Rawhide Western Railway Company Records
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between contractor Charles Wesley Reed, stockholders Fred Grutt and his brothers, and other owners and financiers of the railroad; contracts between the company and mine owners, and maps of railroad rights-of-way through some Rawhide mines.
Dates
- 1908-1915
Creator
- Rawhide Western Railway Company (Organization)
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Administrative History
Railroad proposed to go from Rawhide, Nevada to Schurz, Nevada on the Southern Pacific Railroad line; by 1908 the company completed grading of the roadbed but no track was ever laid.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (65 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes correspondence between contractor Charles Wesley Reed, stockholders Fred Grutt and his brothers, and other owners and financiers of the railroad; contracts between the company and mine owners, and maps of railroad rights-of-way through some Rawhide mines.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records,Talisman Press,Purchase.,April 10, 1978,NC119
Creator
- Rawhide Western Railway Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Rawhide Western Railway Company Records
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
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Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
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