J.P. Morgan & Co. railroad collection [manuscript], 1868-1932.

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J.P. Morgan & Co. railroad collection [manuscript], 1868-1932.

Records from the offices of J. P. Morgan contain a variety of financial and administrative records including minute books, accountants' reports, agreements, scrapbooks and miscellaneous documents concerning over fifteen railroad companies and a few manufacturing companies. Companies represented by at least one type of record include the Erie Railway Company; Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company; Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway Company; Central Railroad of Georgia; Northern Pacific Railroad Company; Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railway Company; Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company; Kanawha and Michigan Railway Company; Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toldeo Railway Company; Hocking Coal and Railroad Company; Ohio Land and Railway Company; Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway Company; Gallipolis and Point Pleasant Railway Company; Great Northern Railway Company; American Bridge Company; International Mercantile Marine Company; Pere Marquette Railroad System; Chicago City Railway Company; Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe; Dean Electric Company; Lehigh Valley Coal Company; and Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company. Topics include development plans, lawsuits, and mergers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7936071

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

American Bridge Company

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Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...

Lehigh Valley Coal Company

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Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co.

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Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia.

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Hocking Valley Railway

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Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway Company.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company.

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Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company.

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Toldeo and Ohio Central Railway Company.

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Dean Electric Company.

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Pere Marquette Railroad

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The company was incorporated in Michigan on November 1, 1899. Reorganized as Pere Marquette Railway Company in April 1917. December 6, 1899 purchased Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company. December 7, 1899 purchased Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company. October 1, 1900 purchased Muskegon Lake Railroad Company. May 6, 1900 purchased Bay City Belt Line Railroad Company, Grand Rapids, Belding & Saginaw Railroad Company, Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Rai...

Gallipolis and Point Pleasant Railway Company.

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Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway Company.

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Erie Railroad Company

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International Mercantile Marine Company.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Grain Elevator Company.

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Ohio Land and Railway Company.

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Chicago City Railway Company

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