Dave
The problem with Baldwin’s Corporate History is that it only gives the first part of the Articles. The Documentary History shows them in full and, in this case, it adds
which would take it to Red Oak. I’ve included this and the other lines in my Griswold Branch article.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Red Oak & Fontanelle
Here's the pages for the western Ipwa Railroad Company
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
Attached are two pages from the CB&Q Corporate History book on the line from Red Oak to Fontanelle.
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
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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