Papers of Albert Kimsey Owen, 1885-1909.

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Papers of Albert Kimsey Owen, 1885-1909.

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The collection consists of documents and letters (mainly contemporary copies, some of which are in Spanish) related to Albert Kinsey Owen, the rise and fall of the Topolobampo utopian colony in Sinaloa, Mexico (1886-ca. 1903), and railroad development in Mexico under the regime of Porfirio Díaz.

418 pieces.2 boxes.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697381

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Hale, Edward Everett, Jr., 1863-1932

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Topolobampo and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company.

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Shepherd, Alexander Robey, 1835-1902

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Gibson, A. M. (Albert M.)

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Owen, Albert Kimsey

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Albert Kimsey Owen (1848-1916) traveled to Mexico in 1873 on a surveying trip for the future Mexican Central Railroad and saw Topolobampo Bay, Sinaloa. Owen dreamed of a railroad linking the United States through Texas to this Mexican port and planned a cooperative colony to be founded on the rich agricultural land nearby. The Mexican government granted him permission to form the Texas, Topolobampo & Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company in 1881, and the first colonists began to arrive in 18...

Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

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