000 08/15/1887 2116 90
Bergen Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 3 08/17/1887 2116 102
Lakota Oil and Coal Company Rapid City Pennington 7 600,000 01/19/1889 2118 296
Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception of Rapid Cit Rapid City Pennington 5 08/23/1887 2116 110
Louray Gold Company of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 5-9 1,000,000 08/25/1887 2116 115
Rapid City Trotting Horse Company Rapid City Pennington 5 2,000 06/01/1889 2119 136
Mountain View Cemetery Company Rapid City Pennington 7 10,000 08/21/1888 2117 540
Buckeye Livestock Company Rapid City Pennington 3 99,000 02/02/1885 2111 203
Alice Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 250,000 06/29/1887 2115 552
Percheron and Arabian Importing Horse Company Rapid City Pennington 3 40,000 10/07/1887 2116 222
Rapid City Library Association Rapid City Pennington 5 01/24/1881 2105 73
Rapid City Board of Trade Rapid City Pennington 11 05/20/1886 2113 415
Inca Silver Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 1,000,000 10/03/1887 2116 212
Western Dakota Land and Horse Company Rapid City Pennington 3-7 300,000 08/02/1888 2117 464
Deer Creek Oil Company Rapid City Pennington 5 10,000,000 09/08/1886 2114 328
Black Hills Lime Company Rapid City Pennington 5 50,000 05/19/1886 2113 361
Glyndoor Slate Company Rapid City Pennington 7 500,000 08/10/1886 2114 264
Brown Irrigating Ditch Company Rapid City Pennington 4 10,000 04/23/1881 2105 145
Rapid City Tin Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 1,000,000 05/22/1886 2113 434
Black Hills Detective Association Rapid City Pennington Not Listed 07/20/1887 2116 10
Rapid River Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 7 60,000 07/29/1889 2119 311
Rapid Gold Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5 2,000,000 01/21/1889 2118 305
Crystal Hill Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 570
Rapid City and Jamestown Improvement Company Rapid City Pennington 5 100,000 02/09/1889 2118 351
Black Hills Mining and Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 5 1,500,000 07/17/1886 2114 176
Mineral Hill Gold Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 9 1,000,000 06/10/1886 2114 35
Congdon and Henry Hardware Company Rapid City Pennington 3 50,000 03/12/1888 2116 544
Manufacturers Water Power Company of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 3 5,000 04/06/1889 2118 507
Rapid Creek Lumber and Boom Co. Rapid City Pennington 3 10,000 02/10/1886 2112 374
Rapid City Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5 500,000 10/31/1881 2106 32
Rapid Valley Irrigating Company Rapid City Pennington 3 15,000 02/07/1879 2104 52
Odd Fellows Temple Building Association of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 9 20,000 04/06/1887 2115 226
Queen Bee's Fold Mining and Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 7 1,500,000 06/10/1886 2114 29
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German Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5-9 2,500,000 05/25/1887 2115 380
Sunny Side Gold and Silver Mining and Milling Company Rapid City Pennington 7 2,000,000 01/21/1889 2118 307
Lakota Banking and Investment Company Rapid City Pennington 3 50,000 04/21/1888 2117 120
Rapid City Fair Association Rapid City Pennington 9 10,000 04/30/1886 2113 89
Montana Gold Mining Company of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 5 500,000 10/14/1889 2119 502
First Congregational Church of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 3 01/18/1881 2106 52
Rapid City Street Railway Co. Rapid City Pennington 7 100,000 01/04/1886 2112 335
Bailey Loan Company (amendment) Rapid City Pennington 5 250,000 03/25/1889 2118 469
Gate City Mill Co. Rapid City Pennington 3 60,000 01/04/1886 2112 337
Cedar Rapids Gold Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 9 `3,000,000 05/15/1884 2110 224
Pennington County Bank Rapid City Pennington 7 50,000 03/19/1888 2117 1
Black Hills Ditch Company Rapid City Pennington 3 25,000 08/06/1878 2104 6
Rapid City Coal Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5 5,000 08/31/1878 2104 11
Golden Age Consolidated Gold Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 2,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 579
Silver Belt Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 5 1,500,000 06/02/1886 2113 577
Black Hills Tin Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 3 2,000,000 12/19/1888 2118 221
Harney City Tin Mining Milling and Manufacturing Co. Rapid City Pennington 3 1,500,000 03/18/1886 2112 447
Harney Hotel Rapid City Pennington 7 40,000 03/22/1886 2112 456
Dakota Wyoming and Western Rail road Co. Rapid City Pennington 7 12,000,000 05/12/1882 2106 330
Rapid Creek Lumber and Navigation Company Rapid City Pennington 3 50,000 03/07/1887 2115 151
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rapid City Rapid City Pennington 6 03/27/1882 2106 257
Rapid City & Southwestern Railroad Co. Rapid City Pennington 5 500,000 03/06/1886 2112 413
Bailey Loan Company Rapid City Pennington 5 250,000 03/02/1889 2118 411
Rapid City Gas & Light & Fuel Co. Rapid City Pennington 5 50,000 03/29/1886 2112 485
Rapid City Driving Park Rapid City Pennington 9 5,000 08/02/1884 2110 393
Western Improvement Ditch Co. Rapid City Pennington 3 10,000 09/03/1881 2105 364
Rapid City Masonic Temple building Association Rapid City Pennington 5 30,000 04/20/1882 2106 285
Republican Publishing Co. Rapid City Pennington 7 1,500 07/23/1884 2110 374
Black Hills Publishing Company Rapid City Pennington 3 3,000 09/19/1889 2119 439
Farmers Elevator Company of Raymond Raymond Clark 5 7,000 07/26/1888 2117 447
First Presbyterian of Raymond Raymond Clark 3-11 04/23/1886 2113 54
Congregational Church of Raymond Raymond Clark 3 05/16/1884 2110 239
Farmers Elevator Company of Raymond Raymond Clark 5 2,000 08/04/1887 2116 56
Dakota Eummuer Telephone Company Redfield Spink 7 100,000 10/11/1886 2114 376
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South Dakota Investment Company Redfield Spink 11 500,000 02/20/1889 2118 389
Farmers Elevator Co. of Redfield Redfield Spink 9 15,000 05/21/1885 2111 532
South Dakota Land and Improvement Company Redfield Spink 7 200,000 10/12/1889 2119 517
North Western Mortgage Trust Company Redfield Spink 5 50,000 10/22/1887 2116 265
Redfield College Redfield Spink 7 05/03/1887 2115 323
Spink County Bank Redfield Spink 5 50,000 04/18/1884 2110 162
Spink County Agricultural Association Redfield Spink 15 05/25/1882 2107 10
Redfield Building and Loan Association Redfield Spink 11 500,000 05/20/1886 2113 537
North Western Improvement Company Redfield Spink 5 100,000 01/18/1887 2114 571
First German Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Redfield Redfield Spink Not Listed 05/31/1887 2115 420
Redfield Elevator Company Redfield Spink 7 10,000 12/03/1888 2118 141
Coteau Alliance Redfield Spink 5 100,000 07/06/1888 2117 310
Syndicate Block Company Redfield Spink 5 20,000 05/17/1888 2117 182
Redfield Driving Park Association Redfield Spink 7 2,500 07/16/1888 2117 322
Northwestern Mortgage Trust Company (increase of stock) Redfield Spink 100,000 06/11/1888 2117 253
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Redfield Redfield Spink 3 11/01/1881 2106 40
Redfield Basebal Association Redfield Spink 5 5,000 04/17/1889 2118 555
Redfield Bismarck Northern Railroad Co. Redfield Spink 5 5,000,000 01/15/1884 2109 413
Spink County Land Irrigation and Improvement Company Redfield Spink 7 100,000 09/10/1889 2119 426
Congregational Church of Ree Heights Ree Heights Hand 3 09/24/1885 2112 191
Ree Heights Creamery Company Ree Heights Hand 3 3,000 11/01/1887 2116 275
Ree Heights Water & Coal Company Ree Heights Hand 5 4,500 08/09/1883 2109 122
Farmers Joint Stock Elevator Co. Revilla Grant 7 2,000 03/19/1886 2112 449
Norwegian Lutheran Trinity Church of Revillo Revillo Grant 3-9 08/02/1889 2119 324
Congregation Church of Revillo, County of Grant Dakota Revillo Grant 3-9 03/16/1887 2115 173
Reynolds Opera House Association Reynolds Grand Forks 3 500,000 01/14/1889 2118 190
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Reynolds Reynolds Grand Forks 3 07/13/1883 2109 79
Farmers Elevator Company of Reynolds Reynolds Grand Forks 7 3,500 08/14/1886 2114 273
First Methodist Episcopal Church Richland Miner 3 04/28/1885 2111 452
Richmond Town Site Company Richmond Brown 5 20,000 11/20/1879 2104 175
Rio Cheese Co. Rio Stutsman 7 2,500 07/10/1889 2119 264
Riverdale Townsite Company Riverdale Dickey 5 10,000 06/09/1887 2115 447
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Congregation of Brown County Riverside Brown 3 03/08/1886 2112 417
