Identifier: montanaitsstoryb03stou (find matches)
Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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s. For a year he workedon his fathers farm, and then went into the serviceof the leading store at Argyle, Minnesota, andlearned every detail of the business through an ex-perience of fifteen years as salesman and collector.He not only proved his diligence and efficiency butalso achieved the respect and gained the confidenceof his business associates, and he came to Montanawell fortified with commercial credit. In the fall of 1909 Mr. Dahlgren organized theScandinavian-American State Bank of Missoula,and -when the bank was opened for business inJanuary, 1910, he was cashier, and has been theactive executive in control of the banks affairs fromthe beginning. In 1917 the bank was reorganizedas the .American Bank and Trust Company, sincewhich date Mr. Dahlgren has been vice presidentand manager. .At that time the capital was in-creased from $w,000 to $100,000. The modern bankhome is located at the corner of North Higgins.Avenue and Cedar Street. Mr. Dahlgren is also president of the First
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HISTORY OF MONTANA 97X National Bank of Shilo, the First National Bank ofRonan, and the Farmers and Merchants State Bankof Dixon, Montana. He is vice Swedish Consulfor the State of Montana and had many responsi-bilities and duties in that position during the Worldwar. He was also a member of the MissoulaCounty Committee for the sale of Liberty Bonds,and had the satisfaction of seeing the county sur-pass its quota at every campaign. Mr. Dahlgren is a republican and is affiliated withCovenant Lodge No. 6, Independent Order of OddFellows, Hell Gate Lodge No. 383, Benevolent andProtective Order of Elks, and Laurel Lodge No.II. Knights of Pvthias. He is owner of a modernhome at 528 Daily Avenue. In June, 1912, atSpring Grove, Minnesota, Mr. Dahlgren marriedMiss Geneva Newhouse, daughter of Peter andCarrie Newhouse. residents of Spring Grove, wliereher father is a wholesale lumber dealer. Mrs. Dahl-gren is a graduate of Stouts Institute. To theirmarriage were born two children: John O.. Sep

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