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Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company Stock (102315)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company Stock  (102315)
SOLD
200.00USDto d**********3+ buyer's premium (50.00)
This item SOLD at 2019 May 28 @ 14:19UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare issued 1950's Wagon Road Stock certificate. # 11 for 5 shares to (?). Signed by secretary Gruden and president William S Snowden! Pen cancelled 1864 for a new issue. Black print with very simple border and vignette top center of horse drawn wagon on trail. Kuchel & Dresels Lith. William S. Lowden controlled the Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road (also the Lewiston Toll Road, and at one time had a large interest in the Weaverville & Minersville Toll Road) is an example of an entrepreneurial spirit. A student of Lowden's toll empire wrote: "Lowden was not a dreamer, desiring to make his fortune by direct working of the gold fields. Instead, he [realized]... at an early age that a large, sure fortune could be made by providing services for the gold fields" (Cage 1984, 45). Lowden's enterprises enjoyed some flush days, but over forty-two years averaged very modest returns. Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1859
City/County: Weaverville
State: California