Oscar
H. Will
Family Collection, 1887-1969
1 linear feet
(Mss 1026)
Oscar
H. Will was born in Pompey, New York and came to Bismarck, ND in 1881 as
a traveling agent for his brother's nursery business based in Fayetteville,
New York. Will worked with E. M. Fuller at a greenhouse and soon
leased the business and introduced a new line of seed.
After
1887, Mr. Will focused his attention on the seed and nursery business.
He founded a seed company called Oscar H. Will & Co., the first nursery
in North Dakota.
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