Articles of Incorporation DT, 1878-1889 Alphabetical 11/26/2014 Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page A. O. U. W. Building Association Sheldon Ransom 7 2,500 03/21/1889 2118 461 Aberdeen Abstract Company Aberdeen Brown 4 20,000 01/10/1889 2118 266 Aberdeen Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company (de-classification of st Aberdeen Brown 08/25/1887 2116 114 Aberdeen Bismarck and Northwestern Railway Company (name change from Or Ordway Brown 5 05/09/1888 2117 156 Aberdeen Building & Loan Association Aberdeen Brown 7 500,000 01/02/1886 2112 328 Aberdeen Club Aberdeen Brown 7 04/27/1889 2119 51 Aberdeen Construction Company Aberdeen Brown 3 250,000 05/12/1888 2117 173 Aberdeen Creamery Company Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 03/05/1888 2116 525 Aberdeen Daily News Company Aberdeen Brown 3 12,000 08/08/1887 2116 81 Aberdeen Electric Light Co. Aberdeen Brown 3 10,0090 04/14/1886 2112 535 Aberdeen Electric Street Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 05/02/1888 2117 141 Aberdeen Farmer's Elevator Co. Aberdeen Brown 7 50,000 07/21/1885 2112 92 Aberdeen Faulkton and South Western Railway Company Faulkton Faulk 6 750,000 04/15/1887 2115 290 Aberdeen First Mortgage Security Company Aberdeen Brown 7 100,000 12/21/1886 2114 533 Aberdeen First Mortgage Security Company (acceptance of amendment) Aberdeen Brown 7 11/13/1888 2118 107 Aberdeen Free Library Association Aberdeen Brown 7 03/13/1884 2110 69 Aberdeen Gaslight Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 01/18/1887 2114 573 Aberdeen Highlands Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 08/08/1888 2117 481 Aberdeen Implement Company Aberdeen Brown 5 50,000 01/25/1889 2118 319 Aberdeen Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 3-5 12,000 10/04/1888 2118 43 Aberdeen LaMoure & Pierre Railway Aberdeen Brown 8 1,000,000 12/28/1885 2112 319 Aberdeen Land and Improvement Co. Aberdeen Brown 3 30,000 01/30/1883 2108 64 Aberdeen Light and Fuel Company Aberdeen Brown 5 100,000 08/09/1889 2119 360 Aberdeen Light and Power Company Aberdeen Brown 3 100,000 02/14/1889 2118 360 Aberdeen Methodist Episcopal Church Aberdeen Brown 6 02/29/1884 2110 25 Aberdeen Mill Company Aberdeen Brown 5 08/31/1886 2114 300 Aberdeen Park Improvement Company Aberdeen Brown 7 50,000 04/25/1887 2115 297 Aberdeen Plow Company Aberdeen Brown 7 10,000 09/20/1886 2114 354 Aberdeen Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 7 250,000 06/04/1889 2119 141 Aberdeen Savings Bank Aberdeen Brown 5 100,000 04/24/1889 2119 37 Aberdeen Steam Brick Works Aberdeen Brown 3 10,000 07/05/1887 2115 569 Aberdeen Street Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 3 50,000 03/22/1887 2115 185 Aberdeen Telephone Company Aberdeen Brown 5 10,000 12/01/1886 2114 464 Aberdeen Transfer and Storage Company Aberdeen Brown 3 15,000 10/06/1888 2118 45 Page 1 Articles of Incorporation DT, 1878-1889 Alphabetical 11/26/2014 Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, and Pierre Railroad Company Aberdeen Brown 7 2,500,000 04/19/1886 2113 29 Aberdeen, Sioux Falls and Montana Railway Company Aberdeen Brown 13 1,500,000 03/03/1888 2116 520 Adelphi Extension Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 288 Adelphi Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 250,000 04/20/1886 2113 39 Advance Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 373 Advance Publishing Company Milbank Grant 7 3,000 08/31/1888 2118 8 Advent Christian Church of Frankfort Frankfort Spink 3 12/11/1888 2118 168 Ajax Mining Milling & Smelting Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 08/31/1881 2105 360 Alabama Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 244 Alban Methodist Episcopal Church Alban Grant 5 02/02/1884 2109 459 Albe Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 215 Albert Barnes Memorial Church of Glencoe Dakota Glencoe (twp) Burleigh 5 10/04/1888 2118 39 Albion Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/11/1887 2115 465 Alexander Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 08/02/1886 2114 228 Alexandria Building & Loan Association Alexandria Hanson 10 25,000 08/01/1885 2112 134 Alexandria Cemetery Association Alexandria Hanson 4 1,000 09/21/1882 2107 228 Alice Mining Company Rapid City Pennington 7 250,000 06/29/1887 2115 552 All Souls' Church of Sioux Falls, Dakota Sioux Falls Minnehaha 5 05/03/1887 2115 321 Alliance Aid Association Huron Beadle 9 12/15/1888 2118 185 Alliance Company of Wentworth Wentworth Lake 9 10,000 03/03/1888 2116 516 Alliance Hail Association Twin Brooks Grant 9 02/10/1887 2115 50 Alliance Warehouse Company Madison Lake 7 10,000 10/18/1887 2116 254 Alliance Warehouse Company of Valley City, Dakota Valley City Barnes 5 10,000 06/21/1888 2117 283 Alpena Creamery Co. Alpena Jerauld 5 2,000 03/11/1886 2112 429 Alpena Warehouse and