Oregon Improvement Company records [manuscript], 1880-1896.

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Oregon Improvement Company records [manuscript], 1880-1896.

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Collection includes a copy of the Articles of Incorporation, 1880, with Amendments and By-Laws; microfilm of comprehensive Oregon Improvement Company Collection located at University of Washington; and a printed guide to the microfilm. Microfilm includes correspondence, minutes, legal records, financial records, property records, scrapbooks, maps, and other business records.

.01 cubic feet (1 folder and 37 microfilm reels)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Oregon Improvement Company

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Mining and transportation company of Washington state, 1888-1896. Henry Villard founded the Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 as a central component in his attempt to dominate the economy of the Pacific Northwest by linking rail, river, and ocean transport. The OIC owned coal mines in western Washington, four small railroads, and a steamship company. They suffered financial problems from the start, and competition for the San Francisco coal market was stiff. They tried ...