Railroadiana (Western U.S.A), Part 1. Collection, 1860-1879.

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Railroadiana (Western U.S.A), Part 1. Collection, 1860-1879.

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Railroadiana (Western U.S.A), Part 1 is composed mainly of material concerning court cases related to the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific, California Pacific, California Pacific Extension, Northern, and Western Pacific railroad companies. Most of the material in the collection relates to Central Pacific Railroad Company v. Alfred Andrew Cohen (1876), as the transcript of the case is contained in 14 volumes.

41 pieces.3 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698216

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Western Pacific Railroad Company

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Incorporated 1916. From the description of Western Pacific Railroad Company train register volumes and stock certrificates, 1941, 1945-1953. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986194 Transcontinental railroad company operating in Nevada and other states; organized in 1903. From the description of Western Pacific Railroad Company train registers and stock certificates, 1941-1953. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 12394527...

California Pacific Extension Company.

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Cohen, Alfred A. (Alfred Andrew), 1829-1887

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Alfred A. Cohen was an attorney in San Francisco and is the namesake of Cohen St. From the description of Alfred A. Cohen correspondence, 1871-1884 (bulk 1884). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 76685479 ...

Southern Pacific railroad company

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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...

California Pacific Railroad Company.

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Central Pacific Railroad Company

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Signed by Leland Stanford, President of the C.P.R.R. Co. and E.H. Miller, Jr., Secretary of the C.P.R.R. Co. From the description of Land sale document to Samuel Manning, 1870 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864271 California Central Railroad Company (CPRR); inc. 21 Apr. 1857; located at Folsom, Sacramento County; sold to Central Pacific Railroad, Nov. 10, 1864; in 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company (reorganized 1899 as Ce...

Northern Railway Company.

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