Title:
Henry Maxwell McCartney Collection, 1869-1911
Creator/Contributor:
McCartney, Henry Maxwell, 1848-1915, creator
Abstract:
Business papers, charts, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs, railroad papers
Date:
1869 (issued)
Subject:
California -- History
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Railroads -- California -- History -- 19th Century
Railroads -- California -- Surveying
Railroads -- Western States -- Surveying
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
Survey engineer. Employed by Union Pacific Railroad. McCartney figured prominently in the construction of the Northern Pacific
R.R., the Union Pacific R.R., the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake R.R., and the Western Pacific R.R. He also had vested
interests in merchandising firms and land developments and developed investments in gold, copper, iron, coal, oil and water.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets
Physical Description:
print
20
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.