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Walker. John Brisben (1847-1931)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Franchise and Right-of-Way Records, 1888-1912

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: Series-246
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Board of County Commissioners' resolutions granting franchises and rights-of-way to petitioners wanting to construct, operate and maintain single or double track passenger railways in Jefferson County during the 1880s and 1890s. Franchises were granted to cross county roads. In some cases bonds and/or petitions signed by property owners and residents along the proposed lines accompany the resolutions.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1888-1912

Mt. Morrison Incline Railway Spikes, 1909

 Item — Box 1
Scope and Contents

Three metal railroad spikes from the Mt. Morrison Incline Railway.

Dates: 1909

Walker, John Brisben, 1907

 File — Box 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Franchise to build a single or double track street railway over Colfax Ave. and other roads between Denver and Morrison.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1907

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 2
Collection 1
 
Subject
Bonds (legal records) 1
Franchises 1
Jefferson County (Colo.) -- History 1
Local transit -- Right of way -- Colorado -- Franchises 1
Morrison (Colo.) -- History 1