Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1864-1957.

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Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1864-1957.

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The collection consists of land grants for rights of way deeded to the railroad by Pierce, King, and Thurston counties in Washington State, 1871; reports from a Tacoma, Washington, engineer to the company president about mines at Wilkeson, Washington; letters containing construction bids for a Northern Pacific building in Seattle, 1904; a 1912 volume containing time reports for the remodeling of Pier #1 (Yesler Wharf) in Seattle; and microfilm reels loaned for copying from the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Minnesota Historical Society concerning the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company (1888-1957), Japanese labor performed for the company, and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company land grant act of 1864.

ca. 63 textual items (including 6 photocopied p.), 1 v., and 7 microfilm reels (4 negative and 3 positive)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258892

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Northern Pacific Railway company

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The Northern Pacific Railway Company was the successor of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and was established in 1896. The company operated railway lines between the Great Lakes and Washington State until it merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. From the description of Northern Pacific Railway Company photographs, circa 1900s-1920s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367951939 The Northern Pacific Railroad Company was chartered in 1864 to build a railro...

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company

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St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company was established in 1888 by Chauncey W. Griggs, Henry Hewitt and associates. Its predecessor companies were Griggs & Johnson, and Griggs & Foster, both of St. Paul, Minnesota. The company's subsidiaries include Cascade Timber Company, Chehalis & Pacific Land Company, Consolidated Lumber Company, Los Angeles; Griggs and Company, grocers, St. Paul Minnesota; Griggs and Foster investment firm, St. Paul; Griggs and Johnson, real estate and loans, St. P...

Wilkeson Coal and Coke Company

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Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...