Records and related materials. 1858-1902.

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Records and related materials. 1858-1902.

Commission's minutes and final report, and bondholders' letters and depositions. Also claims files originating in the State Auditor's Office and a sample of the original $1000 bonds issued by the railroads.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6647521

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Minnesota. Railroad Bonds Commission.

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The Railroad Bonds Commission was created by the Minnesota Legislature on February 28, 1866 [Laws 1866 c5] to find a solution to the redemption of the 7% Minnesota State Railroad Bonds. The bonds had been issued in the late 1850s to help four railroads build rail lines within the state. The railroads, all bankrupt in 1866, were the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad, the Transit Railroad Company, the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad, and the Southern Minnesota Railroad. The bonds were commonly ...

Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company

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The company was authorized to build a main line across Minnesota from Stillwater to Breckenridge and a branch line from St. Anthony to St. Vincent. It received a territorial land grant of 3.25 million acres. It began, but never completed, line construction, due to its financial failure following the panic of 1857. The legislature reorganized it as the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1862, and it was acquired by GN predecessor St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway at a foreclosure sale. ...

Minnesota. State Auditor

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A hospital district could be created by any four or more cities and towns, except cities of the first class (Minn. Stat. 447.31), or by a board or boards of county commissioners (Minn. Stat. 397.05), for the purpose of jointly acquiring, improving, and operating hospital and nursing home facilities. From the description of Financial reports of hospital districts, 1972-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313788768 From the guide to the Financial Reports of Hospital Districts...

Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad Company

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The railroad was incorporated in 1856 to build and operate a rail line from Minneapolis to the southern boundary of the territory. It succeeded in locating and grading 69 miles of roadbed from Minneapolis to Owatonna, via Mendota and Faribault, before forfeiting its charter rights and franchises to the state of Minnesota in 1860. Its remaining assets became the Minnesota Central Railway in 1864. The line to Owatonna was completed (1866) and leased out. In 1867 the firm became part of the McGrego...

St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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Incorporated in 1857 as the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company (which forfeited its rights and franchises in 1860-61), it was reorganized in 1862 as St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, before being purchased by the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Company, in 1879. It operated a line in Minnesota from St. Paul to Breckenridge, with branch lines from St. Anthony (i.e., Minneapolis) to Sauk Rapids, and from St. Cloud to Barneseville. From the description of Corporate ...

Minnesota. Treasurer's Office

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Southern Minnesota Railroad Company

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Transit Railroad Company.

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