Into the past : Down 45 years of railroad track circa 1910-1912

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Into the past : Down 45 years of railroad track circa 1910-1912

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Typescript extracts from the autobiography "Into the Past : Down 45 Years of Railroad Track," by Hugh Moran, 7 pp, circa 1910-1912, typed and illustrated by his daughter, Louise Reed Bryant, regarding his days as a railroad worker, and later engineer, while constructing railroads in Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Mexico and while employed by Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Hugh Mohan was a coal miner from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who made his way west with the Railroad crews and arrived in Portland, Oregon in 1901.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Mohan, Hugh

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Hugh Mohan was a coal miner from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who made his way west with the Railroad crews and arrived in Portland, Oregon in 1901. From the guide to the Into the past : Down 45 years of railroad track, circa 1910-1912, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company.

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Incorporated in 1896 under the state laws of Oregon, the company succeeded the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. It operated a line from East Portland to Huntington (Ore.), with many brances extending into Washington State and Idaho. It also operated steamboat lines from Portland (Ore.) to San Francisco (Calif.), in addition to lines on the Willamette, Columbia, and Snake Rivers. Controlling interest of preferred stock was held by NP, Great Northern, and Union Pacific companies. ...

Bryant, Louise,

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