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Utah Western Railway Bond with Mormon Sigs

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Utah Western Railway Bond with Mormon Sigs
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I/U #70 $1000 7% gold bond. Signed by several notable Mormons including "H Kimball, John Willard Young (October 1, 1844 – February 12, 1924) was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is one of the few individuals to have been an apostle of the LDS Church and a member of the First Presidency without ever having been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles." from wikipedia. Also William Lilly.

Created in June of 1874, took over the rights and privileges of the Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad in September of 1874. Among the material taken over was the one engine delivered to Salt Lake for the SLSV& P, being that road's #2 mogul, the 'Kate Connor.' Received in July 1873, it was never operated by the SLSV& P, and spent most of its time, until taken over by the U.W., in a shed built to house it. Upon the Utah Western obtaining possession of the engine, in September 1874, John W. Young, the promoter of the Utah Western, paid a fellow by the name of Mr. Holden the sum of $50.00 to repaint the engine to U.W. No. 1, the 'Oquirrh.' The Utah Western was completed to a point not far beyond Tooele in late 1877, and that was as far as it went. On shaky financial ground for some time, it passed from John W.'s control in 1878 and was sold at foreclosure in 1880. In 1881, the property was bought by the Utah & Nevada Railway, which had been created for that purpose at the beginning of 1881. This was a Union Pacific 'front,' and as soon as the U.P. had 100% of the Utah & Nevada stock, said stock paid a 15% cash dividend, and paid regularly thereafter! The Utah & Nevada became part of the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern in 1889, and escaped being widened to standard gauge to become, by many years, the last narrow gauge operation of the Union Pacific in Utah, and the last narrow gauge to run out of Salt Lake City, the last run (regular run, that is) being November 15, 1902. The engine, as well as one of a similar appearance, bought in 1875 from Brooks as well, were both dropped from equipment in 1891 and probably scrapped at that time, although the tender of the 'Oquirrh' was still in use as a water car in 1899. The Utah Western's third locomotive, a Baldwin 4-4-0 named 'Jonathan' and bought in 1880, fared somewhat better. In 1892, it was sold to the Sumpter Valley Railway, up in Oregon, and operated on that road for about 20 years. It appears to have been sold in 1912 to the Eureka-Nevada Railway (formerly the Eureka & Palisade), where it operated for a time before being scrapped. The concept represented by the Utah Western/Utah & Nevada lends itself to modeling in a neat way. It was short, relatively speaking, and its equipment never amounted to more than four locomotives and a pretty basic assortment of cars. Before the line became a 'resort bus line,' there were a few box cars and perhaps 20 or so flat and/or coal cars, with a half-dozen each of coaches & combines and open air excursion cars. Just before Saltair opened, in 1893, the excursion cars numbered about 40. And the business out to Garfield resort was the road's primary revenue; that, and salt." from utahrails.net. Prag Collection State: City: Date: 1874 HWAC# 84115