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Ohio & Mississippi Railway Annual Pass [165756]

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Ohio & Mississippi Railway Annual Pass [165756]
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170.00USDto m********e+ buyer's premium (42.50)
This item SOLD at 2023 Jun 15 @ 09:57UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Pass no. 587 issued for 1875 to LD Rucker, general manager of the Canada Southern Railway. Signed by vice president AN Chrystie. Nice looking pass with city names in the four corners and vignette of ships moving under a bridge. Reverse has a map of the line. Printed by Western Banknote & Eng. Co., St. Louis. Clipped corners. The Ohio and Mississippi Railway ran from Cincinnati, Ohio to East St. Louis, Illinois. Operated 1857-1893. Notable events occurred on this rail line. First, a train carrying Union troops in 1861 fell through a sabotaged bridge at Huron, Indiana, injuring or killing 100. Second, on Oct. 6,1866, an Adams Express Company car was robbed by the Reno Gang just east of Seymour, Indiana, becoming "the first train robbery in U.S. history."

Date: 1875
Country (if not USA):
State: Ohio
City: Cincinnati
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