Items related to the Joseph R. Brown steam wagons, 1862-1936.

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Items related to the Joseph R. Brown steam wagons, 1862-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313857948

Typewritten and photographic copies of items related to Joseph R. Brown's Nebraska steam wagon, a self-propelled steam engine for use on roads rather than rails. Included are historical sketches and reminiscences, correspondence, newspaper articles, excerpts from the Otoe County (Nebraska) Board of Commissioners records, specifications, and profit calculations related to Brown's steam wagon and the beginnings of the "Steam Wagon Road" where Brown hoped to run a freighting service from Nebraska City to the Rockies and Denver.

1 folder (incl. 17 items).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315960

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Brown, Joseph Renshaw, 1805-1870

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Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870) was a Minnesota pioneer, fur trader, soldier, townsite and real estate developer, inventor, newspaper editor and publisher, politician and legislator. From the description of Joseph R. Brown collection, 1729-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42288192 In 1859 Joseph R. Brown of Henderson, Minnesota, designed a "steam wagon", which was manufactured in New York and shipped to Henderson, where he operated it for a time in 1860, before it becam...