Kirby Lumber Company Collection ca. 1900-1940's

The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Temple Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s1g6x (corporateBody)

Texas Electric Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh530t (corporateBody)

Carter-Kelly Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s83s7h (corporateBody)

Santa Fe Tie and Lumber Pressuring Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6579np1 (corporateBody)

City National Bank (Houston, Tex.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t8xm7 (corporateBody)

Eagle, Joe H., 1870-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b8802m (person)

Frost-Johnson Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd6pwf (corporateBody)

Second National Bank (Houston, Tex.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw9x02 (corporateBody)

Gulf, Texas, and Western Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c04gz3 (corporateBody)

Kirby-Bonner Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg73zm (corporateBody)

Port Arthur Iron Works

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n386qp (corporateBody)

Houston Launch Club

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fd1kf7 (corporateBody)

San Jacinto Trust Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk8s64 (corporateBody)

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x32s8 (corporateBody)

U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Rock Island System (Railroad)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w6pkz (corporateBody)

Magnolia Petroleum Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v74gdp (corporateBody)

The Magnolia Petroleum Company, founded as an unincorporated joint-stock association on 24 April 1911 and headquartered in Texas, was a consolidation of several earlier companies. In 1959 it merged into what is now Mobile Oil Corporation. From the description of Magnolia Petroleum Company report and testimony, 1946 Aug. 27. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 54772891 ...

Santa Fe Tie and Preserving Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6482mts (corporateBody)

Houston Blow Pipe and Sheet Metal Works

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66480p2 (corporateBody)

Harris-Lipsitz Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq0fbt (corporateBody)

Vidor Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jx6qrx (corporateBody)

San Augustine County Lumber Company (1916-1923)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb5zgg (corporateBody)

Organized in 1916; 1923 the original Angelina County Lumber Company failed and the San Augustine County Lumber Company charter changed to assume its name; 1966 plant and remaining timber reserves sold to Owens-Illinois. From the description of Records, 1916-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926316 ...

Texas and Louisiana Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t52446 (corporateBody)

Houston National Bank (Houston, Tex.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66n1hwg (corporateBody)

Capitol Bank and Trust Company (Austin, Tex.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b5dj5 (corporateBody)

Kirby, John Henry, 1860-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r4dxm (person)

Mistrot Brothers and Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj10xw (corporateBody)

Neuhaus and Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wg0h55 (corporateBody)

Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b5dbg (corporateBody)

Long-Bell Lumber Co.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g8v27 (corporateBody)

Link, John W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd7ddc (person)

Houston, Bayshore, and Texas City Traction Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd9bbc (corporateBody)

Houston Real Estate Board

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v4953s (corporateBody)

Newton County Cattle Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w8r89 (corporateBody)

Bonner Oil Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d38f57 (corporateBody)

Gulf Export and Transportation Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb9ht3 (corporateBody)

Miller-Link Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx2vsx (corporateBody)

Humble Oil and Refining Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r6g9r (corporateBody)

East Texas Cattle Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w603728x (corporateBody)

Beaumont, Sour Lake, and Western Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k444fg (corporateBody)

South Texas Candy Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x71xqk (corporateBody)

Houston Credit Clearing House

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk5tbh (corporateBody)

W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk27wh (corporateBody)

Miller-Vidor Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m0knk (corporateBody)

Weir Long Leaf Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv8zmz (corporateBody)

Southwestern Oil Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69393zv (corporateBody)

Andrews, Streetman, Logue & Mobley

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf36rr (corporateBody)

Globe Box Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m20p28 (corporateBody)

First National Bank of Houston

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv8zv3 (corporateBody)

Kirby Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx646d (corporateBody)

Organized in 1901; founder John Henry Kirby continued as president of the enterprise until his death in 1940; during the Great Depression control passed into the hands of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company which continues to own and operate it. From the description of Records, 1885-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925766 John Henry Kirby, lawyer, lumberman, and financier, formed the Kirby Lumber Company in 1901 in his native East Texas. With the discov...

Voth Hardwood Lumber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc6bs2 (corporateBody)

Kirby Lumber Company Collection ca. 1900-1940's

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