Riverside Ranch Company of Morton County Riverside Ranch Morton 6 200,000 06/17/1886 2114 392
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Boston & Little Rapid Milling & Water Power Co. Rochford Pennington 5 2,000,000 08/03/1883 2109 112
Mineral Hill Mill and Mining Company Rockerville Pennington 3 500,000 09/11/1878 2104 19
Rockerville and Teepee Ditch and Flume Company Rockerville Pennington 3 15,000 02/08/1879 2104 49
Central Telephone and Telegraph Co. Rockerville & R Pennington 5 10,000 04/07/1880 2104 263
Rockford & Rapid Creek Flume Company Rockford Pennington 7 100,000 05/18/1879 2104 88
First German Society of Faulk County Dakota Territory methodist Episcopal Chu Rockham Faulk Not Listed 11/18/1887 2116 311
Presbyterian Church of Rolla Rolla Rolette 3 04/26/1889 2119 42
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Association of Rolla Rolette County Dakota Rolla Rolette 3 06/29/1889 2119 232
First Congregational Church of Rome Rome Davison 3 05/12/1882 2106 325
First Presbyterian Society of Rondell Rondell Brown 3-11 10/17/1888 2118 62
Central Dakota Land Company Roscoe Edmunds 5 100,000 06/28/1884 2110 331
Roscoe Creamery Company Roscoe Edmunds 11 7,000 03/31/1888 2117 40
Methodist Episcopal Church of Roscoe Dakota Roscoe Edmunds Not Listed 04/25/1887 2115 160
Roscoe Cemetery Corporation Roscoe Edmunds 5 5,000 01/03/1888 2116 387
First Presbyterian Church of Roscoe, Dakota Territory Roscoe Edmunds 3-11 11/13/1886 2114 435
Congregational Church of Rose Valley Rose Valley Cass 3-9 07/07/1888 2117 338
Congregational Church of Rosette Park Rosette Park Edmunds 3 11/09/1888 2118 103
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Roswell Roswell Miner 3 07/03/1885 2112 37
Rowena Granite Company Rowena Minnehaha 3 25,000 08/25/1888 2117 552
Ryan Land Improvement Company Rowena Minnehaha 3 25,000 08/25/1888 2117 554
Rowena First Methodist Episcopal Church Rowena Minnehaha Not Listed 01/12/1889 2118 273
Blue Bird Gold and Silver Mining Company Ruby Basin Lawrence 7 1,250,000 05/08/1886 2113 185
Ruby Bell Gold and Silver Mining Company Ruby Basin Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/06/1886 2113 152
Jumbo Mining Company Ruby Basin Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/04/1886 2113 118
Terisa Queen Mining Company Ruby Basin Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/17/1886 2114 178
Hot Spur Mining Company Ruby Basin Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 200
Bank of Rugby Rugby Ward 5 100,000 01/04/1889 2118 245
Fairview Cemetery Company Rural Jerauld 5 05/02/1885 2111 464
Union Cemetery Company Rural Jerauld 4 01/19/1886 2112 356
Close Communion German Baptist Church of Plum Creek Rural Hutchinson 3 01/19/1886 2112 358
Miller and Saint Lawrence Street Railroad Company Saint Lawrence Hand 5 15,000 06/06/1889 2119 171
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Salem McCook 08/13/1886 2114 240
Wildwood Cemetery Association of Salem McCook County, Dakota Territory Salem McCook 5 100 08/11/1887 2116 83
Salem Mill company Salem McCook 5 10,000 05/02/1885 2111 469
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Salem Driving Park Association Salem McCook 5 1,000 05/24/1887 2115 375
Board of Trade of the City of Salem Salem McCook 3-9 1,000 07/06/1889 2119 332
Grand Army Building Association Salem McCook 5 10,000 03/29/1886 2112 478
St. Mary's German Catholic Church of Salem Dakota Salem McCook 4 01/25/1887 2115 10
Lenham Elevator & Lumber Co (name change) Sanborn Barnes 04/22/1885 2111 435
Central Congregational Church Sanborn Barnes 3 08/17/1882 2107 181
Sanborn Coopertown & Turtle Mountain Rail road Co. Sanborn Barnes 9 300,000 07/22/1882 2107 108
Sanborn Gun Club Sanborn Barnes 5 05/22/1884 2110 253
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Sanborn Town of Sanborn County Sanborn Sanborn 3 06/11/1880 2104 320
Sanborn Farmers Alliance Elevator of Barnes County Sanborn Barnes 7 2,500 07/26/1888 2117 450
Sanborn Creamery Company Sanborn Barnes 5 1,800 03/16/1888 2116 568
Leuham Elevator & Lumber Company Sanborn Barnes 4 5,000 06/07/1883 2109 3
Presbyterian Church of Sanborn Dakota Sanborn Barnes 5+ 07/26/1888 2117 425
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Deuel County Dakota Scandinavia (tw Deuel Not Listed 11/26/1888 2118 136
Nordlake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Scandinavia (tw Deuel 5 12/29/1888 2118 236
Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation of Scotland Scotland Bon Homme 3 12/24/1885 2112 310
Scotland Horse Fair and Track Association Scotland Bon Homme 8 4,000 06/21/1886 2114 95
Reformed Behanian Church Scotland Bon Homme 3 05/13/1886 2113 258
First Methodist Episcopal Church Scotland Bon Homme 4 02/02/1884 2110 119
Bon Homme County Bank Scotland Bon Homme 7 50,000 05/28/1885 2111 551
Presbytery of Southern Dakota Scotland Bon Homme 3-11 04/20/1886 2113 24
German Insurance Company Scotland Bon Homme 7 02/07/1883 2108 84
Maxwell & Parmenter Mill Company Scotland Bon Homme 3 50,000 12/30/1885 2112 324
United Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Scotland Scotland Bon Homme 5 05/27/1887 2115 394
Scotland Creamery Company Limited Scotland Bon Homme 5 6,000 12/17/1886 2114 516
Dakota Elevator Company Scotland Bon Homme 10 6,000 02/28/1885 2111 282
Evangelical Congregational German Church at Scotland Scotland Bon Homme 3-9 10/08/1886 2114 374
Prairie Land Company Scotland Bon Homme 3 500,000 02/24/1888 2116 499
A. O. U. W. Building Association Sheldon Ransom 7 2,500 03/21/1889 2118 461
Sheldon Creamery Company Sheldon Ransom 11 5,000 02/24/1888 2116 495
First Presbyterian Church of Sheldon Sheldon Ransom 5 05/20/1886 2113 418
Sherman Cemetery Association Sherman Minnehaha 3 08/15/1889 2119 375
Zion Church of Society of the Dakota Conference (trustee election) Silver Lake Lincoln 3 10/16/1886 2114 428
Zion Church Society of the Dakota Conference of the Evang. Assoc. of North Am Silver Lake Lincoln 3 11/10/1886 2114 430
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Skandinavia Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sims Sims Morton 6 11/25/1885 2112 250
Dakota and New England Loan and Trust Company of Sioux Falls, Dakota Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5+ 200,000 02/21/1887 2115 69
Sioux Falls Driving Park Associati0on Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 20,000 02/26/1884 2110 12
John W. Tuthill Lumber Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 50,000 08/18/1885 2112 152
Sioux Falls Printing and Supply Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5+ 20,000 02/21/1887 2115 71
Sioux Falls Real Estate and Improvement Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-11 250,000 02/05/1889 2118 343
Sioux Falls and Pacific Short Line Railroad Sioux Falls Minnehaha 6 1,000,000 05/04/1889 2119 77
Northwestern Investment Company (increase of stock) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 300,000 05/01/1889 2119 62
Sioux Falls Granite Company Limited Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 250,000 08/26/1889 2119 397
Sioux Falls Water Power Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 500,000 05/20/1882 2107 3
Sioux Falls Public Library Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 08/04/1886 2114 253
German-American Loan & Investment Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 60,000 09/14/1885 2112 185
Northwestern Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 12/05/1888 2118 174
First Congregational Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 03/06/1879 2104 75
Plainview Farming & Stockraising Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 25,000 01/30/1882 2106 153
Sioux Falls Investment and Improvement Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 100,000 08/13/1889 2119 365
Our Savior Norwegian Luth. Evangelical Luth. Church Soc. of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 02/18/1879 2104 46
German Evangelical Lutheran Church Society of Sioux Falls Minnehaha County Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 06/29/1888 2117 311
Queen Bee Mill Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 6 300,000 01/09/1883 2108 40
Milwaukee Sioux Falls and Red River Railroad Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 13 100,000 04/08/1879 2104 64
Sioux Falls Brick Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 30,000 09/27/1883 2109 209
Dakota Mutual Life Insurance Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 09/26/1884 2110 527
Chapter of Calvary Cathedral Sioux Falls Minnehaha 10 09/24/1885 2112 187
Reformed Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 02/27/1884 2110 22
