Railroad records, 1857-2002.

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Railroad records, 1857-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313784728

Copies of deeds of trust, mortgages, indentures, leases, agreements, and other instruments filed by railroad companies with the secretary of state. Liens seem to have been filed in books of Official letters, communications, and railroad liens until an undetermined date. Early records consist of handwritten copies of the documents, transcribed into the volumes. Beginning in the early 1900s, they consist of printed or typed documents pasted onto volume pages. Includes general railroad record,1867-1951; indexes, 1857-1917; general railroad records and liens, 1951-2002; and separate volumes for certain railroad companies: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, 1879-1897; St. Paul and Duluth, 1857-1893; Minnesota Valley, 1866-1876; Hastings and Dakota, 1869-1883; St. Paul and Pacific, 1862-1897; and St. Paul and Sioux City, 1871-1884.

47.9 cubic feet. (35 boxes; 1 volume).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7311564

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St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Co.

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St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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Hastings and Dakota Railway Co.

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St. Paul and Sioux City Railway Co.

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Minnesota Valley Railway Co.

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Minnesota. Secretary of State

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The Office of Surveyor General of Minnesota, established by Act of Congress of March 3, 1857, was responsible for conducting the original government survey of the public domain in the territory and state of Minnesota. The earliest surveys of land in Minnesota were conducted under the jurisdiction of the Surveyor General of Iowa and Wisconsin, headquartered at Dubuque, Iowa. These surveys, completed between 1848 and May 1857, were primarily on land located between the St. Croix and Mississippi ri...

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company

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The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company was organized in 1879; its incorporation was confirmed by the Minnesota state legislature in 1881. The company's primary purpose was to assume the properties, franchises and charter rights of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company and the latter's First Division. The company acquired an initial 600 miles of trackage from the St. Paul and Pacific. Between 1879 and 1890 the company constructed 2800 miles of line and acquired 410 miles from ...