Simeon Gannett Reed papers, 1864-1931 (bulk: 1864-1896).

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Simeon Gannett Reed papers, 1864-1931 (bulk: 1864-1896).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70279781

Typescript copies of the letters and private papers of a businessman, entrepreneur, railroad magnate, and land developer of Portland, Oregon, active in the late 19th century. Subjects include mining, railroad ventures, land development, livestock breeding, shipping and steamships. Business correspondence relates to Reed's various ventures, including the Ladd and Reed Farm Company, Oregon Iron and Steel Company, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Prominent correspondents include Amanda Wood Reed, John C. Ainsworth, William S. Ladd, Ladd & Tilton Bank, and Martin Winch. Also included are letters from Victor M. Clement of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co., 1889-1891. A small number of original receipts have been added to the collection.

4.5 cubic feet (10 document cases containing 36 v., 1 reel microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8029420

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Incorporated in 1879, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company carried agricultural and mining freight on two mail lines; Portland to Huntington, Oregon and Pendleton, Oregon to Winona, Washington. By 1890 it owned over 642 miles of track, but in 1896 it was sold to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. From the description of Timetables, 1881-1903. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 48757673 ...

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Simeon Reed was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. After several jobs in commerce, he married Amanda Wood, and in 1852 they sailed to San Francisco. That same year they moved to Portland, where he worked in William Ladd's general merchandise store, becoming a partner four years later. He helped organize and run the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized commercial traffic on the Columbia River and from which he reaped much profit before it sold in 1879. Reed bought farms, owned several m...

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