Re: [CBQ] Red Oak & Fontanelle

["Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>]

Here's the pages for the western Ipwa Railroad Company

On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 03:29:51 PM EDT, Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dave

The Western Iowa Railway was incorporated in 1884 by the Burlington to extend the Creston & Northern line from Fontanelle to Cumberland, and that extension opened in April 1885. The articles also provided for a direct link to Red Oak and, apparently, a new company to construct this extra link was incorporated in March 1885 at Des Moines. No construction took place and, so far, I have been unable to identify this latter company.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dave Lotz
Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 6:45 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] BCR&N

 

Rupert,

 

Attached are two pages from the CB&Q Corporate History book on the line from Red Oak to Fontanelle.

 

Dave

 

On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 03:57:15 PM EDT, Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 

Ken

If someone wants to chase this up, they are most welcome. And it’s a bit far for me to travel to visit all the county courthouses!

I tried to identify a company that the CB&Q apparently established to build a line between Red Oak and Fontanelle in 1885, and came up against a brick wall.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ken Vandevoort
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 6:38 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] BCR&N

 

Every Iowa county courthouse will have a transcription of the deeds in the recorder's office if the BCR&N had property in that county.  Every deed will have a date.

Ken Vandevoort

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