South Dakota Rapid Transit and Railway Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 100,000 05/17/1889 2119 94
Argus Leader Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 25,000 04/07/1887 2115 229
Merchants Bank Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 100,000 11/23/1888 2118 122
Skandi-American Loan and Trust banking Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 10,000 07/11/1888 2117 296
Cascade Milling Company (increase of stock) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 75,000 05/16/1887 2115 352
Sioux Falls Mutual Aid Association (acceptance of provisions) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 12/17/1887 2116 358
Northwestern Investment Company (increase of stock) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 500,000 05/09/1889 2119 85
Sioux Falls Bottling Works Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 15,000 05/12/1887 2115 337
Western Surety and Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 02/25/1888 2116 501
First Baptist Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 11/27/1885 2112 260
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Sioux Falls and Denver Railroad Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 10,000,000 09/19/1889 2119 444
Sioux Falls Water Power Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 9 300,000 09/18/1879 2104 148
Sioux Falls Electric Light & Power Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 50,000 02/06/1884 2109 460
Minnehaha Canning Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-7 30,000 04/13/1889 2118 536
D. Elwell and Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 25,000 07/12/1884 2110 355
First Methodist Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 05/31/1884 2110 261
Sioux Falls Law Library Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 10/15/1885 2112 217
Sioux Falls City Street Railway Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 150,000 03/22/1887 2115 179
Black Hills Loan and Trust Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 50,000 02/29/1888 2116 512
Sioux Falls Mutual Aid Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 12/31/1883 2109 376
Sioux Falls Water Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 06/26/1884 2110 315
Dakota Collegiate Institute Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 10/17/1881 2106 22
Dakota Union Railway Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 15,840,000 05/30/1887 2115 410
German American Loan and Trust Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 500,000 09/26/1889 2119 466
Bismarck Sioux Falls & St. Louis Rail Road Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 500,000 11/19/1881 2106 58
Sioux Falls Gas Light Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 50,000 05/02/1888 2117 137
Times Printing Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 5,000 09/28/1881 2105 396
Sioux Falls Brewing Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 50,000 12/27/1881 2106 93
First Baptist Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 04/02/1881 2108 215
Sioux Falls Granite Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 12/21/1887 2116 376
Sioux Falls Fence Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 8,000 10/27/1883 2109 270
Yankton Street Railroad Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 04/23/1889 2119 33
South Sioux Falls Railroad and Rapid Transit Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 300,000 12/17/1888 2118 209
Union Trust Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-11 100,000 03/07/1887 2115 104
Noble and Johnson Bakery Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 12,500 01/24/1887 2115 5
Press Printing Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 10,000 02/29/1888 2116 510
Sioux Falls Savings Bank (amendment of articles) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 07/09/1888 2117 305
Sioux Falls Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-9 50,000 03/19/1889 2118 455
Queen City Boat Club Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 1,000 03/31/1889 2119 3
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 10/31/1879 2104 163
Wilmar & Sioux Falls Townsite Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-9 150,000 12/16/1888 2118 231
German American Loan and Investment Company of Sioux Falls (acceptance of Sioux Falls Minnehaha 01/09/1888 2116 390
Sioux Falls Water Power Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 9 800,000 06/01/1882 2107 24
First Presbyterian Society of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 08/04/1884 2110 420
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Sioux Falls Foundry & Machine Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 25,000 08/02/1884 2110 403
Sioux Falls Savings Bank Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 50,000 10/15/1886 2114 387
Iowa Sioux Falls & Northern Rail Road Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 5,000,000 10/29/1883 2109 275
Sioux Falls Exposition Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 03/04/1882 2106 216
Sioux Falls Publishing Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 50,000 03/02/1882 2106 205
Sioux Falls Congregational Ladies Aid Society Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 09/04/1888 2117 510
German Verein of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 06/12/1880 2104 310
Sioux Falls Yankton and Denver Railroad Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 1,000,000 06/18/1889 2119 204
Masonic Temple Building Association of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 40,000 03/07/1882 2106 221
Sioux Falls Club Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-11 06/08/1889 2119 156
South Dakota Plaining Mill Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 15,000 06/08/1889 2119 158
Dakota Cattle Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 100,000 04/21/1883 2108 257
First Penitarian Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 03/13/1882 2106 241
Sioux Falls Fairbank & Western Railroad Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 6,000,000 11/25/1884 2111 83
Dells Mining Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 100,000 12/10/1884 2111 107
Sioux Falls Camp (??) Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 5,000 05/05/1883 2108 282
Dakota Packing Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-5 2,500 11/17/1886 2114 450
Security and Guaranty Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-5 100,000 02/23/1889 2118 393
Sioux Falls Hail Insurance Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 100,000 02/05/1885 2111 245
McKinney Loan and Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3-9 500,000 11/29/1886 2114 470
Minnehaha Trust Company of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 50,000 04/16/1883 2108 233
Seventh Day Adventists Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 03/14/1882 2106 235
Sioux Falls Stock Yard Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 9 500,000 06/08/1889 2119 169
Dakota Improvement Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 9 100,000 02/04/1881 2105 88
Dakota Brokerage and Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 50,000 11/22/1886 2114 457
Sioux Falls Insurance Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 01/28/1885 2111 197
Dakota Detective Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 07/08/1885 2112 51
Southwestern Dakota Agricultural Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 20,000 03/19/1886 2112 452
Sioux Falls Safe Deposit Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5-9 15,000 11/22/1886 2114 454
Sioux Falls Yankton and North Western Railway Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 13 3,000,000 07/23/1889 2119 299
Marriage Fund Mutual Benefit Association of Dakota Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 10,000 02/04/1882 2106 163
Sioux Falls Gas Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 `50,000 09/05/1883 2109 177
Sioux Falls Leisure Hour Club Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 09/03/1883 2109 173
Sioux Falls Abstract Title Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 250,000 08/05/1889 2119 327
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South Dakota Title Insurance and Trust Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 500,000 10/31/1889 2119 556
Sioux Falls Leader Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 25,000 05/28/1883 2108 332
Sioux Falls University Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11 06/25/1885 2112 19
