J.H. Barton letter, 1880 Jan. 28.

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J.H. Barton letter, 1880 Jan. 28.

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Letter from James H. Barton to railroad superintendent Rudoph Fink applying for a pass on his "road."

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Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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Barton, James H., 1837-1912

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James H. Barton was born in Pennsylvania in 1837. He served in the Union army during the Civil War. After the war, Barton became a real estate developer in Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn. In 1889, Barton moved to Virginia and founded a real estate development on a site a north of Richmond in Henrico County that became known as Barton Heights. Barton was so successful that in less than six years Barton Heights had been incorporated as a town in Henrico County. Due to a depressed economy and...

Fink, Rudolph, 1834-1913

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