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1887 Letterhead F. A. RICE & H. H. LUMMIS PINE LUMBER Houston Texas RAILROAD

$ 73.55

Availability: 98 in stock
  • Culture: Western Americana
  • Provenance: 30+yearsBuying&SellingHistoricalDocuments
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: For condition, please see full item description below.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING:
    I sell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions.
    This sale is
    for
    one
    advertising
    LETTERHEAD.
    It is
    from
    Rice & Lummis,
    manufacturers
    of
    PINE LUMBER
    in
    H
    O
    UST
    O
    N, TEXAS
    during the year of
    1887.
    Names listed at the top are
    F. A. Rice & H. H. Lummis .
    THiS LETTER is hand written
    and
    signed
    by
    F. A. Rice .
    HISTORICAL NOTES ON
    F. A. RICE:
    HOUSTON EAST AND WEST TEXAS RAILWAY:
    The initial
    directors
    of the company were Paul Bremond,
    F. A. Rice,
    S. C. Timpson, Henry Fox, W. D. Cleveland, Abraham Groesbeeck, and John Shearn. Other early stockholders included Thomas W. House, William R. Baker, Eber W. Cave, John T. Brady, William J. Hutchins, B. A. Botts, and Eugene Pillot.
    LAKE CREEK RAILROAD:
    The Lake Creek Railroad Company was chartered on August 8, 1884, with a capitol stock of ,000 and headquarters in Montgomery.
    The members of the first board of directors
    were
    F. A. Rice
    of
    Houston
    and R. T. Hardesty, O. Hamilton, J. E. McComb, J. L. Irion, H. B. Rice, and H. H. Simmons of Montgomery. In 1885 the line extended eight miles, from Montgomery to Hawthicket in Montgomery County, and had two locomotives and twenty cars. The Lake Creek was strictly a tram road used by Montgomery Mill and Lumber Company. It was dropped from the list of Texas common carrier railroads by the Railroad Commission, and by 1896 the track had been abandoned.
    CONDITION:
    Approximately 9 1/2" X 6" in size, normal letter folds, five file holes at top, otherwise pretty darn good condition.
    The "SEE MORE" item is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letterhead.
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