Walter Sharp Bridge Company correspondence, 1902-1906.

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Walter Sharp Bridge Company correspondence, 1902-1906.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38555619

Summary: Collection consists of the Walter Sharp Bridge Company correspondence (1902-1906). Includes letters from Walter Sharp to J.P. Brackett and letters to various county officials primarily in New Mexico. Letters concern proposed bridge construction projects.

.25 linear feet.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7405740

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Sharp, Walter B. (Walter Benona), 1870-1912

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Walter Benona Sharp (1870-1912) was an oilman and inventor. He began his career contracting for the drilling of water wells in and around Dallas before working as a driller for Gladys City Oil and Gas Manufacturing Company in its first test for oil on Spindletop Hill. Because of quicksand Sharp was forced to abandon the well at 418 feet only thirty yards from the spot where, eight years later, the first gusher of the Spindletop oilfield came in. Sharp was also a pioneer driller at Sour Lake and ...

Walter Sharp Bridge Company.

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The Walter Sharp Bridge Company, based in Eldorado, Kansas, maintained a regional office in Raton, New Mexico. Two officers of the Company were: Walter Sharp, president and J.P. Brackett, secretary. From the description of Walter Sharp Bridge Company correspondence, 1902-1906. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38555619 ...