ATCHISON AND PIKES PEAK RAILROAD COMPANY RECORDS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company collection dates from May 1, 1865 through September 22, 1868. This file includes a first mortgage and agreements between parties’ interests relating to the construction, equipment and financing of the first 100 miles of the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad. Papers include a list of stockholders and their number of shares.
Dates
- 1865-1868
ACCESS:
The collection is open for research.
OWNERSHIP:
Records are the physical property of the Denver Public Library.
PUBLICATION RIGHTS:
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company was incorporated on February 11, 1859. The company was founded to survey, locate and construct a railroad 100 miles long, from the town of Atchison, Kansas (on the Missouri River) toward the western-line of Kansas in the direction of Pikes Peak. This section of rail formed part of the railroad and telegraph line authorized by an Act of Congress. As stated in the first mortgage, the purpose was to “aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes.” By 1868, the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company was also known as the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Extent
1 envelope (4 items)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
PROVENANCE:
The source of the collection and date received is unknown. Railroad collections processed with funding provided by Marilyn Hodges Wilmerding in memory of William Van Derveer Hodges and William Van Derveer Hodges, Jr.
SIZE:
1 envelope (4 items)
LOCATION:
-M1080
PROCESSED BY:
Patrice Plambeck
August 2001
REVISED AND ENCODED BY:
Abby Hoverstock
April 2006
PROJECT MANAGER:
Ellen Zazzarino
- Railroads -- West (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- ATCHISON AND PIKES PEAK RAILROAD COMPANY RECORDS
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
