Milwaukee Road Traffic Department Records, 1884-1985

Container Title
Series: 1. Agricultural and Mineral Development Department, 1929-1971
Scope and Content Note: The Agricultural and Mineral Development Department records contain materials on the agricultural activities of the Milwaukee Road, including Brochures, which include crop and climate information about states along the Milwaukee Road route; a Crop Report, detailing climate conditions of Milwaukee Road Crop Districts; correspondence from Lyman Horton, who was the Agricultural and Mineral Development Commissioner; Number of Crop Carloads from Milwaukee Road Stations, which provides a state-by-state comparison of carloads of crops shipped by the Milwaukee Road; a Report of Activities, describing various projects of the department; Trends in Fertilizer Consumption, showing charts and tables for fertilizer consumption by states served by the Milwaukee Road; and various publications.
Brochures
Box   17
Folder   1
Government Homesteads, circa 1920-1930
Box   17
Folder   2
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, circa 1940-1960
Box   17
Folder   3
Miscellaneous, circa 1920-1940
Box   1
Folder   1
Montana, 1929, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, undated
Box   17
Folder   4
Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, circa 1940-1960
Box   17
Folder   5
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, circa 1940-1950
Box   1
Folder   3
Crop Report, 1971
Box   1
Folder   4
Horton, Lyman, correspondence, 1946-1970
Box   1
Folder   5
Number of Crop Carloads from Milwaukee Road Stations, 1965-1971
Publications
Box   17
Folder   6
Farm Products Shipped in 1923 from Trans-Missouri Territory, undated
Box   17
Folder   7
Selected List of Corn Belt Farms in Southern Minnesota, Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Northwestern Missouri, undated
Box   17
Folder   8
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in Montana, undated
Box   17
Folder   9
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in North Dakota and South Dakota, undated
Box   17
Folder   10
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in Washington and Idaho, undated
Box   17
Folder   11
Selected List of Farms, Water Frontage Properties, and Cut-Over Lands in Upper Wisconsin and Michigan, undated
Box   17
Folder   12
Where to Select a Farm Home and Why, circa 1930-1950
Box   1
Folder   6
Report of Activities, 1947
Box   1
Folder   7
Trends in Fertilizer Consumption for States Served by the Milwaukee Road, 1968