Evansville and Terre Haute Rail Road Company stock certificate circa 1877 (Indiana)

Great older railroad stock certificate. Vignette of a steam train and cars traveling left to right.  Unissued and not cancelled. Dated 187_. Circa 1877 from company records.  Measures approximately 11 x 7.5 inches. 

Evansville & Terre Haute Rail Road Company was founded in 1877 with a prior history of merged railroads started in 1849 in the area.

The construction of the Evansville and Illinois Railroad was started in the summer of 1849 and was designed to run from Evansville, Vanderburgh County, through Princeton, Gibson County, IN, then to Mt. Carmel, IL, and eventually to Olney, IL. From the results of a March 1849 election $100,000 of the railroad's costs were to be paid by the county. The construction plans were changed and the railroad ended in Vincennes, Knox County, where it connected with another line that ran to Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN. The line was completed in December, 1853, although the advertised daily service ran at irregular intervals.

Chartered in 1853, the Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad (E&C R.R.) was the first to service Evansville, Indiana. It helped the town be connected to the rest of the world and fostered its growth. The (E&C R.R.) was a merger of two smaller railroads, The Evansville & Illinois R.R. planned on connecting Evansville to Mt. Carmel, Illinois and Olney, Illinois. via Princeton, Indiana (which began the construction of the track in circa 1850) to connect Evansville to Mt. Carmel and Olney via Princeton 1849 first train arrived Princeton 1852.

1851 Wabash R.R. - Vincennes, Indiana to Terre Haute, Indiana to Crawfordsville, Indiana. When the two merged in 1853 it was chartered as the Evansville and Crawfordsville R.R. The track was completed to Terre Haute that year.

The railroad was later renamed the Evansville & Terre Haute R.R. in 1877. It went on to be consolidated with other railroads of the region into the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad.

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