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Arcata & Mad River Railroad Company records, 1868-1927 (bulk 1888-1903).
BANC MSS 2002/195 cLOCALBANC MSS 73/83 c [no longer used]LOCALBANC MSS C-G 131 [no longer used]LOCAL
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Title:
Arcata & Mad River Railroad Company records, 1868-1927 (bulk 1888-1903)Creator/Contributor:
Arcata & Mad River Railroad Company, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Korbel, Frantisek, 1831-1920Creator/Contributor:
Korbel, Anton Francis, 1841-1925Creator/Contributor:
Korbel, Joseph, 1844-1900Creator/Contributor:
Zaruba, Vaclav, 1867-1932Creator/Contributor:
F. Korbel & BrosAbstract:
Consists of correspondence and accounts. Most of the correspondence is with owners F. Korbel & Bros. Co. including letters
between Francis, Anton and Joseph Korbel and the railroad superintendent Vaclav Zaruba. The accounts concentrate with local
businesses in Arcata and Eureka, Calif. Also includes labor manifests and pay slips, tax records, train orders, and ephemera,
including a sketch map of a layout for a township.
Date:
1888 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRailroads -- California -- History -- Sources
Railroads -- California -- Humboldt County
Taxation -- California
Impôt -- Californie
Railroads
Taxation
Arcata (Calif.)
Eureka (Calif.)
Korbel (Calif.)
California
California -- Arcata
California -- Eureka
California -- Humboldt County
Arcata & Mad River Railroad Company -- Archives
F. Korbel & Bros.
Note:
The first railroad in Calif. began in 1855 under the name Union Wharf & Plank Walk Co., as a short line, with a horse drawn
car, serving the port of Arcata and local mills. In 1875 the company bought its first steam locomotive. Over the years the
company changed its name several times and expanded its local service. In 1881 the company became Arcata & Mad River Railroad,
to connect the north end of Humboldt Bay with the north fork of Mad River.
In 1883 F. Korbel & Bros., Francis, Anton, and Joseph Korbel, owners of the Humboldt Lumber Mill Co. at North Fork (now Korbel),
purchased the railroad. The superintendent during the Korbel's ownership was Joseph's son-in-law Vaclav Zaruba, a fellow Bohemian
immigrant. In 1903, after Francis Korbel moved back to Prague, F. Korbel & Bros. sold all of their Northern Calif. holdings,
including the railroad, to a newly incorporated company, the Northern Redwood Lumber Co.
Materials in Czech and English.
Preferred Citation: Arcata & Mad River Railroad Company records, BANC MSS 2002/195, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
letterpress copybooks.History.
Sources.
Account books.
Physical Description:
print
3 boxes, 1 carton, 4 volumes (2.4 linear ft.)
Language:
cze
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/195 cLOCAL
BANC MSS 73/83 c [no longer used]LOCAL
BANC MSS C-G 131 [no longer used]LOCAL