Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card

Dates: 1889-1892

Collection Number: MS 454

Creator/Collector: Walker, Fred A.

Extent: 6 folders

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: Correspondence and memorial cards relating to Iowa native Fred A. Walker, a car inspector for the Central Pacific Railroad. He died March 27, 1892, age 25, in Sacramento, after having one of legs crushed at Blue Canyon. The correspondence includes letters to Fred A. Walker from family and friends in Texas, Kansas and California. Mr. Walker was also an amateur photographer.

Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

Fred A. Walker correspondence and memorial card. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Arthur Newman, 1978

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence and memorial cards relating to Iowa native Fred A. Walker, a car inspector for the Central Pacific Railroad. He died March 27, 1892, age 25, in Sacramento, after having one of legs crushed at Blue Canyon. The correspondence includes letters to Fred A. Walker from family and friends in Texas, Kansas and California. Mr. Walker was also an amateur photographer.