Pennsylvania Land Company stock certificate 1900 (Kentucky)

Unusual railroad collectible for land holdings. Very nice vignette of a farm scene in the foreground with animals and farmer.  Issued and cancelled but not signed. Certificate #3 made out to JT Brooks Trustee. Written date of 1900 but incorporate in 1899. Measures approximately 10.75 x 8 inches. 

Pennsylvania Land Company incorporated in Kentucky for purpose of holding land in Kentucky owned by The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad but held in trust for it by Louisville Bridge Company.

The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly called the Pan Handle Route (Panhandle Route in later days), was a railroad that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Its common name came from its main line, which began at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and continued west to Bradford, Ohio, where it split into a northern line to Chicago and a southern one through Indianapolis, Indiana, to East St. Louis, Illinois.

The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure on January 10, 1883. The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, and the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad. That company was merged with the PC&StL, Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad and Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad on September 30, 1890, to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (PCC&StL).