Sioux Falls Railroad Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 100,000 05/22/1883 2108 309
Dakota Farm Improvement Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 10,000 05/19/1881 2105 180
Insurance Company of Dakota Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 02/26/1883 2108 122
First Swedish Baptist Church of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 03/20/1885 2111 334
Minnehaha County Title Abstract and Guaranty Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 07/27/1889 2119 308
Cascade Milling Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 50,000 05/19/1886 2113 403
All Souls' Church of Sioux Falls, Dakota Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 05/03/1887 2115 321
Western Investment Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 12 300,000 02/27/1885 2111 269
Sioux Falls Jasper Stone Co. Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 100,000 03/02/1882 2106 203
Queen City Cornet Band Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 03/29/1882 2106 262
Cross Mining Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 7 20,000 06/24/1880 2104 297
Sioux Falls Public Library Association Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 02/08/1882 2106 170
Big Spring Scandinavian Baptist Church Sioux Valley Union 3 09/01/1879 2104 135
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Union Creek Church Sioux Valley Tw Union 3 02/20/1880 2104 205
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Highlands Sisseton Marshall 3-11 07/15/1889 2119 288
Sitting Bull Places Mining Co. Sitting Bull Pennington 7 500,000 05/27/1880 2104 302
Norfolk Stone Company Smithwick Fall River 5 800,000 11/01/1888 2118 98
Fall River Stone Company Smithwick Fall River 5 800,000 12/17/1887 2116 360
Black Hills Variegated Rock Quarry and Milling Company Smithwick Fall River 3 800,000 08/19/1887 2116 108
Sioux Falls Woolen Mill Company South Sioux Fall Minnehaha 5 100,000 12/31/1888 2118 212
Pioneer Soap Company South Sioux Fall Minnehaha 3 25,000 06/06/1889 2119 173
First Welsh Calvanistic Methodist Church of Marshall County Spain Marshall 5 06/29/1889 2119 228
Lawrence County Agricultural & Industrial Association Spearfish Lawrence 11 10,000 06/24/1884 2110 310
Superior Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 3 1,000,000 07/26/1886 2114 207
Farmers Protective & Cooperative Union Spearfish Lawrence 7 100,000 03/20/1884 2110 99
Continental Tin Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 4 1,250,000 07/19/1889 2119 292
Queen City Consolidated Oil Company of Spearfish Spearfish Lawrence 5 1,500,000 06/05/1886 2113 587
Grace Hawthorne Gold and Silver Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 1,250,000 07/16/1886 2114 174
Beaver Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 1,000,000 05/26/1886 2113 498
Spearfish Hose Company No. 1 Spearfish Lawrence 6 1,000 05/05/1888 2117 153
Crow Peak Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 1,500,000 06/29/1886 2114 135
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Dakota College Spearfish Lawrence 11 01/17/1881 2105 64
Spearfish Milling Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 50,000 06/11/1883 2109 20
Spearfish Music & Rink Association Spearfish Lawrence 11 5,000 04/20/1885 2111 415
Spearfish Land and Building Association Spearfish Lawrence 5 50,000 09/24/1886 2114 359
Crawford Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 150,000 09/04/1886 2114 317
First Congregational Church of Spearfish Spearfish Lawrence 3 02/16/1882 2106 184
Iron Creek Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 1,250,000 02/15/1889 2118 371
First Tum Consolidated Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 1,250,000 04/20/1887 2115 273
Spearfish Bald Mountain and Lead City Railroad Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 500,000 02/05/1889 2118 344
Spearfish and Southern Railroad Company Spearfish Lawrence 9 1,000,000 02/27/1889 2118 430
Spearfish Hotel Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 30,000 04/09/1887 2115 243
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Spearfish Spearfish Lawrence 7 08/04/1887 2116 58
Spearfish Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 1,500,000 02/15/1884 2109 476
Rialto Silver Mining Co. Spearfish Lawrence 7 500,000 05/29/1885 2111 560
Lost Channel Placer and Quartz Mining Company Spearfish Lawrence 7 1,250,000 07/29/1886 2114 213
Queen City Hook and Ladder Company Spearfish Lawrence 5 12/10/1886 2114 497
Bank of Spearfish Spearfish Lawrence 9 50,000 04/27/1887 2115 299
Buckeye Placer Mining Company Spearfish City Lawrence 7 125,000 06/14/1886 2114 70
Globe Mining and Milling Company Spearfish City Lawrence 5 3,000,000 07/22/1886 2114 194
Esperanza Silver Mining Company Spearfish City Lawrence 7 1,000,000 05/22/1886 2113 457
Crown Point Oil Company Spearfish City Lawrence 5 500,000 06/09/1886 2114 23
Anchor Mining Company Spearfish City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/05/1886 2114 3
Summit Silver Mining Company Spearfish City Lawrence 9 1,000,000 05/19/1886 2113 390
First Baptist Church of Spencer Spencer McCook 3 09/12/1887 2116 167
Spencer Jaspar Stone Company Spencer McCook 9 10,000 05/18/1888 2117 186
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church Spink Twp. Union 3 09/01/1879 2104 139
Roseni Evangelisk Luthersk Menighed Spink Twp. Union 3 01/02/1884 2109 384
Union Congregational Church Spiritwood Stutsman 3-9 06/10/1886 2114 32
First Scandinavian Baptist Church of Kingsbury County Spring Lake Kingsbury 3 05/07/1885 2111 481
Methodist Episcopal Church of Spring Lake Spring Lake Hand Not Listed 07/19/1887 2115 494
Farmer's Combination Grist Mill Co. Spring Lake Hand 7 4,000 07/13/1885 2112 74
Pleasant View Cemetery Association Spring Lake (tw Kingsbury 7 08/28/1886 2114 308
Spring Valley Shire Horse Association Spring Valley Turner 7 4,000 08/22/1888 2117 547
Springdale Stock Ranche Springdale Ranc Fall River 3 100,000 04/06/1889 2118 505
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Specie Payment Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Springfield Bon Homme 5 25,000 11/01/1881 2106 37
Special Payment Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Springfield Bon Homme 3 2,500,000 02/24/1883 2108 120
Emmanuel Reformed Church in Bon Homme County Springfield Bon Homme Not Listed 04/05/1889 2118 502
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield Springfield Bon Homme 4 04/05/1884 2110 125
Springwells Townsite Mill Power Company Springwells McPherson 6 250,000 11/24/1882 2107 311
St. John Baptist Roman Catholic Church St. John Rolette Not Listed 12/17/1887 2116 364
Bank of St. John St. John Cass 5 50,000 10/17/1889 2119 533
Armory Hall Association St. John Rolette 7 500 07/06/1888 2117 352
Central Methodist Episcopal Church of St. Joseph Township St. Joseph (twp) Pembina 06/04/1886 2113 585
First Methodist Episcopal Church St. Lawrence Hand 4 10/22/1884 2111 35
Turtle Valley Lodge No. 61 Independent Order of Odd Fellows St. Lawrence Hand 3 09/22/1884 2110 513
Business Mens Association of St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Hand 5 25,000 12/27/1887 2116 380
First Presbyterian Society of St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Hand 3 06/30/1882 2107 68
Howell Land Improvement Co. St. Lawrence Hand 9 2,500 02/23/1883 2108 116
Farmers Elevator and Milling Company (increase of stock) St. Lawrence Hand 5 15,000 09/02/1886 2114 312
St. Lawrence Building Co. Limited St. Lawrence Hand 5 5,000 02/29/1884 2110 19
Farmers Elevator & Milling Co. St. Lawrence Hand 5 5,000 05/12/1885 2111 507
Constant Mining Company St. Louis 3 40,000 08/08/1882 2107 156
Farmers Creamery Association St. Olaf Minnehaha 3 5,000 02/13/1889 2118 364
Farmers Cooperative Warehouse Association St. Olaf Minnehaha 7 5,000 09/24/1887 2116 198
St. John's Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at St. Thomas, Pembin St. Thomas Pembina 3 06/25/1887 2115 427
Red River Valley Club of St. Thomas Dakota St. Thomas Pembina 3 05/01/1888 2117 135
German Evangelical St. Paul's Church St. Thomas Pembina 3 02/24/1888 2116 458
Bank of Saint Thomas St. Thomas Pembina 3 25,000 10/22/1887 2116 267
Baptist Church of St. Thomas St. Thomas Pembina 3 06/09/1883 2109 12
First Methodist Episcopal Church of St. Thomas St. Thomas Pembina 3 07/21/1884 2110 366
St. Benedict Church Stanley Cass 4 04/11/1889 2118 522
Roman Catholic Church of St. Columbkill Star Corners Clay 4 06/11/1885 2112 269
Napoleon Townsite Co. Steel Kidder 7 2,000 07/31/1885 2112 126
Kidder County Republican Publishing Company Steele Kidder 7 3,000 02/11/1889 2118 357
