Title: Elk Valley Farms Records

Predominant Dates:1881-2001

ID: OGLMC1526

Primary Creator: Elk Valley Farms (1881-)

Extent: 18.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/31/2007

Subjects: Agriculture, Business and Industry, Larimore, North Dakota

Languages: English

The Elk Valley Farms Records have been divided into eleven series:

Series 1: General Historical Information

Series 2: Elk Valley Farms, 1879-2004

Series 3: Elk Valley Farms Elevator, 1901-1996

Series 4: Elk Valley Supply, Inc., 1975-1994

Series 5: Edison Farms, 1881-1941

Series 6: Crystal Springs Stock Farm, 1900-1922

Series 7: Charles Olmstead Materials, 1862-1917

Series 8: Double LL Stores of Crosby, Inc., 1980-1984

Series 9: J.B. Streeter Real Estate Company, 1893-1908

Series 10: Photographs

Series 11: Separated Materials

"This land was located in 1881 by O.M. Towner and Associates. It passed into the hands of Messrs. Booth and N.G. Larimore, who organized a corporation by which it was managed as the Elk Valley Farm. The corporation was organized in Missouri and the land paid a handsome dividend on a valuation of $30.00 an acre from the beginning. The Elk Valley Farm gained a worldwide reputation from the visit of the foreign commissioners from the Worlds' Fair in 1893. The harvest was then in progress. Forty-three binders were working in a single field, cutting down the grain at a rate of 640 acres a day and it required three weeks to complete the harvest. One hundred and sixty four head of mules and a vast amount of machinery were required to do the work on this farm. In 1880, they had 8000 acres of wheat which yielded twenty four and one half bushels per acre. The cost of production was $4.00 an acre and that an average of 50 cents per bushel would give a profit of $8.25 per acre.

With the passage of time, this farm has been divided into about twenty smaller farms, known as the Elk Valley Farms, with Jameson Larimore, Jr. as head. Tenant managers run the farms."

--Source: Souvenir Book: Larimore, N.D., Diamond Jubilee, 1881-1956, page 17

Agriculture
Business and Industry
Larimore, North Dakota

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Jameson Larimore III, Larimore, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation: 2007-2920; 2010-3033; 2011-3122; 2012-3146

Related Materials: N.G. Larimore Papers: OGLMC 1082

Preferred Citation: (Description of item).  Elk Valley Farm Records. OGLMC 1526. Box #. Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota.

Processing Information: Processed by Dan Ferris, Special Collections Student Assistant, from 2008 to 2012.  Curt Hanson, Department Head, finished the processing and added the finding aid to Archon in June 2013.