Typed letter signed J. Loughborough, St. Louis, to Captain Denver, Platte City, Mo. Regarding completion of the Pacific Railway to Francisco Bay. Individuals mentioned: O’Reilly and Lieut. Maury. Places mentioned: St. Louis, Missouri, Lake Michigan, Fort Leavenworth, and Memphis, Tenn. (Captain J.W. Denver was later Congressman from California, Governor of Kansas Territory, and Brigadier-General; Denver, Colo., was named for him.), 1849 Apr 29
Scope and Contents
The Railroads Collection is a subject-based collection that contains correspondence regarding the building of various railroads, traveling on railroads, etc. It also includes timetables and printed matter pertaining to railroads in the United States, mainly in the Midwest and western United States, and a scrapbook of fronts of railroad timetables from the United States dated 1881. In addition, this collection contains a report relating to the transcontinental railroad. Probably a draft, and of unidentified origin, this report relates to plans in the mid-nineteenth century to construct a national Pacific railroad, and, citing the potential of American development in California and Oregon, focuses on the construction of the Missouri portion of this proposed transcontinental railroad.
Dates
- 1849 Apr 29
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.1 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes; 1 volume; 1 oversize item))
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository