University of Wyoming
Collection Summary | ||
| Title | A.B. Cobb & Company records, | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1915-1959 | |
| Creator | A.B. Cobb & Company | |
| Abstract | Correspondence, business records, and other materials of a group of family-owned oil drilling, refining, and service station businesses in Montana. | |
| Collection Number | 02046 | |
| Size | 11.6 cubic feet (15 boxes) | |
| Repository | University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| Language(s) | English | |
A.B. Cobb & Company was founded by A.B. Cobb, his wife Mary L. Cobb, and C.W. Jeffrey in Great Falls, Montana in 1933. Cobb & Company operated oil well drilling in the Cut Bank, Kevin-Sunburst and Pondera oil fields of Montana. Cobb & Company also owned Home Oil and Refining Company of Great Falls, Montana and held interest in Hardrock Oil Company. Cobb & Company and Home Oil and Refining were sold in 1947 to Wasatch Oil Company and Ada Oil Company. At the time of the sale, Home Oil was the largest independantly owned plant in Montana. Included in the sale were forty-three service stations, two hundred producing oil and gas wells, and a 2,500 barrels per-day gas refinery.
Collection contains correspondence regarding the sale of stock and oil leases (1933-1959); legal agreements for oil and gas leases and mineral rights; maps of the Cut Bank, Kevin-Sunburst and Pondera oil fields in Montana; 5 general journals and several audits and reports of Cobb & Company (1936-1949); a scrapbook including photographs of service and gas stations that Cobb & Company held interest in; and miscellaneous financial papers relating to the Hardrock Oil Company and other enterprises.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
The collection was processed by Jennifer Williams in September 1998. The collection was updated and the finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson in January 2020.
The A.B. Cob & Company records were given to the American Heritage Center by A.B. Cobb Jr. in 1966.
There are no known other archival collections created by A.B. Cobb & Company at the date of processing.
Kevin Sunburst Oil Field (Mont.)
Mines and mineral resources -- Montana.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Montana.
Arranged chronologically. Correspondence from and to Cobb’s companies.
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Business Correspondence, 1933-1952 |
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Business Correspondence, 1959 |
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Arranged alphabetically. Legal documents pertaining to the business of Cobb’s companies and partners.
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Abstract of Title - By Pondera County Abstract Company, 1947 |
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Abstracts, 1927-1949 |
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Affidavit, 1948 |
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Agreements, 1936-1949 |
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Answer to Interrogatories, 1950 |
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Assignments, 1945-1946 |
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Assignments - Gold Mining Property, 1942 |
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Assignments - Oil and Gas Leases, 1941-1949 |
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Assignments - Ratification of Oil and Gas Lease, 1941 |
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Assignments - Royalty Interest, 1947 |
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Assignments - State of Montana Oil and Gas Lease, 1943 |
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Certificate of Resolution, 1947 |
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Contracts, 1944-1948 |
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Correction Mineral Deed, 1949 |
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Escrow, 1947 |
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Escrow - A. B. Cobb & Company and Hardrock Oil Company, 1947 |
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Grant, 1941 |
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Insurance - Fire, 1943-1946 |
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Leases, 1933 |
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Miscellaneous, 1945-1948 |
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Mortgages, 1941, 1945 |
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Mortgage - Partial Release of, 1941 |
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Nathan Novick vs. C. W. Jeffrey - Summons and Petition, 1948 |
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Notice of Exercise of Option, 1948 |
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Partial Assignment - Oil and Gas Lease, 1947 |
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Power of Attorney, 1943, 1947 |
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Promissory Note, 1941-1945 |
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Release, 1947 |
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Release - Oil and Gas Lease, 1949 |
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Statement Relative to Fees, 1947 |
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Sale of Stock, undated |
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Sales Agreement, 1947 |
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Sundry Notices and Report of Wells - Cat Creek, 1948 |
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Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement, 1948 |
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Tax Claim, 1949-1952 |
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Warranty Deeds, 1941, 1944 |
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Arranged Alphabetically. Reports, financial statements, audit reports and other company records from various companies. Includes A. B. Cobb Company, Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture, Home Oil and Refining Company, Idaho Refining Company, Mountain States Drilling Company, Newton Oil Company, Oriental Oil Refining Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, W. E. Rice Pipe Line Company, Taylor Oil Company, and Texas Company.
