SUPERIOR TIMBER COMPANY (CHIPPEWA FALLS, WIS.):

The papers of the Superior Timber Company of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, which was organized for the purpose of "...mining and quarrying; manufacturing, trading, mercantile and other purposes... to lay out and plat towns, purchasing, lease and erect and own sawmills and for the manufacture and sale of timber...." After 1907, the company dealt mainly in the sale of unimproved cutover lands. The major share of the company's operations centered in Douglas County, Wisconsin. The early directors and stockholders of the company were: Frederick Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, president; William Sauntry, Stillwater, vice-president; and Garrett E. Lamb, secretary, of Clinton, Iowa, all of whom were directors. Frederick C. A. Denkmann and Frederick C. Denkmann of Rock Island, Illinois, and John P. Weyerhaeuser were stockholders as also were the above named directors. Other secretaries of the firm were Harrison J. McKusick and Charles J. McGough. The firm was incorporated on July 25, 1901, and was disbanded in 1944.

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Types of documents found in the collection include: deeds (1886-1934); correspondence (1885-1944); annual statements (1901-1943); abstracts of title (1908-1935); annual reports of corporations, issued by the Wisconsin Secretary of State (1910-1944); state and federal income, capital stock and corporation tax returns (1911-1944); trial balances (1912-1943); minutes; stock certificates and statements of assets and liabilities (1918-1928).

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The papers have been kept, for the most part, in the same arrangement as they were when they were turned over to the Historical Society. Deeds and correspondence relating to a certain individual or tract of land have been filed together, the earliest dated document being first in the document group. Each group has been filed chronologically, according to the earliest date of the document group. If a great deal of correspondence was carried on over a certain contract or deed, separate folders were made, and these folders were filed chronologically, according to the earliest date. Because transactions of this kind were carried on, at times, over a period of years, there is overlapping of dates in the boxes. The description that follows will include an inventory of material found in each box, as well as documents of interest in the box, so as to facilitate research.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Superior Timber Company (Chippewa Falls, Wis.). Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 6247a; 7188; 9066; 9753; 16,945

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, December 2014.

Catalog ID number: 990017309310104294

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Business enterprises -- Wisconsin.

Cutover lands -- Wisconsin.

Land companies -- Wisconsin.

Lumbering -- Wisconsin.

Railroads -- Wisconsin.

Real property -- Wisconsin.

Taxation -- United States.

Taxation -- Wisconsin.

Persons:

Bardon, James, 1844-1920, author.

Denkmann, Frederick Carl August, 1859-1929.

Denkmann, Frederick Carl August, 1821-1905.

Lamb, Artemus, 1840-1901.

Lamb, Garrett Eugene, 1869-1906.

McGough, Charles J., author.

McKusick, Harrison J., 1855-1937, author.

Nolan, Thomas., author.

Sauntry, William, 1847-1914.

Weyerhaeuser, Frederick, 1834-1914.

Organizations:

Douglas County Telephone Company (Superior, Wis.) -- Letterhead -- 1908.

Edward Hines Lumber Co.

Empire Lumber Company.

Farmers Land and Cattle Company (Wis.)

Homeseekers Land Company.

Musser-Sauntry Land, Logging and Manufacturing Company (Muscatine, Iowa)

Northern Pacific Railway Company.

Pittsburg Land Company.

Sauntry-Cain Co., author.

Places:

Chippewa Falls (Wis.)

Douglas County (Wis.)

Superior (Wis.)

Document Types:

Abstracts of title.

Deeds.

Letterheads.

Maps.

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