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Railroad companies

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Macleod Local History Essays and Speeches, circa 1980-1997

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 310
Summary

Local history essays about Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Washburn, Wisconsin, written by amateur local historian Arthur MacLeod, a professional salesman with a deep interest in Wisconsin history. He grew up in and retired to Washburn, and he delivered many speeches to the Washburn Historical Society.

Dates: circa 1980-1997

John S. Owen Lumber Company Records, 1875-1955

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss E
Summary Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre...
Dates: 1875-1955

Nathaniel Caldwell Foster Papers, 1830-1936

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss O
Summary Fragmentary records of Foster, a native of New York state who came to Wisconsin in 1854 and became a prominent lumberman and logging railroad operator headquartered at Fairchild after 1876. The collection contains political correspondence with representative James A. Frear; miscellaneous business papers including land titles, maps, mortgages, and financial records pertaining to his land and timber investments in Eau Claire and Clark counties; a few records relating to the Fairchild and...
Dates: 1830-1936