| Description | Container | ||||
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Calmont Oils Limited - Petroleum Production Prospects High River-Nanton Area, 1949 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Audit Reports, 1942-1951 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Appraisals and Oil Reserves, 1944 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Appraisals and Oil Reserves - Cut Bank Field, 1944-1945 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Appraisals and Oil Reserves - Pondera Field, 1946 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Balance Sheet, 1945 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Charge Accounts, 1942-1948 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Evaluation of Holdings - Cut Bank, Pondera, and Kevin-Sunburst Fields, 1944 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Evaluation of Oil Producing Properties, 1944 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Financial Records, 1933-1945 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Financial Report, 1941 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Financial Statements, 1947 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Internal Revenue Audit, 1943-1946 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Report of Special Examination, 1947 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Supplemental Report of Special Examination, 1947 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Valuation Report - Cut Bank Oil Field, 1944 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company - Valuation Report - Kevin-Sunburst Field, 1947 |
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A. B. Cobb And Company and Home Oil and Refining Company - Report on Certain Properties, 1946 |
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Cobb - Hardrock Joint Venture, 1945-1947 |
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Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture - Audit Reports, 1944, 1946 |
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Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture - Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1945-1947 |
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Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture - Expenses, 1947 |
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Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture - Report - West Kevin-Sunburst Oil Field, 1944 |
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Cobb-Hardrock Joint Venture - Report - West Kevin-Sunburst Oil Field, undated |
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Home Oil and Refining Company, 1941 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Architectural Drawings, 1940 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Audit Reports, 1942-1947 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Financial Records, 1939-1948 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Financial Report, 1939 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Financial Statement, 1947 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Report - Cobb Gas Field, 1944 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Report of Special Examination, 1947 |
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Home Oil and Refining Company - Schedule of Inventory and Other Adjustments, 1941 |
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Idaho Refining Company - Financial Records, 1946-1950 |
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Mountain States Drilling Company - Billing for Greybull Well #1, 1949 |
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Newton Oil Company - Survey Report - Rangely, Colorado, 1945 |
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Oriental Oil Refining Company - Survey Report - Rangely Colorado, undated |
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Phillips Petroleum Company - Well Costs, 1949 |
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W. E. Rice Pipe Line Company, 1941 |
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Taylor Oil Company - Annual Report, 1941 |
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Taylor Oil Company - Audit Report, 1944-1945 |
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Taylor Oil Company - Financial Records, 1943, 1949 |
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Taylor Oil Company - Report, 1943 |
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Texas Company - Evaluation Report - Pondera Oil Field, 1939 |
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Texas Company - Well Logs and Production, 1943-1947 |
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Trigood Oil Company - Appraisal, 1945 |
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Arranged alphabetically. Various financial statements of unidentified companies, descriptions of land, newspaper clippings, reserve estimates, memorandums, telephone conversation transcripts, and reports of various oil fields.
