Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #381, Christ Torkelson, Pipestone County, Minnesota
- Close Brothers & Company Land Contract #381, Christ Torkelson, Pipestone County, Minnesota
- This contract, for a piece of land in PIpestone County, Minnesota, is between S. H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Christ Torkelson of Story County, Iowa. It is for the Northwest quarter of Section 1 in Township 105 North, of Range 46 west of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Eden Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,643.36 and includes a detail of payments made between May 28, 1885 and paid in full June 29, 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
- 1885-05-28
- English
- 381
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