Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the financial papers of Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station spanning the period from 1920 to 1936. This collection contains seventeen bound volumes and one box of material that record domestic money order receipts, competitive business reports, daily car reports, reports of way bills received, reports of freight cars received and forwarded, and the station's cash books.
Dates
- 1920-1936
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, Wellsville 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 railline was abandoned and scrapped.
The Wellsville, 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
1 box and 17 books (9.5 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains the financial papers of Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station spanning the period from 1920 to 1936
Arrangement
Books are arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material in this collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Richard Watkins in 1981.
Bibliography
- Sorenson, Philip E., “The Utah-Idaho Central Railroad,” Utah Historical Quarterly , Vol. 27, 1959.
- Sorenson, Philip E. "A Corporate and Financial History of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad" (Masters thesis, Utah State Agricultural College, 1957.)
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2006
- Title
- Guide to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station Papers 1920-1936
- 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
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