Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Pacific Railroad Company in account with James M. Ward for “furniture cars” conveying various individuals. See reverse of photostat for Mr. Burton’s explanation of “furniture car.” Individuals mentioned: Dennis Mead, Policeman “Big Six,” Wm. Thompson, and Tom Sullivan. Places mentioned: Des Peres Station, St. Louis; Sisters Hospital, St. Louis; Kirkwood, St. Louis; and Fourteenth St. Depot, St. Louis., 1853 May 12-June 11
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1853 May 12-June 11