C.L. Robinson's collection of research material concerning the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, 1970-1972.

Washington State Library. Manuscripts Collection.

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Rawhide Railroad

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Walla Wall & Columbia River Railroad.

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Robinson, C. Lamar

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The first attempt for a railroad in the Pacific Northwest was the Rawhide Railroad built by Doctor Baker about 1871. It was a rail line from Walla Walla to the mouth of the Walla Walla River on the Columbia River. He built it for the purpose of getting his produce to market. It was called the Rawhide Railroad because the ties were built out of timbers with no steel tracks. Because the steel wheels were destroying the wooden tracks, Baker covered them with rawhide. It was very effect...

Baker, Dorsey Syng, 1823-1888

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Doctor Dorsey W. Baker was born in Wabash County, Ill., in 1823. After ventures in California he settled in Walla Walla, Wash., in 1861, opening a store and investing in railroads and steamboats, and becoming associated with Henry W. Corbett and Alexander Ankeny of Portland. From the description of Dorsey Syng Baker letters, 1863-1869. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 54374200 ...

Walla Walla & Columbia River Railroad

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