Born in Royalton, Vermont on September 27, 1823. Resident of Woodstock, Vermont. Lawyer in San Francisco at the time of the 1849 gold rush. President Northern Pacific Railway (1879-1881). Billings County, ND and Billings, Montana named for him. Investor in the Minnesota & Montana Land & Improvement Co. (town site company). Helped establish the First Congregational Church on North 27th. Wife was Julia Parmly Billings. The father of Parmly Billings. Helped establish the Bailey and Billings Bank. See an excellent biography, Frederick Billings: A Life by Robin Winks. See Capitalism on the Frontier by Van West. Visit the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont.
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Unknown
Genre (Short List)
photographs
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image
Date Original
1875
Subject (LCSH)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County. Billings, Julia Parmly. Billings, Parmly. Lawyers.
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Date Digitized
2007-06-08
Relation
See an excellent biography, Frederick Billings: A Life by Robin Winks. See Capitalism on the Frontier by Van West. Visit the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont.