Fort Buford Steele & Southeastern Railway Co. Steele Kidder 5 300,000 12/01/1883 2109 328
First Presbyterian Church of Steele Steele Kidder 3 04/16/1883 2108 243
First Baptist Church of Steele Steele Kidder 3 09/03/1884 2110 483
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Steele Steele Kidder 3 07/27/1883 2109 97
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United Presbyterian Church of Sterling Sterling Burleigh 3 12/18/1885 2112 296
Presbyterian Church of Sterling Sterling Burleigh 5 03/15/1886 2112 443
Silver Sheen Mining Company Sturgis Lawrence 5 500,000 07/26/1887 2116 26
St. Aloysius Catholic Church of Sturgis Sturgis Lawrence Not Listed 06/18/1888 2117 269
Lawrence County Bank Sturgis Lawrence 5 25,000 08/03/1885 2112 150
Western Bank and Trust Company Sturgis Meade 9 250,000 08/19/1889 2119 383
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Sturgis Sturgis Meade 5 12/14/1882 2108 1
First Presbyterian Church of Sturgis Sturgis Lawrence 3-11 05/24/1889 2119 126
Clydesdale and Hambletonian Horse Company of Dakota Territory Sturgis Lawrence 3 50,000 07/30/1887 2116 44
Bear Butte Coal Mining Company Sturgis Lawrence 3 500,000 04/02/1888 2117 46
Black Hills Plaster Company Sturgis Lawrence 3 20,000 10/18/1888 2118 65
G. A. R. Building Association of Sturgis Sturgis Meade 9 10,000 06/08/1889 2119 161
Olive Branch Lodge No. 47 AF and AM Sturgis Lawrence 3 07/11/1885 2112 60
First Congregational Church of Sturgis Sturgis Lawrence ?? 02/27/1885 2111 267
Bank of Sturgis Sturgis Lawrence 7 50,000 05/12/1887 2115 338
Calumet Gold & Silver Mining Co. Sturgis Lawrence 5 2,500,000 04/12/1886 2112 536
Sturgis Fire Protective Association Sturgis Lawrence 3 5,000 06/05/1888 2117 232
Bear Butte Lodge No. 46 I.O.O.F. Sturgis Lawrence 3 03/16/1885 2111 317
Clara Julia Oil Company of Wyoming Sturgis Lawrence 7 500,000 03/07/1887 2115 115
Clydesdale and Hanbletonian Horse Co. Sturgis City Lawrence 5 50,000 05/21/1885 2111 541
Bear Butte Prospecting & Coal Mining Co. Sturgis City Lawrence 5 100,000 10/31/1879 2104 161
Congregational Church of Buffalo County Sulphur Springs Buffalo 3 11/01/1883 2109 285
Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph of Summit Summit Spink 3 06/06/1884 2110 282
Nidaros Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Sverdrup Minnehaha Not Listed 08/15/1887 2116 32
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Swan Lake Swan Lake Turner 9 04/25/1881 2105 155
St. Theresa's Church Swan Lake Turner 3 01/31/1884 2109 440
Wells County Gazette Publishing Company Sykeston Wells 5 500 03/02/1889 2118 433
Sykeston Cemetery Association Sykeston Wells 5 04/11/1889 2118 531
Congregational Church at Sykeston County Sykeston Wells 3 09/27/1884 2111 1
Bank of Sykeston Sykeston Cass 5 25,000 10/31/1889 2119 559
Society of the Town of Tabor Tabor Bon Homme 5 400 12/17/1888 2118 196
First Bohemian Presbyterian Church of Dakota Tabor Bon Homme 3 11/12/1884 2111 57
Roman Catholic of St. Wenceslaus of Tabor Tabor Bon Homme 3 07/14/1884 2110 356
Leganger Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Taopi Minnehaha 3 01/25/1887 2115 14
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St. Ansgar Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Minnehaha County Taopi (twp) Minnehaha 3 01/08/1889 2118 387
Scandinavian Lutheran Church & School Association Taopi Twp. Minnehaha 3 5,000 03/22/1886 2112 453
Congregational Church of Tappen Tappen Kidder 3 08/17/1883 2109 139
Hope Cemetery Association Templeton Jerauld 5 06/08/1885 2111 565
Black Diamond Oil Company Terraville Lawrence 7 1,500,000 05/25/1886 2113 475
Bald Mountain Alert Mining Company Terraville Lawrence 5 1,000,000 12/12/1888 2118 170
Silver Star gold and Silver Mining Company Terraville Lawrence 5 1,250,000 04/24/1886 2113 57
Tamarack Gold and Silver Mining Company Terraville Lawrence 3 1,250,000 02/05/1889 2118 338
Methodist Episcopal Church of Tilford Tilford Meade Per Discipli 09/26/1889 2119 465
Tilford Milling Company Tilford Lawrence 5 12,000 03/11/1889 2118 441
Leganger Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Toronto Deuel Not Listed 07/07/1888 2117 316
Toronto Farmers Alliance Elevator Company Toronto Deuel 7 5,000 08/18/1888 2117 525
Dakota and Great Southern Railway Company (Adoption of Resolutions) Tower City Cass 05/26/1887 2115 383
Cass and Barnes Counties Agricultural Society Tower City Cass 9 10,000 12/31/1886 2114 545
Northwestern Milling & Elevator Co. Tower City Cass 7 30,000 04/29/1885 2111 454
First Presbyterian Church of Tower City Tower City Cass 5 06/18/1881 2105 242
First Baptist Church of Tower City Tower City Cass 3 03/20/1882 2106 351
Dakota Western Railway Co. Tower City Cass 13 6,750,000 03/27/1886 2112 472
Tower City Milling Company Tower City Cass 9 20,000 12/02/1882 2107 320
Tower University Tower City Cass 3 02/25/1884 2110 3
Milbank Kibby & Tower City Railroad Co. (Transfer of charter) Tower City Grant 13,800 08/06/1883 2109 119
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tower City Tower City Cass 3 09/02/1882 2107 196
Towner County Bank Towner Grand Forks 3 50,000 08/25/1888 2117 550
Mouse River Cemetery Corporation Towner McHenry 4 08/30/1887 2116 128
Congregational Church of Towner, McHenry County, Dakota Territory Towner McHenry 3 11/01/1887 2116 280
North Dakota Title Insurance and Trust Company Towner McHenry 5 250,000 05/20/1889 2119 104
Bank of Towner Towner LaMoure 5 100,000 01/04/1889 2118 178
Mouse River Stock Growers Association Towner McHenry 9 5,000 02/11/1888 2116 466
Travare Cattle Co Travare Roberts 3 50,000 11/10/1884 2111 47
Tulare Farmers Alliance Stock Company Tulare Spink 7 20,000 03/23/1885 2111 344
First Presbyterian Society of Turtle River Turtle River Grand Forks 3 03/27/1880 2104 252
First Congregational Church of Turton Turton Spink 3-9 10/30/1889 2119 554
Alliance Hail Association Twin Brooks Grant 9 02/10/1887 2115 50
Twin Brooks Cheese Manufacturing Company Twin Brooks Grant 5 2,000 05/23/1888 2117 193
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Young Peoples Missionary Association Twin Brooks Tw Grant 7 08/18/1885 2112 155
Zion Church Twin Brooks Tw Grant 5 07/18/1885 2112 90
Noble Grand Gold & Silver Mining Co. Two Bit Gulch Lawrence 11 500,000 01/17/1882 2106 123
Plankinton Cemetery Association Twp. # 103 Aurora 5 07/24/1882 2107 112
Tongue River Regular Baptist Church of Pembina County Twp. #162 Pembina 3 12/30/1885 2112 322
Sanborn Memorial Dutch Reform Church Twp. 100 Turner `4 700 08/16/1882 2107 178
Salem's Church of the Evangelical Association of N. A. Twp. 105 Moody 03/14/1885 2111 310
Morgan's Cemetery Corporation Twp. 107 Miner 5 12/19/1885 2112 302
Pleasant Mound Cemetery Twp. 107 Moody 3 02/13/1883 2108 103
Richland Congregation of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Twp. 135 Richland 3 10/17/1884 2111 25
Moravian Society of Canaan Twp. 138 Cass 3 11/02/1883 2109 293
Mora Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Twp. 142 Cass 3 12/16/1885 2112 294
Tower County Roller Mill Company Twp. 198 Tower 3 50,000 05/20/1884 2110 256
Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church Twp. 51 Lake 4 06/26/1884 2110 318
Lincoln Creamery Association Twp. 90 Clay 5 05/08/1885 2111 496
Bergens Norsk Evangelical Lutheran Church Society Twp. 92 Clay 5 05/11/1885 2111 504
Grandkjeins Evangelical Lutherske Menighed Twp. 93 Yankton 3 12/14/1882 2107 345
St. Peters Congregation of Hanges Synod Twp. 93 Clay 3 04/22/1884 2110 175
Throudhjems Evangelical Lutherske Menighed of Hanges Synod Twp. 93 Yankton 3 12/27/1882 2108 18
Skandavian Baptist Church of Lodi Twp. 94 Clay 3 02/13/1883 2108 106
Dhalsborgs Svewska Evangelical Lutherska Augustana Forsmling Twp. 94 Clay 4 03/12/1883 2108 160
Reformed Friedens Congregation Twp. 96 Bon Homme 3 03/04/1884 2110 29
Salem's Church Society of the Evangelical Association of North America Twp. 96 Turner 3 07/29/1881 2105 276
Den Norsk Dansk Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Menighed Church Twp. 96 Turner 3 09/21/1882 2107 236
Bethlehem Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Twp. 96 Yankton 3 11/21/1884 2111 76
First Holland Christian Reformed Church of Freisland Twp. 98 Charles Mix 4 10/21/1885 2112 234
Den Morsk Evangelical Lutherske Meldahl Menighed Twp. 98 Yankton 3 03/12/1884 2110 61
Roberts Chapel Methodist Episcopal Twp. 99 Douglas 3 03/17/1885 2111 324
Opdols Menighed Church of Yankton & Turner County Twps 96 & 97 Yankton & Tu 3 02/25/1882 2106 196
Security Bank of Tyndall Tyndall Bon Homme 7 35,000 01/03/1889 2118 242
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tyndall Tyndall Bon Homme 4 07/29/1885 2112 117
