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Oregon & California Railroad Company Specimen Bond [134527]

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Oregon & California Railroad Company Specimen Bond  [134527]
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Specimen $1,000 bond. July 1887. Green border, black print, and two vignettes: Native American warrior on overlook (top center) and locomotive (bottom center). Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen on signature lines and punch cancelled. 24 coupons attached. 16 x 11" Folds, creases. The railroad was formed from the Oregon Central Railroad in 1869. By 1887, it had stretched from Portland down to the California border in the Siskiyou Mountains. From there, Southern Pacific took over. Famous stage pioneer Ben Holladay was the original leader behind it. The railroad was accused of fraud when it was claimed they were recruiting people from Portland saloons to purchase land as "settlers" and then resell. This led President Theodore Roosevelt to launch an investigation and indictments. However, in 1915 the Supreme Court ruled that the railroad had been built as promised. This led Congress to pass the 1916 Chamberlain-Ferris Act which put the government back in control on the lands.

Date: 1887
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State: Oregon
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