Elevator Alpena Jerauld 7 5,000 06/12/1888 2117 256 Alpha Mining Company Lisbon Ransom 4 500,000 11/06/1883 2109 300 Alta Italia Silver Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/19/1886 2113 352 Amazon Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 426 Amdahl Church of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Ellendale Dickey 3 05/04/1886 2113 122 American Bank and Trust Company Woonsocket Sanborn 5 500,000 04/20/1886 2113 32 American Flag Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 05/14/1886 2113 324 American Loan and Trust Company Canton Lincoln 3-7 100,000 07/31/1886 2114 224 American Mortgage and Investment Co.; Madison Lake 3 100,000 07/09/1885 2112 56 American Mortgage and Investment Company Madison Lake 5 500,000 05/06/1887 2115 327 Page 2 Articles of Incorporation DT, 1878-1889 Alphabetical 11/26/2014 Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page American Mortgage Company Yankton Yankton 3 100,000 10/01/1887 2116 210 American Oil Company Deadwood Lawrence 7 3,000,000 05/29/1886 2113 528 American Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/08/1887 2115 445 Amethyst Gold and Silver Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 1,250,000 06/02/1886 2113 562 Amherst Hall Association Amherst McPherson 3 1,200 12/19/1888 2118 217 Anchor Mining Company Spearfish City Lawrence 5 2,500,000 06/05/1886 2114 3 Ancient Order of United Workman Building Association Doland Spink 3 5,000 04/09/1888 2117 75 Ancient Order of United Workmen Building Association of Doland (reduction in Doland Spink 3 2,500 09/10/1888 2118 12 Anglo Dakota Loan and Trust Company Highmore Hyde 5 100,000 05/31/1887 2115 424 Anna Gold Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 2,500,000 05/13/1886 2113 203 Antelope Valley Farming Co. Grand Forks Grand Forks 7 20,000 12/21/1885 2112 301 Appleton Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 5 1,250,000 06/07/1886 2114 7 Aqua Pura Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/22/1886 2113 453 Argus Company Fargo Cass 3 100,000 05/08/1881 2105 305 Argus Company 08/18/1881 2105 316 Argus Leader Company Sioux Falls Minnehaha 3 25,000 04/07/1887 2115 229 Argus Printing Co. of Fargo Fargo Cass 5 60,000 05/28/1885 2111 555 Arjenta Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/13/1886 2113 296 Arlington Building and Loan Association Arlington Kingsbury 9 05/27/1887 2115 396 Arlington Cornet Band Arlington Kingsbury 5 1,0009 04/20/1885 2111 420 Arlington Creamery Association Arlington Kingsbury 7 2,500 03/22/1887 2115 183 Arlington Farmers Shipping Association Arlington Kingsbury 7 25,000 05/27/1887 2115 399 Armory Hall Association St. John Rolette 7 500 07/06/1888 2117 352 Armour Alliance Warehouse Company Armour Douglas 11 10,000 07/11/1888 2117 298 Armour Building and Improvement Association Armour Douglas 3-7 04/04/1887 2115 224 Armour Cemetery Corporation Armour Douglas 5 1,000 01/24/1889 2118 312 Armour Lodge No. 25 Knights of Pythias Armour Douglas 3 11/17/1887 2116 306 Ashton Building & Loan Association Ashton Spink 9 500,000 05/21/1885 2111 539 Ashton Building Company Ashton Spink 3 4,500 06/09/1883 2109 14 Ashton Business Men's Association Ashton Spink 7 2,000 05/04/1882 2106 316 Ashton Elevator Company Ashton Spink 3 6,000 06/07/1889 2119 151 Ashton Farmer's Elevator Company Ashton Spink 9 10,000 06/18/1885 2112 17 Ashton Gas and Fuel Company Ashton Spink 7 100,000 03/12/1888 2116 551 Ashton Steam Roller Mill Company Ashton Spink 3 50,000 11/15/1887 2116 298 Page 3 Articles of Incorporation DT, 1878-1889 Alphabetical 11/26/2014 Corporation Name Town County Directors Capitol Stock File Date Volume Page Assumption Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 3 2,500,000 05/22/1886 2113 446 Atlas Mining Co. Deadwood Lawrence 5 15,000 10/06/1884 2111 16 Atlas Mining Company Carbonate Lawrence 5 1,500,000 05/14/1886 2113 309 Aurora Cheese and Butter Company Aurora Brookings 11 2,500 05/16/1887 2115 350 Aurora County Agricultural Fair Association Plankinton Aurora 11 1,500 06/04/1887 2115 440 Aurora County Agricultural Society Plankinton Aurora 5 5,000 07/03/1883 2109 64 Aurora Farming Company Fargo Cass 10/11/1882 2107 258 Aurora Farming Company Fargo Cass 7 50,000 09/13/1882 2107 206 Aurora Investment Company Aurora Brookings 9 5,000 05/26/1887 2115 389 Aurora Shire Horse Company Aurora Brookings 5 5,000 05/23/1888 2117 198 Austin Mining Company Deadwood Lawrence 5 1,250,000 05/28/1886 2113 517 Axiom Mining Company Lead City Lawrence 3 1,250,000 10/26/1888 2118 85 Back Hills Railroad Company Lead City Lawrence 07/17/1882 2107 93 Badger Cemetery Badger (twp) Kingsbury 3 04/06/1888 2117 67 Badus Farmers Alliance Company Ramona Lake 5 3,000 08/09/1888 2117 486 Bailey Lake Cheese Company Woodland (twp Clark 7 800,000 04/18/1889 2118 564 Bailey Loan Company Rapid City Pennington 5 250,000