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Union Pacific Railroad Company

 Organization

Biography

The Union Pacific Railroad Company was established in 1862. It later merged with the Kansas Pacific Railway Company and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company to form the Union Pacific Railway Company.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Union Pacific Railroad Company Utah and Wyoming surveys

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227645808]
Identifier: MSS 4181
Scope and Contents

Utah and Wyoming surveys, 1865-1868 contains five land surveys used by the Union Pacific Railroad. Two surveys relate to Echo and Weber Canyons in Utah; three surveys relate to Camp Walbach and Crow Creek in Wyoming.

Dates: 1865-1868

Utah Parks Company records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232488749]
Identifier: MSS 533
Scope and Contents

The film contains typescripts, handwritten entries on printed forms, printed materials, photographs, correspondence, legal agreements, contracts, leases, brochures, newspaper clippings, board minutes, financial statements, and reports covering the company's history and operations. Five of the eight reels of microfilm are copies of the other three.

Dates: 1921-1975

Brigham Young letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283503]
Identifier: Vault MSS 46
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated January 26, 1864, and addressed to T. C. Durant. Young writes to Durant concerning the survey to be used by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Dates: 1864 January 26

Brigham Young letters

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 409
Scope and Contents

Includes sixteen handwritten and signed letters addressed to officials of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, including Thomas Clark Durant, C. L. Frost, and S. B Reed. Young writes about his role as a contractor for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad through Utah. Photocopies of items also included in collection.

Dates: 1863-1870

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Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 5
Letters 5
Railroads 4
Railroads -- Utah -- History 4
Land surveys 2
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Social Life and Customs 2
Agreements 1
Agriculture and Natural Resources 1
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) -- History 1
Business 1
Business records 1
Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah) -- History 1
Church Government 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
City and Town Life 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Coal -- Utah -- History -- Sources 1
Contracts 1
Correspondence 1
Crow Creek (Wyo. and Colo.) 1
Crow Creek (Wyo. and Idaho) 1
Diaries 1
Echo (Utah) 1
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) -- History 1
Home and Family 1
Immigration and American Expansion 1
Kelton (Utah) -- History -- Sources 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents 1
Latter Day Saint families 1
Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence 1
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Kelton -- History -- Sources 1
Laws 1
Leases 1
Material Types 1
Mines and Mineral Resources 1
Minutes (Records) 1
Mormons -- Emigration and immigration 1
National parks and reserves -- Arizona -- History 1
National parks and reserves -- Utah -- History 1
Negatives 1
Newspapers 1
Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys 1
Photographic prints 1
Photographs 1
Railroads -- Design and construction 1
Railroads -- Idaho -- History 1
Railroads -- United States 1
Railroads -- United States -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Photographs 1
Railroads -- Utah 1
Railroads -- Utah -- Echo Canyon 1
Railroads -- Utah -- Kelton -- History -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Utah -- Weber Canyon 1
Reports 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 1
Stereographs 1
Transcriptions (Documents) 1
Weber Canyon (Utah) 1
Zion National Park (Utah) -- History 1
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