Bon Homme County Agricultural Association Tyndall Bon Homme 5 5,000 08/23/1883 2109 144
Presbyterian Church of Tyndall Tyndall Bon Homme 3 04/02/1881 2105 137
Union Town Presbyterian Society of Union Union Edmunds 3-11 06/07/1886 2114 13
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German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of Unaltered Augsburg Conf Valley Hutchinson 3-9 07/07/1888 2117 350
Rector Warden and Vestrymen of a All Saints Church Valley City Barnes 6 08/23/1884 2110 466
Alliance Warehouse Company of Valley City, Dakota Valley City Barnes 5 10,000 06/21/1888 2117 283
Valley City Building Association Valley City Barnes 05/03/1882 2106 310
German Society Methodist Episcopal Church of Valley City Valley City Barnes 3 08/02/1882 2107 136
Barnes County Agricultural & Mechanical Association Valley City Barnes 9 10,000 07/25/1882 2107 117
Congregational Church of Christ of Valley City Valley City Barnes 3 11/26/1881 2106 63
Norwegian Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Valley City Valley City Barnes 3 12/16/1882 2108 4
Record Publishing Company Valley City Barnes 9 5,000 02/14/1883 2108 99
Valley City Lodge No. 28 I.O.O.F. Valley City Barnes 3 04/12/1884 2110 134
Russell & Miller Milling Co. Valley City Barnes 4 100,000 08/08/1885 2112 147
Edwards Blackwell Lumber Company Valley City Barnes 3 5,000 10/03/1883 2109 221
Valley City Brick & Tile Co. Valley City Barnes 5 10,000 01/16/1882 2106 120
Valley City Building Association Valley City Barnes 5 500,000 03/17/1882 2106 249
Methodist Episcopal Church of Valley City Valley City Barnes 3 01/04/1882 2106 110
Valley City & Tustle Mountain Railway Co. Valley City Barnes 10 200,000 08/22/1881 2105 323
Valley City Telephone Company Valley City Barnes 5 15,000 08/22/1882 2107 188
Jamestown and Southern Railroad Company Valley City Barnes 5 30,000 06/07/1888 2117 247
Hillside Cemetery Association Valley City Barnes 7 05/26/1882 2107 14
Valley City Creamery Company Valley City Barnes 7 5,000 03/15/1888 2116 564
Valley Springs Cemetery Association Valley Springs Minnehaha 4 05/02/1879 2104 70
Bank of Verdon Verdon Brown 3 11/26/1888 2118 131
South Dakota Investment Company Vermillion Clay 5 100,000 10/31/1889 2119 565
Vermillion Valley Horse Stock Improvement Company Vermillion Clay 5 5,000 05/09/1889 2119 80
Vermillion Cemetery Association Vermillion Clay 10 500 08/09/1882 2107 166
Clay County Bank Vermillion Clay 5 25,000 03/25/1887 2115 194
Vermillion Ferryboat Company Vermillion Clay 3 2,000 06/22/1883 2109 36
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Vermillion Vermillion Clay 5 06/30/1885 2112 32
University of Dakota Vermillion Clay 7 05/19/1881 2105 172
Independent Congregational Church & Society of Vermillion Vermillion Clay 3 10/11/1880 2104 392
First Congregational Church of Vermillion Vermillion Clay 3 11/29/1881 2106 66
Scandinavian Congregational Church of Vermillion Vermillion Clay Per Discipli 07/25/1889 2119 274
Vernon Creamery Company Vernon Davison 5 1,000 06/05/1888 2117 234
Verona Farmers Elevator Company Verona LaMoure 5 3,000 03/12/1889 2118 442
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First Evangelical Church of Marshall county Victor (twp) Marshall Not Listed 09/28/1887 2116 202
Vilas Union Tow Mill Co Vilas Miner 5 3,500 10/11/1884 2111 22
First Seventh Day Adventist Church of Vilas Vilas Miner 3 02/23/1886 2112 391
Miner County Alliance Shippers Association Vilas Miner 9 2,000 09/12/1887 2116 161
Baptist Church of Vilas Vilas Miner 3 01/16/1885 2111 160
Greenwood Cemetery Association Vilas Miner 5 12/21/1885 2112 304
Mouse River Printing Co. Villard McHenry 5 2,000 02/23/1886 2112 389
Forest Hills Church of Virginia Township, Union County, Territory of Dakota Virginia (twp) Union 5 12/19/1888 2118 233
First Presbyterian Church of Union County Virginia (twp) Union 5 08/27/1889 2119 408
Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association of Virginia Township Union county Virginia Twp. Union 3 06/22/1881 2105 244
St. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church of Vodnang Dakota Vodnany Bon Homme 5 10/22/1888 2118 79
Volga Brick Manufacturing Company Volga Brookings 5 1,500 05/26/1887 2115 387
Farmer's Shipping Association of Volga Volga Brookings 7 2,500 12/11/1885 2112 284
Volga Mill Company Volga Brookings 11 30,000 02/03/1883 2108 80
First Congregational Church of Volga Volga Brookings 3 07/20/1881 2105 266
Bank of Volga Volga Brookings 7 50,000 04/14/1886 2112 533
Bank of Volga (increase of capital stock) Volga Brookings 7 100,000 02/18/1889 2118 370
Volga Park Horticultural & Forestry Association Volga Brookings 11 1,000 07/22/1885 2112 97
Brookings County Agricultural Fair & Driving Park Association Volga Brookings 9 5,000 07/19/1880 2104 328
First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Volga Brookings 8 03/31/1886 2112 493
Olivet Presbyterian Society of Volga Volga Brookings 3 06/13/1881 2105 233
Western Mortgage and Trust Company (increase of stock) Wahpeton Richland 3 125,000 08/06/1887 2116 67
First Baptist Church of Wahpeton Wahpeton Richland 3 11/13/1882 2107 306
Wahpeton Roller Rink Company Wahpeton Richland 3 4,000 01/09/1885 2111 147
Turn-vereiu Vorwaerts of Wahpeton, Dakota Territory Wahpeton Richland 3 08/02/1887 2116 51
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wahpeton Wahpeton Richland 3 01/21/1885 2111 174
First Congregational Church of Wahpeton Wahpeton Richland 3 06/22/1881 2105 236
St. Johannes Mutual Aid and Benefit Association of Wahpeton, Dakota Territory Wahpeton Richland 3 07/21/1887 2116 18
Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist Wahpeton Richland 3 03/19/1884 2110 84
Wahpeton Water Company Wahpeton Richland 3 50,000 03/26/1884 2110 105
Wahpeton Burial Association Wahpeton Richland 4 04/25/1887 2115 294
Wahpeton Lighting Company Wahpeton Richland 7 20,000 09/28/1887 2116 206
Wahpeton Board of Trade Wahpeton Richland 9 04/15/1887 2115 292
Wahpeton Telephone Company Wahpeton Richland 9 10,000 03/31/1887 2115 213
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Northern Light Electric Company Wahpeton Richland 3 20,000 05/02/1888 2117 143
John Nelson Mercantile Company Wahpeton Richland 3 20,000 03/22/1887 2115 181
Wahpeton Academy Wahpeton Richland 11 07/17/1889 2119 285
Farmers and Merchants Bank Wahpeton Richland 7 30,000 09/21/1887 2116 187
Western Mortgage and Trust Company Wahpeton Richland 3 100,000 04/20/1887 2115 257
Excelsior Roller Rink Wahpeton Richland 5 6,000 03/16/1885 2111 312
Wahpeton Library Association Wahpeton Richland 7 2,000 04/11/1888 2117 86
Richland County Agricultural & Industrial association Wahpeton Richland 11 25,000 05/13/1882 2106 341
Wahpeton Mill & Elevator Co. Wahpeton Richland 4 30,000 01/10/1882 2106 118
Red River Agricultural Society Wahpeton Richland 9 10,000 01/14/1889 2118 259
Wahpeton Building Association Wahpeton Richland 11 6,000 05/09/1882 2106 320
Novelty Creamery Company Wahpeton Richland 3 4,000 03/31/1888 2117 38
Northwestern Construction Company of Dakota Wahpeton Richland 3 25,000 04/17/1889 2118 551
First Congregation of Wakonda Wakonda Clay 3 09/06/1886 2114 323
First German Methodist Episcopal Church Wakonda Clay 5 03/01/1886 2112 403
Farmers Produce Company Wakonda Clay 7 10,000 09/27/1889 2119 470
South Pleasant Norwegian Lutheran Church or Congregation Walcott Richland 6 07/22/1886 2114 196
Wall Lake Zion Gemunde Wall Lake Town Minnehaha 3 2110 258
St. Bridget's Church Walshtown Yankton 5 02/02/1884 2110 115
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church Wanari Bon Homme 3 11/05/1888 2118 100
Wanduska Improvement Company Wanduska Ramsey 5 12,000 09/21/1882 2107 231
Warner Elevator Company Warner Brown 5 4,000 11/14/1887 2116 304
Warner Mill Company of Warner Dakota Warner Brown 7 20,000 01/10/1889 2118 268
Green Macleod Company Warner Brown 3 10,000 10/09/1885 2112 216
Warner Mill Company (increase of stock) Warner Brown 7 40,000 06/14/1889 2119 190
Farmer's Elevator Company Warner Brown 5 7,500 09/24/1885 2112 204
Bank of Warner Warner Brown 3 25,000 01/24/1889 2118 315
First Presbyterian Society of Warner Warner Brown 3 02/17/1883 2108 109
Warner Methodist Episcopal Church Warner Brown Not Listed 09/22/1886 2114 356
Farmers Alliance Company of Warner, Dakota Warner Brown 5 15,000 09/10/1888 2118 14
Evangelical Lutheran St. Johannes Congregation of Warner Dakota Warner Brown 3 05/09/1889 2119 82
Lutheran Emanuel Church of Plainview Washington (tw Douglas Not Listed 12/17/1886 2114 514
French Pilot Association Watertown Codington 5 2,000 03/13/1885 2111 301
Citizens Loan & Building Association of Watertown Watertown Codington 11 500,000 03/17/1885 2111 321
