James B. Power
Papers, 1872-1930 (Mss 309)
3.6 linear feet

James B. Power was born on August 20, 1833 at Stockport, New York.  In 1875 he purchased 6,000 acres of land near Leonard, North Dakota and called it the Helendale Stock Farm.  Power served as Land Commissioner of the St. Paul and Manitoba (Great Northern) until his resignation in 1885.  From 1883 to 1895, he became acting president of the North Dakota Agricultural College.

The papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal papers, and subject files.  The correspondence consists almost exclusively of Mr. Power's letterpress books of outgoing correspondence.  The legal material includes property deeds and abstracts and legal briefs from several ND court cases related mainly to conflicts in property ownership.  The subject files contain many speeches given by Mr. Power.
 

Agriculture, Bonanza and Land Development

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Posted: 5/30/00