Twin Buttes Railroad Collection, 1905-1923
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Twin Buttes Railroad collection
- Dates:
- 1905-1923
- Abstract:
- Includes a certifed copy of articles of incorporation, a quit claim deed, a summons, an agreement with Southern Pacific, correspondence and May 1905 payroll sheets.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 Folder and 1 Oversized Box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Twin Buttes Railroad Collection, MS 156, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes a certifed copy of articles of incorporation of the Twin Buttes Railroad Co., a quit claim deed for a right of way to be built and maintained by the Twin Buttes Railroad Co in 1905, a summons sent to the company by the Arizona Territory's Justice Court in 1905, an agreement with Southern Pacific to house and repair a locomotive at the SP's Tuscon roundhouse in 1909, correspondence regarding the agreement with the SP Co, and May 1905 payroll sheets.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Twin Buttes Railroad [Arizona], twenty-nine miles from Tucson via Sahuarita to the mines near Twin Buttes, was incorporated September 23, 1904 and completed July 20, 1906. Road had two locomotives (which did not go to the SP), and its line from Sahuarita to the mines was abandoned about 1931. [Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), p. 420]
- Acquisition information:
- California State Railroad Museum Foundation, 1995 (Wendell P. Hammon)
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged first by type of materials and then chronologically.
- Physical location:
- Statewide Museum Collections Center
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-02 19:53:43 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote for manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Twin Buttes Railroad Collection, MS 156, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073