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Dakota Opera House Watertown Codington 3 05/13/1885 2111 510
Christian Church of Watertown Watertown Codington 5 04/23/1881 2105 151
Lake Shore Improvement Company Watertown Codington 5 500,000 04/21/1887 2115 279
Watertown Alliance Company Watertown Codington 9 10,000 07/28/1887 2116 40
Ritchie Lumber Company Watertown Codington 5 10,000 07/24/1888 2117 440
First Baptist Church of Watertown Watertown Codington 3 03/26/1881 2105 126
Sioux Valley Loan & Trust Company Watertown Codington 3 15,000 01/23/1885 2111 186
Watertown St. Paul & Minneapolis Rail Road Co. Watertown Codington 9 600,000 03/01/1881 2105 101
Watertown Fuel and Gas Company Watertown Codington 7 100,000 07/23/1889 2119 301
Watertown Banking and Investment Company Watertown Codington 9 200,000 03/23/1888 2117 15
South Shore Town Lot and Improvement Company Watertown Codington 4 10,000 08/08/1887 2116 79
Capitol Park Association Watertown Codington 5 100,000 06/04/1889 2119 147
Merchants Bank Watertown Codington 9 60,000 12/07/1886 2114 482
Watertown Hotel Company Watertown Codington 6 50,000 11/14/1887 2116 296
Watertown Land Improvement Company Watertown Codington 6 30,000 08/30/1887 2116 126
Watertown Hotel Association Watertown Codington 7 25,000 06/07/1884 2110 289
Tontine Trust and Investment Company of Dakota Watertown Codington 5 100,000 04/10/1889 2118 519
Duluth Watertown & Pacific Railway Co. Watertown Codington 7 18,0000,00 08/21/1885 2112 160
Watertown Heating Power and Light Company Watertown Codington 5 10,000 03/18/1887 2115 177
Dakota Improvement Company Watertown Codington 3 1,000,000 12/18/1885 2112 300
Lyceum Association of Watertown Watertown Codington 3 10/03/1879 2104 159
Watertown Manufacturing Co. Watertown Codington 5 25,000 03/29/1886 2112 483
First Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregational Society Watertown Codington 5 12/22/1883 2109 365
Dakota Loan & Trust Co. of Watertown Watertown Codington 5 500,000 12/21/1885 2112 308
Dakota Educational Endowment Association Watertown Codington 6 12/28/1885 2112 313
Watertown and Lake Shore Railroad Company Watertown Codington 5 100,000 03/28/1887 2115 201
Lake Kampeska Improvement Company Watertown Codington 10 1,000 08/14/1886 2114 271
Chalmers Bonded Investment Company Watertown Codington 3 1,600,000 09/20/1889 2119 457
Watertown Building & Loan Association Watertown Codington 9 1,000,000 11/02/1883 2109 290
Dakota Loan and Trust Company of Watertown, Dakota (acceptance of amend Watertown Codington 01/17/1889 2118 314
Kemp Brothers Townsite Co. Watertown Codington 5 4,000 01/23/1884 2109 429
Watertown Water Works Company Watertown Codington 5 150,000 03/10/1888 2116 531
Watertown Public Library Association Watertown Codington 7 02/28/1884 2110 17
Watertown Armory Company Watertown Codington 11 5,000 04/04/1887 2115 222
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South Dakota Livestock Company Watertown Codington 3 100,000 03/18/1889 2118 446
Sioux Banking Company Watertown Codington 3 25,000 03/15/1888 2116 562
Western Land Company Watertown Codington 3 1,000,000 05/20/1887 2115 362
Codington County Abstract Company Watertown Codington 3 10,000 03/13/1888 2116 554
Watertown Courier News Co. Watertown Codington 7 15,000 04/03/1886 2112 500
Watertown Mortgage and Trust Company Watertown Codington 7 200,000 02/21/1888 2116 488
Davenport Town Lot Company Watertown Codington 5 2,000 07/13/1888 2117 323
Codington County Abstract Company Watertown Codington 3 08/11/1886 2114 268
Capitol City Land Company Watertown Codington 5 2,000,000 05/17/1889 2119 102
Codington County Fair Association Watertown Codington 11 10,000 03/06/1886 2112 419
Building Association of Watertown (amendment to provisions) Watertown Codington 2119 90
Watertown Town Lot Company Watertown Codington 9 17,000 02/05/1887 2115 34
Watertown Telephone Company Watertown Codington 9 25,000 04/20/1887 2115 259
Watertown Opera House Company Watertown Codington 7 24,000 02/05/1887 2115 38
Board of Trade of the City of Watertown Watertown Codington 13 02/08/1887 2115 44
Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Watertown Codington 3 04/20/1886 2113 44
Stokes Jennison Co. Watertown Codington 3 100,000 07/29/1885 2112 119
C.G. Church Company Watertown Codington 3 10,000 08/02/1886 2114 227
Equitable Investment Company Watertown Codington 7 100,000 02/26/1887 2115 92
Watertown Nursery Company Watertown Codington 3 5,000 04/26/1886 2113 63
Watertown and Lake Kampeska Railway Company (appointment of power of at Watertown Codington 06/07/1888 2117 259
Watertown and Lake Kampeska Railway Company Watertown Codington 5 100,000 06/16/1888 2117 260
Commercial Exchange Club of Watertown Dakota Watertown Codington 9 2,500 05/04/1889 2119 70
Lake Kampeska Park Association Watertown Codington 7 24,000 08/05/1886 2114 258
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Watertown Watertown Codington 7 03/09/1880 2104 226
National Building and Loan Association Watertown Codington 7 500,000 06/22/1888 2117 287
Dakota Loan and Trust Company (acceptance of provisions) Watertown Codington 03/11/1889 2118 437
Watertown Cemetery Association Watertown Codington 5 03/18/1880 2104 237
Congregational Church of Watertown Watertown Codington 3 02/05/1880 2104 201
Gray Methodist Episcopal Church of Waverly Waverly Codington 3 07/30/1885 2112 123
Farmer Elevator Company of Waverly Waverly Codington 7 5,000 04/10/1885 2111 370
Waverly Town Site Company Waverly Codington 3 3,000 09/09/1884 2110 497
Waverly Dairy Company Waverly Codington 5 2,000 04/10/1885 2111 379
Bank of Webster Webster Day 5 30,000 10/16/1886 2114 390
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Farmers Exchange Webster Day 5 2,000 07/05/1887 2115 565
Webster City Bank Webster Day 3 20,000 10/02/1888 2118 36
First Church of Christ in Webster Webster Day `3 03/17/1883 2108 171
Day County Agricultural Association Webster Day 7 05/08/1886 2113 167
Coteau Lodge Number 54 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Webster Day 7 12/28/1886 2114 536
Farmers and Merchants Bank Webster Day 3 25,000 11/15/1888 2118 113
Day County Real Estate Exchange Webster Day 3 20,000 04/05/1886 2112 508
German Society of Minnehaha County of the Methodist Episcopal Congregation Wellington Minnehaha Not Listed 06/13/1889 2119 185
Alliance Company of Wentworth Wentworth Lake 9 10,000 03/03/1888 2116 516
First Presbyterian Church of Wentworth Wentworth Lake 3-11 04/12/1887 2115 245
Rose Hill Cemetery Association Wentworth Lake 5 06/17/1882 2107 56
First Presbyterian Church of Wessington Wessington Beadle 3-11 06/25/1886 2114 127
Wessington Cemetery Company Wessington Beadle 5 12/08/1887 2116 351
Wessington Methodist Episcopal Church of Wessington Wessington Beadle 3 09/14/1882 2107 209
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wessington Wessington Aurora 3 06/27/1883 2109 50
Wessington Hills Coal Mining Company Wessington Beadle 7 500,000 02/04/1888 2116 436
Prospect Hill Cemetery Association Wessington Spri Jerauld 5 05/24/1887 2115 377
Wessington Springs Seminary Wessington Spri Jerauld 7 10/17/1887 2116 244
First German Society of Jerauld County Wessington Spri Jerauld Not Listed 08/05/1889 2119 350
Hope Reformed Church in Emmons County Dakota Westfield Emmons Not Listed 07/31/1889 2119 281
Williams Methodist Episcopal Church Westport Brown Not Listed 02/02/1888 2116 432
First Presbyterian Society of Wheatland Wheatland Cass 3 10/13/1881 2106 12
Fairview Cemetery Association White Brookings 5 02/27/1886 2112 400
White Farmer's Alliance Elevator Co. White Brookings 7 5,000 07/03/1885 2112 39
First Methodist Episcopal Church of White White Brookings 4 04/20/1885 2111 411
South Dakota Farm Agency White Lake Aurora 5 50,000 12/03/1884 2111 93
Missouri Valley Protective Association White Lake Aurora 7 11/12/1885 2112 242
Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at White Lake White Lake Aurora 4 12/15/1885 2112 290
Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter of White Lake White Lake Aurora 3 10/03/1884 2111 8
White Lake Bank White Lake Aurora 3 15,000 06/10/1885 2111 574
White Lake Creamery Company White Lake Aurora 3 10,000 12/03/1887 2116 344
White Lake Mill company White Lake Aurora 7 15,000 06/06/1884 2110 278
Farmers Purchasing and Shipping Association of White Lake Dakota White Lake Aurora 5 5,000 08/20/1888 2117 529
Presbyterian Society of White Lake White Lake Aurora 3 07/27/1883 2109 100
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First Baptist Church of White Rock White Rock (tw Roberts 3 11/26/1887 2116 324
