Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Mendon Station Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the UIC Mendon Railroad Station and spans the period of 1916 to 1936. This collection consists of twenty-two boxes and sixteen oversized ledgers of material in the form of station correspondence, monthly reports, financial summary reports, various receipts, waybills, shipping orders, passenger transit tickets sales, a train schedule for 1918, and other similar papers.
Dates
- 1916-1936
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Mendon Station Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
The Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company grew from two local railway systems organized by David Eccles. The Ogden Rapid Transit Company (1900) and the Logan Rapid Transit Company (1909) merged in May 1914 to create the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Company. The main line extended from Ogden, Utah to Preston, Idaho and its major business focus was to profit from passenger (rather than freight) transit. The Company was officially incorporated with the name “Utah-Idaho Central Railroad” in 1918. The Utah-Idaho Central operated until February 28, 1947, when the rail line was abandoned and scrapped.
The Mendon, Utah Station was erected in 1915 and by 1916 had become a stop on the electric powered Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Company's route.
Extent
22 boxes and 16 books (12.5 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the UIC Mendon Railroad Station and spans the period of 1916 to 1936.
Arrangement
The material in this has been organized chronologically and topically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material in this collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Richard Watkins in 1981.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2006
- Title
- Guide to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Mendon Station Papers 1916-1936
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Special Collections and Archives
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu