Name/Title
Receipts and Bills for Maxwell HouseEntry/Object ID
2011.180.7.78Scope and Content
A collection of receipts and bills for the Maxwell House, an early UPRR Hotel in Rawlins. These receipts were found in the basement of the old Midway Bar by Jim and Ruby Poydak. See notes in file on location of Midway and Maxwell House and connection. The Maxwell House Hotel closed to the public in 1902 with the opening of the Ferris Hotel. This collection is arranged by year chronologically.
File 1: 1880. Receipts and Bills for hardware; livery and feed; meat; vegetables; fruit and more. Names include: Wm. Jungquist and Co.; John Shetter; S. M. Montgomery; Wyatt & Philbrick.
File 2: 1881. Receipts and Bills for fresh and salt meats, sausages, poultry; groceries; provisions; wines, brandies and whiskies; cigars, tobaccos; lumber. Names include: Dr. Fred Wolf; John Shetter; Smith and Ash; Wyatt & Philbrick; H. T. Snively; Dyer & Northington; Kitchen Brothers; Marsh and Hutton; UP Restaurant and Bakery; H. F. Errett & Co.; James France;.
File 3: 1882. Receipts and Bills for Coal; meats; fish; butter; fruit; vegetables; cigars, tobaccos; leather, saddles . Names include: J. K. Graft; John Shetter; Smith & Ash; Foote & Harer; Western Market; W. W. Wood & Co.; Dyer & Northington.
File 4: 1883. Similar products as above. Names include: John Shetter; Isaac Miller; J. W. Fauley; Stubbendorf & Co. Smith & Ash; H. T. Snively; R. C. Magor; The Tribune Printing Company; W. L. Smith; Foote & Harer; France Adams;.
File 5: 1884. Similar products as above. Names include: John Shetter; H. A. Kirk; France & Adams; R. C. Magor; W. J. Smith.
File 6: 1885. Similar products as above. Names include: Pacific Hotel Co.; John Shetter; Mr. McCarty; R. C. Magor.
File 7: 1886. Similar products as above. Names include: John Shetter; T. A. Johnston & Co.; R. C. Magor.
File 8: No Date. Names include Maxwell House; John Shetter; Wm. McCarty; R. C. Magor.Collection
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