Oregon and California Railroad Company
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Walter W. and Vivien R. Bretherton papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 227
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence; bills and receipts, including Multnomah County tax receipts; and an account book of the Oregon and California Railroad, for which Walter Bretherton was secretary.
Dates:
circa 1889-1960
Agreement between Ben Holladay and German shareholders represented by Henry Villard
Collection
Identifier: Coll873
Abstract
Handwritten agreement made between Ben Holladay (1819-1887) and Henry Villard (1835-1900) to sell and transfer a majority of shares of the Oregon and California Railroad Company to German shareholders represented by Villard. The Oregon and California Railroad Company, initially named the Oregon Central Railroad, was formed following the passage of the Oregon and California Railroad Act in 1866, and was managed by Holladay until this agreement. Southern Pacific took control of the Oregon and...
Dates:
1876 February 29
Abraham Walter Lafferty papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss2252
Abstract
Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times. Papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland; and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1949-1991
Oregon and California Railroad Company subscription list
Collection
Identifier: Mss 766
Abstract
Subscription list, October 1963, created by Simon G. Elliott to defray in part the cost of making a preliminary survey for a railroad route connecting the Pacific Railroad in California with the city of Portland, Oregon.
Dates:
1863
Transport Consultants collection of Oregon railroad records and research
Collection
Identifier: Mss2958
Abstract
Agreements, contracts, and financial records of the 19th-century railroad firms Oregon and California Railroad Company; the Oregon and Transcontinental Company; the Oregon Improvement Company; and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. The collection also includes Oregon Railroad Commission reports, railroad guidebooks, and files of the Southern Pacific Railroad research team. The materials were compiled by Transport Consultants, Inc., whose president, Lynn D. Farrar, had worked for...
Dates:
1873-1975; Majority of material found within 1873-1928
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