Fordyce papers, 1865-1922.

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Fordyce papers, 1865-1922.

Business papers of Samuel Wesley Fordyce; together with some papers relating to the engineering activities of his son, John R. Fordyce, including the construction of the Government Free Bath House in Hot Springs. Businesses represented include American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company; Apalachiola Northern Railroad; Bi-State Oil and Gas Company; Equitable Surety Company; Etta Mining Company; Eureka and Excelsior Mining Company; Hot Springs Gas Company; Hot Springs Park Company; Hot Springs Street Railway Company; Hot Springs Water Company; Houston Oil Company of Texas; Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company; Kansas City Southern Railway; Mercedes Gin Company; Rio Grande Plantation Company; St. Joe Bay Company; St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company; St. Louis, El Reno & Western Railroad; St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company; Thomas-Fordyce Manufacturing Company; and Waters-Pierce Oil Company.

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Rio Grande Plantation Company

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Thomas-Fordyce Manufacturing Company

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St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway Company

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Hot Springs Park Company (Hot Springs, Ark.)

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Hot Springs Street Railway Company (Hot Springs, Ark.)

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Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company

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Equitable Surety Company

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Etta Mining Company

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Waters-Pierce Oil Company

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Kansas City Southern Railway.

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Hot Springs Water Company (Hot Springs, Ark.)

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Houston Oil Company of Texas

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St. Joe Bay Company

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Hot Springs Gas Company (Hot Springs, Ark.)

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Eureka and Excelsior Mining Company

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Fordyce, John R. (John Rison), 1869-1939

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John Rison Fordyce was born on 7 Nov. 1869 at Huntsville, Ala. His father, Samuel W. Fordyce, was a union officer in the Civil War. After moving his family to Arkansas in 1874, S. W. Fordyce became prominent in several industries, most notably the railroad business. John Fordyce settled in Little Rock around 1900 as a partner in the Thomas-Fordyce Manufacturing Co. In Apr. 1917, Fordyce was commissioned a major in the Engineers Reserve Corps of the Army. His first assignment was as construction ...

Bi-State Oil and Gas Company

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St. Louis, El Reno, and Western Railroad

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American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company

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Mercedes Gin Company

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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company

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Edward F. Winslow was president of the railroad from 1880 to 1889. From the description of St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company miscellany, 1876-1936. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 40311207 ...

Fordyce, Samuel Wesley, 1840-1919

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Capitalist. Samuel Wesley Fordyce was a businessman who spearheaded efforts to build thousands of miles of railway in the South and Southwest during the late nineteenth century, including the Cotton Belt route that crossed Arkansas. He also was a major force behind the transformation of Hot Springs, Ark., from a small village to major health resort. His son, John Rison Fordyce (1869-1939), was an engineer, inventor, amateur historian, and archaeologist, and candidate for...

Apalachiola Northern Railroad.

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