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| Title | Smokestack and buildings of Russell Miller Milling Co., Jamestown, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1909 |
| Description | A view of a smokestack with a five story mill building and a grain elevator on the right. On the left is a shorter building with smokestacks and smoke. |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Flour & meal industry
Buildings
Smokestacks
Smoke
Mills
Industrial facilities
Grain industry
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| Organization Name | Russell-Miller Milling Co. (Jamestown, N.D.)
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| Location | Jamestown (N.D.)
Stutsman County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | ST201 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 25 x 20 cm. |
| Transcription | "Russell Miller Milling Co. 1909 - Loaned by A. H. Baenen Family"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | In 1879, a milling pioneer named Hiram Walker built a small water-powered mill on the Sheyenne River at Valley City. In 1882, John Russell invited his son-in-law, Arthur Miller, to form a partnership in operating the mill acquired from Walker. In 1886 Russell and Miller took the first step in a series of expansions which would eventually make the company the fourth largest milling firm in the nation. This was the purchase of a second mill at Jamestown, North Dakota. Subsequently, the partnership was incorporated as the Russell & Miller Milling Company. The brand name "Occident" meaning "out of the West" was selected because milling operations were situated in what was then the extreme western area of wheat production. As the company's milling capacity grew, its allied interest progressed. Increased milling meant more need for grain and thus, proper storage facilities. The Russell & Miller Milling Company built its first grain elevators in the years between 1882 and 1892. By 1906 Russell-Miller's capacity was 8,000 hundred-weights (cwts). It had experienced fires both in Jamestown and Valley City, rebuilding those mills and constructing a new mill at Minot, North Dakota. In 1907 the company's headquarters were moved to Minneapolis where it built a major mill to take advantage of the tremendous stock of select wheat. This move further assured the high quality of "Occident" flour. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Russel Miller Milling information taken from: http://www.webfamilytree.com/Barnes_County_History/history_of_russell_miller_milling_co_.htm |
| Repository Institution | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
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| Repository Collection | Stutsman County Memorial Museum Photographs
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| Credit Line | Stutsman County Memorial Museum, Jamestown, N.D. (ST201) |
| Rights Management | Owned by Stutsman County Memorial Museum. |
| Ordering Information | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
Phone: 701-252-6741
Address: Box 1002, Jamestown, N.D. 58401
Open: Memorial Day - September, 10am-5pm Weekdays and 1pm-5pm Weekends. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmST201 |
