Railroads history collection, circa 1870-1930.

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Railroads history collection, circa 1870-1930.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694526698

The railroads history collection is an assembled collection of business records and histories from and about a variety of railroads operating in Kansas. The collection documents general railroad history throughout the state. It consists of records that were compiled by railroad collectors or donated separately, and do not fit with existing railroad collections such as the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company records. The majority of the collection consists of Thomas M. Lillard's collection of Union Pacific Railroad manuscripts including correspondence, railroad schedules, quarterly reports, receipts, ledgers, oil leases, bank books, records on the floods of 1903-1904, volumes entitled "West Traffic," and testimonies from litigation that Union Pacific was involved in. Other records concern such railroads as Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific papers on East Side Street Railway Company; Scott City Northern Railroad Company; Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma Railroad; the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas or Katy Railroad; the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific; and the Topeka and North Western Railroad.

Circa 21 cubic feet.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7995904

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Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Scott City Northern Railroad Company.

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Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company

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Originally chartered in Illinois in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Railroad Company, the road was renamed Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company in 1851, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company in 1866, and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company in 1880. In Texas, three main Rock Island routes crossed the state through Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Dalhart, Memphis, and Amarillo. From the guide to the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Ra...

Topeka and Northwestern Railroad.

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