Topolobampo collection, 1872-1910.

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Topolobampo collection, 1872-1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20293829

The collection is composed of Albert K. Owen's business records documenting the development of Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico, including correspondence, writings, legal documents, published articles, maps, and development plans. The writings series includes examples of Owen's utopian thinking and an account of his first perceptions of Topolobampo Bay. The subject series contains diverse materials pertaining to the building of a railroad connecting Topolobampo to locations in the United States. Principal correspondents represented in the correspondence series include John W. Lowell, C.B. Hoffman, J.H. Rice, and Arthur E. Stilwell--all of whom played some role in the development of Topolobampo--and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz, who helped Owen obtain permission to build a railroad.

2.3 lin. ft. (4 archive boxes and 8 oversize folders)

eng,

spa,

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6997557

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

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Mexican statesman and army officer. From the description of Porfirio Díaz correspondence, 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79424089 ...

Mexican Western Railroad Company.

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Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company.

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Rice, J. H.

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Reynolds, Ray

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Stilwell, Arthur Edward, 1861-1928

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Texas, Topolobampo and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company.

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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...

Lowell, John W.

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Credit Foncier Company

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Hoffman, C. B.,

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