Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868].

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Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868].

Three original pen and ink drawings. Two drawings, "Engineers Camp in the Mountains," and an untitled drawing depicting men surveying, contain the pencilled caption in an unidentified hand on verso: "Running the U.P.R.R. line West of Omaha, 1865." The third drawing, entitled "Lieut. H. B. Cushing's Indian fight '68," contains a note on the verso in Ransom's hand briefly listing his military service with the United States Army Infantry and Cavalry.

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Ransom, Frederick E.

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Member of surveying party for the Union Pacfic Railroad Company; United States Army officer. From the description of Frederick E. Ransom drawings, [ca. 1865-1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150599 From Edgewood, Ill. served in the 11th Illinois Infantry, Co. E as Sgt. and 2nd Lieutenant. Brother of General Thomas Edwin Ransom of the 17th Army Corps who died in the war. From the description of Sketchbook, 1874-1882. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). ...

Cushing, Howard Bass, -1871

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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...