Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Simeon Gannett Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1117
Abstract
Typescript copies, some on microfilm, 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. Prominent correspondents include 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...
Dates:
1864-1931; Majority of material found within 1864-1896
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