Small Nevada Collections, 1868-1882

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Summary

Title:
Small Nevada Collections,
Dates:
1868-1882
Creators:
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Small Nevada Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Biographical / historical:

One of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad, Charles Crocker was a "hands-on" administrator, actually supervising construction of the tracks. He later invested in large landholdings and developed the Del Monte Hotel in Monterey County, Calif. (1880). The deed in this collection conveys town lots in Reno, Nev. to one W.T.C. Elliott of that city (1868). [Ms2.C938]

Benjamin F. Leete was one of Theodore Judah's surveyors and was present at organizational meetings of the Central Pacific Railroad (1861). Leete lived to be over ninety and was one who provided information for Robert L. Fulton's "Epic of the Overland" (1924). He lived in the Reno area from 1870 until his death. The stock certificates in this collection give evidence of his involvment in the affairs of that city. Others of Leete's papers are in the John D. Goodwin Collection at the California State Library. [Ms2.L487]

The Mariposa Mill was located northeast of Virginia City, Nevada, in the Comstock area. Its 1882 payroll register provides personal names, occupations and payments to employees, most of whom seem to have been immigrant Irish. [Ms2.M342]

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
0.1 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: October 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Small Nevada Collections, Mss2, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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