Billhead from L. & A. Stadler, Meats and Sausages, located in the Central Market on Main Street, Helena, Montana Territory. The date on the billhead is June 4, 1875. Information about Louis Kaufman, a partner in the Helena Meat Company with Louis Stadler, is included in the archival description. Kaufman's biography notes his arrival in Helena in 1866, his involvement in mining, and his partnership with Stadler in the meat business. The description also references Dolores J. Morrow's work, "A VOICE FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: HELENA'S PIONEER JEWISH COMMUNITY, 1864-1889."
Subject: Helena (Mont.) -- History
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Billhead from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Helena, Montana, dated June 1, 1884. The bill is addressed to L. H. Hershfield and itemizes charges for board and lodging from April 26 to May 31, totaling $42.00. The Cosmopolitan Hotel was established in 1870 by Samuel Schwab and Edward Zimmerman after they purchased and remodeled the insolvent Walla Walla Hotel. In 1883, they expanded the hotel, creating the first four-story building in Helena. Samuel Schwab was born in 1836 in Rimpar, Bavaria, and immigrated to the United States around 1853. Edward Zimmerman, born in 1836 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, arrived in California in 1855.