Date Original
1870
Description
This Texas Act granted right-of-way in Texas to the Thirty-fifth Parallel Railroad Company. In 1870,the railroad company extended its railroad and telegraph lines into the north-western part of Texas, from Arkansas and Indian Territory. This collection contains a hand written copy of the Texas Act signed by James Newcomb, the Secretary of State for Texas from 1870-1874.
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1870, the Thirty-fifth Parallel Railroad Company extended its railroad and telegraph lines into the north-western part of Texas along the hundredth degree of longitude and the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude, from Arkansas and Indian Territory. The Thirty-fifth Parallel Railroad Company had an office in Little Rock, Arkansas, where this certified copy was stored.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.); Texas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.014.004
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Thirty-fifth Parallel Railroad Company act, SMC.014.004
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Thirty-fifth Parallel Railroad Company act, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
