Holladay, Ben, 1819-1887
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Clatsop County, Oregon photographic collection
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 470
Abstract
Collection consists of 45 black and white photographs of scenes in Clatsop County, Oregon, including: Seaside, Tillamook Head, beaches and beach-goers, and the Ben Holladay house and environs.
Dates:
1889-1892
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
Ben Holladay papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 893
Abstract
Papers of a railroad and real estate promoter with enterprises in Oregon, California, and elsewhere. The papers include letters; letterpress copybooks; court documents; genealogical materials; and a scrapbook (1872) regarding political issues. The materials relate to Ben Holladay's personal matters; real estate ventures; Seaside House, his home on the Oregon coast, and legal matters concerning the Oregon Central Railroad.
Dates:
1862-1957; Majority of material found within 1862-1905
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- Businesses and Corporations 2
- Oregon 2
- Beaches -- Oregon -- Clatsop County -- Photographs 1
- Capes (Coasts) -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
- Capitalists and financiers -- Oregon 1
- Clatsop County (Or.) -- Photographs 1
- Pacific Ocean -- Photographs 1
- Photographs 1
- Railroad companies -- Oregon 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads -- Oregon -- 19th century 1
- Real estate developers -- Oregon 1
- Real estate development -- Oregon -- 19th century 1
- Roads -- Oregon -- Clatsop County -- Photographs 1
- Seaside (Or.) -- Photographs 1
- Stockholders -- Germany -- 19th century 1
- agreements 1
- correspondence 1
- financial records 1
- genealogies (histories) 1
- legal documents 1
- letterpress copybooks 1
- photographs 1
- scrapbooks 1 + ∧ less
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