Records, 1888-1963.

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Records, 1888-1963.

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Correspondence, business records, drawings, maps, and photographs of the corporate firms which established Clarkston and an adjacent fruit-land project; developed electrical power for the project and surrounding Washington and Idaho areas and operated a toll bridge across the Snake River to Lewiston. The principal owners were a group of Boston investors in western real estate and hydrological projects. Owners included: Charles Frances Adams, Grafton St. L. Abbott, Henry Adams II, William and Elbert Wheeler, and a westerner, Edgar H. Libby.

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7277167

Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

White, E. A., d. 1961.

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Wheeler, Elbert M. (American architect, Enid, Okla.)

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Adams, Henry, 1875-1951

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Abbott, Grafton St. L.

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Libby, Edgar H.

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Lewiston-Clarkston Improvement Company.

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A townsite, irrigation, electric power and toll bridge firm with headquarters in Boston and operations in Lewiston, Clarkston and Asotin. From the description of Records, 1888-1963. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852891 ...

Wheeler, William H.

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