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Friend, Andrew, 1835 - 1916. "The Life of Mr. Friend." Autobiography, 1916
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1353
Abstract
This collection consists of a typescript of the autobiography of Andrew Friend, of Garden City, Minnesota. The item is entitled “The Life of Mr. Friend”, and was compiled in 1916. In his autobiography, Friend discusses his involvement in building sawmills and gristmills in southern Minnesota, the defense of New Ulm during the Dakota Conflict, and the operation of his flourmill at Garden City.
Dates:
1916
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
H.H. King Flour Mills Co., Faribault, Minnesota. Collection, 1855-1975
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0142
Abstract
The H.H. King Flour Mills Co. collection contains information concerning the company between 1855 and 1975. The H.H. King Flour Mills Co. began in 1923 as an outgrowth of several earlier flour milling businesses in Faribault including those of Milledge Sheffield in the 1890s and later his son B.B. Sheffield. Henry H. King partnered with B.B. Sheffield to form the Sheffield-King Milling Co. in 1902. King bought Sheffield’s remaining interest in 1906 and continued to use the former named until...
Dates:
1855-1975
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
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