| Description | Container | ||||
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Accounts Receivable, 1941 |
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Accounts Receivable - Investment, 1941 |
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Battle Creek, Montana, undated |
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Cat Creek Anticline, Montana, 1921 |
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A. B. Cobb, Jr. - Expenses, 1949 |
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Financial Papers - Miscellaneous, 1941-1943 |
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Great Falls National Bank, 1941-1950 |
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Land Descriptions, undated |
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Loaned Equipment Accounts, 1941 |
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Memorandum of Meeting Between Stringer, Jeffrey, Lamey, and Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, circa 1951 |
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Miscellaneous, undated |
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Midway Oil Field - Report, 1946 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1940-1946 |
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Oil and Gas Mining Lease - Notice of Sale, 1949-1951 |
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Ranches - Assessment and Value of Land With Inventory, 1950 |
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Rangely Oil Field - Geochemical Surveys, 1946 |
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T. S. Reed Leases - Converse County, Wyoming, 1949 |
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Reserve Estimates - Montana and Wyoming, 1915-1944 |
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Reserve Estimates - Various Fields, 1940 |
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Sample Log - Appeman-Reeves No. I, undated |
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Sprouse-Reitz Property - Description and Information, circa 1948 |
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E. M. Stringer, Trust - Auditor’s Report, 1945 |
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Telephone Transcripts, 1947 |
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Yogo Sapphires - Investment Brochure, undated |
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Arranged alphabetically. Maps of oil fields in Montana and surrounding areas.
| Description | Container | ||||
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Baxter Basin, Wyoming, 1937 |
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Bears Den, Flat Coulee, and Whitlash Districts, 1930, 1932 |
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Beaver County, Montana, undated |
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Blaine County, Montana, 1945 |
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Byron-Frannie Area, 1932, 1938 |
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Cat Creek, Montana, undated |
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Conrad Butte Structure, Montana, 1942 |
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Crystal Creek Field, Wyoming, undated |
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Cut Bank Field, Montana, 1933-1937 |
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Dry Creek Dome, Montana, undated |
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Elk Basin Field, 1939 |
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Fiddler Creek Area, 1948-1949 |
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Formost Anticline, Canada, undated |
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Gage Anticline, Montana, undated |
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Half Moon Structure, Wyoming, 1939 |
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Illinois Basin, 1937 |
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Ingomar Dome, 1922 |
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Kevin Sunburst Field, Montana, 1938, 1948 |
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Kolle Area, Texas, 1940 |
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Leduc Oil Field, 1947 |
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Logan Mine, undated |
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Lost Soldier Field, Wyoming, 1948 |
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Meagher County, Montana, 1921 |
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Montana Plains, 1935 |
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Oklahoma, undated |
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Park County, Wyoming, undated |
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Pondera County , 1936-1946 |
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Ragged Point , 1921 |
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Ramah-Simla Areas, Colorado, undated |
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Red Lake-Cow Springs, undated |
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Roosevelt County, Montana, 1936 |
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Sheridan County, Wyoming, undated |
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Sumatra, Rosebud County, Montana, 1935 |
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Sunburst, Montana, 1939 |
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Teton and Pondera Counties, Montana, undated |
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Torchlight Dome, Wyoming, 1943 |
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Triple Creek Structure, undated |
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Unidentified, undated |
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Wallace Creek Anticline, 1923 |
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Washakie County, Wyoming, undated |
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Wyoming, 1945 |
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T. 17, R. 1, undated |
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T. 23-24, R. 8 W., undated |
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T. 31-37 N., R. 13 - 23 E., undated |
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T. 35 N., R. 5 W., undated |
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T. 35, R. 110-111, undated |
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T. 35-36 N., R. 1-2 E., undated |
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T. 37 N., R. 3-4 W., undated |
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T. 37 N., R. 15 E., undated |
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T. 37-38 N., R. 62-63 W., undated |
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T. 43-44, R. 65-66, undated |
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T. 46-48 N., R. 102-103 W., undated |
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Ledger Books from A. B. Cobb and Company.
| Description | Container | ||||
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A. B. Cobb and Company - Wells-Farm Investments, 1933-1947 |
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A. B. Cobb and Company, 1936-1949 |
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A. B. Cobb and Company, 1937-1941 |
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A. B. Cobb and Company, 1937-1943 |
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A. B. Cobb and Company, 1943-1948 |
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Contains photos of various service and gas stations and newspaper clippings of advertisements for the Home Oil and Refining Company.
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Scrapbook, undated |
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