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of White Stone Hill White Stone Hill Sargent 3-9 08/20/1889 2119 385
Whiteside Cemetery Association Whiteside (twp) Beadle 3 04/30/1887 2115 315
First Presbyterian Church of Whitewood Whitewood Lawrence 3-11 12/27/1888 2118 228
Whitewood Banking Company Whitewood Lawrence 5 10,000 11/02/1887 2116 335
Lake Preston Skandinavisk Evangelisk Luthersk Meuighed Whitewood (tw Kingsbury 3 03/28/1887 2115 207
Lake Thompson Norsk Evangelical Lutheran Menighed Whitewood Tw Kingsbury 3 06/04/1884 2110 267
Lake Whitewood Norsk Evangelical Lutheran Menighed Whitewood Tw Kingsbury 3 03/20/1885 2111 337
Bank of Willow City Willow City Bottineau 3-5 50,000 09/28/1889 2119 473
Wheat Exchange Bank of Willow City Dakota Willow City Bottineau 5 100,000 06/06/1889 2119 179
Willow Lake Shipping Association Willow Lake Clark 7 10,000 06/30/1888 2117 331
Willow Lake Methodist Episcopal Church Willow Lake Clark Not Listed 10/10/1888 2117 543
Congregational Church of Willow Lake Willow Lake Clark 3-9 05/09/1888 2117 158
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmot Wilmot Roberts 3-7 06/25/1886 2114 123
Congregational Church of Winfred Winfred Lake 3 08/22/1885 2112 167
Missouri River Land and Improvement Co. Winona Emmons 3 50,000 04/23/1884 2110 178
Zion Church of the Evangelical Association Wittenberg Hutchinson 5 01/17/1881 2105 68
Free Evangelic Lutheran Congregational Association Wolf Creek (tw Hutchinson 3 01/26/1889 2118 321
Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation of Unaltered Augsburg Confession Wolsey Beadle 3 11/27/1886 2114 459
Wolsey Land Mining and Coal Company Wolsey Beadle 7 500,000 03/12/1888 2116 549
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wolsey Wolsey Beadle 03/18/1884 2110 75
Wolsey & Bismarck Railway Co. Wolsey Beadle 11 500,000 01/04/1886 2112 333
Bailey Lake Cheese Company Woodland (twp Clark 7 800,000 04/18/1889 2118 564
Citizens Bank Woonsocket Sanborn 3 25,000 07/12/1888 2117 488
First Presbyterian Society of Woonsocket Woonsocket Sanborn 3 04/15/1884 2110 139
Capital Investment Company Woonsocket Sanborn 7 250,000 03/21/1889 2118 465
Sanborn County Bank Woonsocket Sanborn 3 50,000 11/30/1883 2109 327
South Dakota Real Estate Association Woonsocket Sanborn 4 10,000 02/16/1887 2115 56
Farmers Elevator and Manufacturing Company Woonsocket Sanborn 5 15,000 07/29/1886 2114 215
American Bank and Trust Company Woonsocket Sanborn 5 500,000 04/20/1886 2113 32
Farmer's Shipping and Purchasing Association of Woonsocket Woonsocket Sanborn 5 5,000 09/12/1887 2116 160
Farmers Protection and Guarantee Corporation Woonsocket Sanborn 7 04/17/1886 2113 12
First Presbyterian Society of Woonsocket (See Page 139) Woonsocket Sanborn 3 04/15/1884 2110 189
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woonsocket Woonsocket Sanborn 3 02/25/1884 2110 7
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Capital Investment Company Woonsocket Sanborn 7 50,000 01/03/1889 2118 192
Citizens Bank of Woonsocket Woonsocket Sanborn 3 10,000 01/19/1884 2109 425
Lincoln County Dakota Farmers Alliance Warehouse Company No. 1 Worthing Lincoln 3 4,000 08/08/1889 2119 352
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Association Worthing Lincoln 8 20,000 04/16/1883 2108 246
Worthington Cemetery Association Worthing Lincoln 3 12/24/1881 2106 89
Congregational Church of Wyndmere Wyndmere Richland 3-9 10/29/1889 2119 551
Masonic Aid Association Yankton Yankton 11 03/11/1886 2112 430
Dakota Territorial Agricultural Society Yankton Yankton 3 none 08/02/1878 2104 3
Den Skandinaviske Evangeliske Lutherske Trefoldigheds Meuieghed Yankton Yankton 3 08/26/1887 2116 122
Yankton Electric Lighting Company Yankton Yankton 7 25,000 09/13/1886 2114 340
Yankton Heating and Plumbing Company Yankton Yankton 5 10,000 02/25/1888 2116 503
Dakota Publishing Company Yankton Yankton 3 2,500 12/08/1881 2106 74
South Eastern Dakota Telephone & Telegraph Co. Yankton Yankton 6 15,000 06/12/1882 2107 40
Wilcox Lumber Co. (Cert. to Increase Capital Stk.) Yankton Yankton 55,000 03/20/1884 2110 97
Yankton Bank Yankton Yankton 5 25,000 06/06/1882 2107 35
Yankton Pressed Brick Co. Yankton Yankton 5 24,000 03/03/1882 2106 208
Yankton Artesian Well & Mining Co. Yankton Yankton 5 10,000 09/17/1880 2104 373
Yankton Artesian Well and Mining Co. Yankton Yankton 30,000` 02/14/1882 2106 180
Yankton Linseed Oil Company Yankton Yankton 6 33,000 06/24/1889 2119 209
Wilcox Lumber Company(Increase of Capital Stock) Yankton Yankton 40,000 03/19/1884 2110 89
Yankton Loan Trust and Savings Bank Yankton Yankton 5 25,000 05/06/1887 2115 330
Yankton Ferry Company Yankton Yankton 02/04/1882 2106 162
Security Investment Company of Yankton Dakota Yankton Yankton 9 100,000 11/13/1886 2114 443
Missouri Valley Brokerage and Investment Company Yankton Yankton 3-11 200,000 05/20/1887 2115 364
Christ Church Yankton Yankton 3 05/31/1882 2107 18
Yankton Turnverein Society Yankton Yankton 11 12/24/1880 2105 39
Trustees of the Funds and Property of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Dakot Yankton Yankton 6 10/05/1878 2104 24
American Mortgage Company Yankton Yankton 3 100,000 10/01/1887 2116 210
Christ Church Yankton Yankton 3 04/21/1882 2106 290
Wilcox Lumber Company Yankton Yankton 3 40,000 05/09/1883 2108 290
Benedictine Convent of the Sacred Heart Yankton Yankton 3 02/01/1889 2118 348
Sisters of Mercy Yankton Yankton 12/02/1878 2104 31
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Yankton Yankton Yankton 3 01/30/1882 2106 155
First Universalist Parish of Yankton Dakota Yankton Yankton 5 05/05/1879 2104 72
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Skandinavian Lutheran Church of Yankton Dakota Yankton Yankton 3 04/30/1886 2113 87
Reformed Hoffnungs (Hope) Church Yankton Yankton 3-11 07/09/1886 2114 162
Yankton Ferry Company Yankton Yankton 5 8,000 10/03/1881 2105 401
U.S. Soldiers & Sailors Mutual Benefit Association Yankton Yankton 9 08/31/1883 2109 171
Wilcox Lumber Company Yankton Yankton 3 25,000 09/10/1881 2105 379
Yankton Building & Loan Association Yankton Yankton 5 5,000 12/03/1885 2112 277
Yankton Coal Mining Company Yankton Yankton 10 100,000 08/27/1884 2110 472
Yankton Creamery Yankton Yankton 5 3,500 03/03/1883 2108 137
Vangen Norwegian Lutheran Church Society of Yankton Yankton Yankton 3 08/13/1884 2110 446
Dakota Electropathic Medicine Company Yankton Yankton 3 5,000 01/31/1887 2115 30
Bankers and Merchants Accident Association of Dakota Yankton Yankton 10 06/01/1888 2117 211
Yankton and Missouri Valley Railway Company Yankton Yankton 5 3,000,000 03/05/1887 2115 112
Dakota Improvement Building and Construction Company Yankton Yankton 6 100,000 09/10/1884 2110 499
Capitol Coal Mining Company Yankton Yankton 11 25,000 09/22/1884 2110 503
Southern Dakota Mining Co. Yankton Yankton 9 50,000 10/04/1884 2111 6
Phil Kearney Memorial Association of Yankton Dakota Territory Yankton Yankton 7 06/11/1887 2115 467
Yankton Light and Power Company Yankton Yankton 3 25,000 12/17/1888 2118 194
Southeastern Dakota Telephone & Telegraph Co. Yankton Yankton 6 60,000 11/04/1882 2107 291
Dakota Pulp & Textile Co. Yankton Yankton 10 100,000 10/11/1884 2111 23
Western Loan and Banking Company Yankton Yankton 3 100,000 01/08/1887 2114 551
Yankton College Yankton Yankton 9 08/30/1881 2105 354
Electropathic Institute and School of Telegraphy Yankton Yankton 3 01/23/1885 2111 188
Yankton Fire Insurance Co. Yankton Yankton 03/03/1883 2108 136
Yankton Packing Company Yankton Yankton 4 20,000 06/03/1884 2110 270
Yankton Library Association Yankton Yankton 5 06/24/1879 2104 118
Yankton Fire Insurance Co. Yankton Yankton 9 100,000 02/23/1883 2108 117
Southeastern Dakota Industrial Association Yankton Yankton 7 3,000 07/13/1883 2109 90
Die Freir Evngelische Congregation Yankton Yankton 3 02/07/1885 2111 229
Roman Catholic Church of Sacred Heart of City of Yankton Yankton Yankton 3 06/10/1884 2110 293
Yankton Hotel Association Yankton Yankton 11 100,000 05/31/1889 2119 134
Yankton & LeMars Railroad Company Yankton Yankton 13 500,000 10/13/1881 2106 16
Zion's Church of the Evangelical Association of North America Yankton Yankton 3 05/23/1881 2105 195
Yankton Savings Bank Yankton Yankton 5 25,000 07/21/1887 2116 16
Yankton Street Railway Company Yankton Yankton 12 10,000 03/25/1887 2115 189
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Dakota Scientific Association Yankton Yankton 5 09/09/1879 2104 122
Yellowstone Land & Colonization Co. Yellowstone Val Billings 5 36,000 10/21/1880 2105 1
Yorktown Land Company Yorktown Dickey 3 25,000 08/21/1883 2109 142
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Yorktown Yorktown Dickey 3 05/04/1886 2113 116