Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0713
Overview
Letters, reports, and newspaper clippings relating to the Virginia Central Railroad Company, later the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Most of the correspondence is between E. Fontaine, president, and John S. Cunningham of West Virginia.
Dates:
1867-1869
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Depot Ledger
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4377
Scope and Contents
One ledger labeled "copy of freight way bills" for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot at Barboursville, West Virginia for period February 1880 to February 1884. Information recorded into the ledger includes where goods are being shipped, from whom and to whom, what the goods are, and the charges. Destinations in West Virginia include Charleston, Guyandotte, Huntington, Milton, and St. Albans, among others; other destinations include Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Richmond, among others. Goods...
Dates:
1880-1884
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents
Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates:
1887-1962
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- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Account books 1
- Barboursville (W. Va.) 1
- Church buildings 1
- Coal Mining - Tug River field 1
- Coal mining - New River field. 1
- Coal mining - Regulation. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - Winding Gulf field. 1
- Coal mining - coal and coke sales. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Education 1
- Maps. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Central Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railway - Winding Gulf Branch. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taxation 1
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1 + ∧ less
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