This collection contains records of the Kentucky Midland Railway Company, a short-lived operation later absorbed into the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railway Company. Among the items in this collection is a pamphlet containing the acts chartering the Paris, Georgetown, and Frankfort railroad, the Paris, Georgetown, and Big Sandy railroad, and the Kentucky Midland Railway Company. Two copies of THE KENTUCKY MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY ITS RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS, by F.L. McChesney of Paris, are also present. McChesney's work includes descriptions of most of the towns to be included on the Midland's route, statistics of agricultural and mineral wealth for the appropriate counties, and a letter from state geologist John R. Proctor favoring the railroad plans. The original and a carbon of Proctor's letter are also in this collection. Other items in the collection include an 1890 document from an appellate court concerning a trespassing case involving the Midland, affirming an earlier judgment against the railroad, subscription lists, an original and a carbon of an 1889 prospectus, a stock payment list, and some miscellaneous correspondence relating to the railroad. There is one document from 1921, an indenture and contract involving W.A. Gaines and Company, a Frankfort corporation. No obvious relationship to the Kentucky Midland Railway Company can be discerned.
