Cartledge, Eugene C., Papers 1874-1940

New York and Texas Land Company

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The New York and Texas Land Company, one of the largest, privately owned land companies to operate in Texas after the Civil War, was formed in 1879 from the lands of the International-Great Northern Railroad Company and consisted of over 3 million acres. During the company’s existence it owned over 5.5 million acres. The company’s purpose was to locate, survey, map, and sell these properties. Ira Hobart Evans, the former general manger of the Texas Land Company, was appointed presid...

Cartledge, Eugene C., b. 1858

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A native of Poplar Creek, Mississippi, Judge Eugene C. Cartledge (b. 1858) attended Salado College (Salado, Texas) and the University of Texas at Austin. After gaining a legal education through private study, he joined the Austin law firm Cochran and West. By 1918, he had established a partnership at the White, Cartledge & Wilcox. Cartledge’s clients included the Texas Land Company, the New York and Texas Land Company, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, and Thomas R. White J...

White, Thomas R.

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Taylor, M. A.

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Texas Land Company.

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