Railroads
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers
Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Records Relating to Coal, Railroad, and Other Industries
Business and legal papers of U.S. Senator and timber, coal, and railroad magnate Stephen B. Elkins. Subjects include the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company, Davis Coal and Coke Company, West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh and the Morgantown and Kingwood railroads, timber and coal lands, the Pressed Prism Plate Glass Company (NY), and Hallihurst Farm.
William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial papers of a lawyer and state senator from Kingwood, who was instrumental in the organization of the West Virginia Northern Railroad, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company. Subjects include state politics, 1888-1895, Virginia Debt Question, the tariff debate, land development, coal mining and railroads. Correspondents include J.M. Mason, W.E. Chilton, S.B. Elkins, and George C. Sturgiss.