Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Oregon Central Military Road Company records
Oregon Central Military Road Company (Eugene, Or.)
Mss 993
1.2 cubic feet
5 document cases, 1 custom box
1864-1877
Records of an Oregon company that constructed and ran a military road from Eugene to the Owyhee River. Records date from 1864 to 1877 and include correspondence, organizational records, legal records, road superintendents' reports, financial records, stock books, and certificates.
English
Collection is open for research.
Collection was acquired in 1962.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1865-1873
- Series 2: General files, 1864-1875
- Series 3: Financial records, 1864-1877
- Series 4: Stock records, 1864-1877
The Oregon Central Military Road Company was incorporated in Eugene, Oregon, in 1864. Among its stockholders were some of the leading citizens of Oregon, including Simeon G. Reed and William S. Ladd. The company constructed and maintained the road, which ran from Eugene to the Oregon border near the Owyhee River. One of its superintendents was Byron J. Pengra (1823-1903). The final dividend of the company was paid out on January 11, 1877.
Oregon Central Military Road Company records, Mss 993, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Related materials can be found at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in the John Miller Drake papers, Mss 80; and the John Marshall McCall papers, Mss 911.
This collection includes correspondence, financial records, organizational records, stock books and certificates, and legal documents of the Oregon Central Military Road Company. The organizational records include a bound journal, minutes, treasurer's reports, and committee reports. Also included are road superintendents' reports; field notes of a preliminary survey of the road route by B. J. Pengra, 1864; stockholder records; documents concerning the case of the company vs. H. C. Victor; letters of B. J. Pengra and Ben Simpson; and bills and receipts.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Beckham, Stephen Dow, "The Oregon Central Military Wagon Road: a history and reconaissance," [Eugene, Or.]: Heritage Research Associates, 1981.
Oregon Central Military Road Company (Eugene, Or.)--Records and correspondence
Oregon Central Military Wagon Road
Military roads--Oregon
Business enterprises--Oregon
Oregon
Transportation
Businesses and Corporations
ledgers (account books)
correspondence
minutes (administrative records)
stock certificates
Correspondence
Series 1
1865-1875
General correspondence
1865 January-May
1
1
General correspondence
1865 June-December
1
2
General correspondence
1866
1
3
General correspondence
1867-1869
1
4
General correspondence
1870
1
5
General correspondence
1871 January-June
1
6
General correspondence
1871 July-December
1
7
General correspondence
1872 January-May
1
8
General correspondence
1872 June-December
1
9
General correspondence
1873-1876
1
10
Regarding military escort
1865
1
11
Regarding Oregon Central Military Road Company v. Victor
1866-1868
1
12
Letters from Byron J. Pengra
1866-1875
1
13
Letters from Ben Simpson
1865-1873
1
14
General files
Series 2
1864-1875
Board of directors materials
1867-1875
1
15
Bonds for deeds
1865-1869
1
16
Committee reports
1864-1874
1
17
Incorporation papers
1867
1
18
Legal documents
1864-1876
1
19
Minutes (ledger book)
1867 May 24-1876 June 25
6
Oaths of officers
1865-1875
2
1
Organizational records, including by-laws and minutes
1864-1867
2
2
Promissory notes
1865-1874
2
3
Proxies
1864-1875
2
4
"Report of the recent survey and progress of construction of the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road," by B. J. Pengra (Salem: Statesman Job Office, photocopy)
1866
2
5
Road superintendents' reports by B. J. Pengra and W. H. Odell
1864-1870
2
6
Secretary's reports
1865-1875
2
7
Survey notes and report by B. J. Pengra
1864-1865
2
8
Treasurer's reports
1865-1875
2
9
Financial records
Series 3
1864-1877
Financial statements
1866-1874
2
10
Paid bills
1864-1875
211-14
Paid bills
1864-1875
3
1
Paid bills and canceled checks
1864-1877
3
2
Receipts
1865-1875
3
3
Treasurer's book
1864-1867
3
4
Checkbooks (6)
1865-1877
35-7
Journal (financial records)
1864 June 27-1877 January 11
5
4
Ledger
1864-1877
5
5
Stock records
Series 4
1864-1877
Lists of stockholders
1867-1874
undated
4
1
Stock certificates (filled in)
1865-1875
42-3
Canceled stock certificates
1865-1876
4
4
Stock certificate book
1865-1875
4
5
Stock ledger
1865-1877
4
6
Stock ledger
1873-1874
4
7
"Stock book 'B' "
1864-1865
4
8
Stock book
1864-1870
5
1
Stock transfer records
1865-1875
5
2
Stock transfer journal
1865-1874
5
3