Eureka and Palisade Railroad Collection, 1876 - 1903

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Summary

Abstract:
The collection consists largely of letters, forms, and invoices, pertaining to the operation of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad.
Extent:
.17 Linear Feet 1 half-box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eureka and Palisade Railroad Collection, MS 13, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists largely of letters, forms, and invoices, pertaining to the operation of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad.

Biographical / historical:

The Eureka and Palisade Railroad was organized in 1873 to provide transportation between the Nevada mining camp of Eureka and the Central Pacific Railroad at Palisade, Nevada. The following year, a group of California and Nevada financiers, including Isaac Requa, William Sharon, and Darius Ogden Mills, took control of the company from the local promoters. The narrow gauge line was completed the following year.

When mining operations at Eureka declined after 1885, service on the road also diminished. In 1900 the Eureka and Palisade entered receivership, and the following year the Eureka and Palisade Railway was formed.

This new firm, headed by Isaac Requa's son Mark, along with I. W. Hellman and J. H. Moulton, took control of the property in 1902. The company entered receivership again in 1910, and in 1912 it became the Eureka-Nevada Railway, which in turn was operated by the Nevada Transportation Company. The line was finally abandoned in 1938.

For more information: Gilbert H. Kneiss BONANZA RAILROADS (1941) and David F. Myrick RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 1: THE NORTHERN ROADS (1992).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Guy L. Dunscomb
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Places:
Railroad--Travel--Ticket

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eureka and Palisade Railroad Collection, MS 13, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov
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