Cherokee and Dakota Railroad Company Records, 1887-1892
Scope and Contents note
Documents and records pertaining to railroad companies owned or purchased by the IC, mostly in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1892
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Biographical/Historical note
The Cherokee and Dakota Railroad Company was incorporated in Iowa in Jul. 1887. The line has two branches: Cherokee to Onawa, Iowa (60.52 miles); and Cherokee to Sioux Falls, South Dakota (96.47 miles). the company was sold and conveyed to the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company (D&SC) on Oct. 29, 1888. The company was officially dissolved by the IC on Mar. 6, 1953; see IC Addenda, call number IC:A 1 J1 for Minutes and Certificates of Dissolution.
Arrangement note
The Cherokee and Dakota Railroad Company Records are organized into three subseries: Stock ledger and transfer book, July 1887-Jan. 1889; Accounting records, Jul. 1887-Sept. 1889; and Record of lands and right of way, Sept. 1887-Mar. 1892.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org