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.

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