Newport News and Mississippi Valley Co stock certificate 1890 (signed CP Huntington)

Stunning stock certificate autographed by famed railroad baron. Nice eagle vignette at bottom of certificate with all 20 dividend coupons attached below. 100 shares. Dated 12 August 1890. Folded at coupon line from storage. Signed by CP Huntington as president. This is a tough find and not found often in the 100-share variety. Approximately 15.5  x 11.5 inches.

C. P. Huntington, as President.
Collis Potter Huntington (1821 – 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Huntington helped lead and develop other major interstate lines, such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), which he was recruited to help complete. The C&O, completed in 1873, fulfilled a long-held dream of Virginians of a rail link from the James River at Richmond to the Ohio River Valley.

The Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company was a railroad corporation founded by Collis P. Huntington in the 1880s to operate his eastern railroads, including the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. The company was chartered in Connecticut and aimed to create a "Mississippi Valley Route" by connecting his eastern lines to his southern lines in the west. The company was formally consolidated into the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railway in 1892. 

Formation and purpose:
The NN&MV Company was created to manage and consolidate Collis P. Huntington's eastern railroad properties. It was chartered in Connecticut in 1884 and was central to Huntington's plan to link his western Southern Pacific Railroad to his eastern network.

"Mississippi Valley Route":
The company was advertised as the "Mississippi Valley Route," which combined its eastern lines (including the Chesapeake & Ohio) with its western lines, like the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad. This was part of a larger network to connect the Pacific Ocean to the Mississippi River.

Consolidation:
 In 1892, the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company was formally consolidated into the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.

Collis Potter Huntington (1821 – 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Huntington helped lead and develop other major interstate lines, such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), which he was recruited to help complete. The C&O, completed in 1873, fulfilled a long-held dream of Virginians of a rail link from the James River at Richmond to the Ohio River Valley.

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