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Located in North Topeka, Kansas, the Union Stock Yards Company was organized and incorporated in 1885 with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company owning 131 or 310 shares of stock. The company operated until 1898, at which time C. F. Jilson (trustee for the CRI&P) acquired the deed. The CRI&P operated the business at a loss from 1898 to 1900, when it failed. In 1904, the CRI&P bought the remaining stock holders interest and transferred the land to the Kansas Town and Land Company. These records include the company charter, land contracts, livestock reports, correspondence, financial statements, and meeting minutes.
Date: 1885-1915
Item Number: 307379
Call Number: Kansas Town & Land Company Coll. #130, Box 104
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307379
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Manuscript - Kansas Town and Land Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Account
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Charter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Check, Bank
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Contract
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Land records
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Account book
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Charter
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Minutes
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