Utah Western Railway Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1880
Administrative History
The Utah Western Railway Company (1874-1880) was a railroad company with a line west of Salt Lake City.
Citation:
Security & profit, 1876: t.p. (Utah Western Railway Company) p. 4 (a line that extends from the Utah Central R.R. in Salt Lake City twenty miles west, then south by 25 miles)Wikipedia, via WWW, Sept. 29, 2015 (Utah Western Railway (1874–1880); rail line west from Salt Lake City to Stockton, Utah; later part of the Union Pacific Railroad)
UtahRails.net, via WWW, Sept. 29, 2015 (Utah Western Railway; created June 1874, purchasing rights of Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad in September 1874; completed line to just past Tooele by 1877; company sold in November 1880; property transferred to Utah & Nevada Railway in 1881)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Thomas L. Kane correspondence and other material on Mormon business ventures, 1870-1877
Sub-Series — Box 17: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550795]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents
Contains letters, articles of incorporation, and other materials relating to Mormon businesses in Utah. Includes information on the Canaan Cooperative Stock Company, the United Order, the Utah Western Railway Company, and the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI). Materials date from between 1870 and 1877.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1870-1877