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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

By special act of the Illinois Legislature, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company was incorporated on February 27, 1847. The line was completed to Joliet by October, 1852.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

James Franklin Holden American railroad executive
• freight traffic manager (Feb '03→Jan '06)
J. C. Baird Railroad agent in Sigourney, Iowa
• agent (past)
Cyrus T. Young Railroad agent
• agent (?→'91)
Ebenezer Cook American railroad executive
• Vice president (past)

Board Members

John Graves Shedd Salesman
• Director (past)

Holdings

Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
• Owner ('85→?)

Child Organizations

Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Railroad in the states of the Arkansas and Oklahoma
• subsidiary ('02→?)
The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company
• subsidiary ('85→'88)
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
• subsidiary ('03→?)

Services & Transactions

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States
• Attorney ('56→'62)
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Basic Info

Types Organization, Business
Start date 1847
Aliases CRI&P RW, Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company
Region US and Canada

Source Links

7 documents :: see all
  • THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY
  • Chronicles of Oklahoma - The Story of an Adventure in Railroad Building
  • kshs.org - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Records
  • The Gazette - Last passenger trains
  • faculty.simpson.edu - company-issued history of the Rock Island Lines
  • findagrave.com - Cyrus T. Young
  • iagenweb.org - THE C., R. I. & P. RAILROAD.
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