St Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad - Signed by George Foster Peabody - 189 For Sale

Railroad Stock. Rich superb vignette of train in station. Exceptional quality stock by Franklin Bank Note Co. Signed by George Foster Peabody. Great! George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 \" March 4, 1938) was an American banker and philanthropist. Read more at This railroad operated from 1862 to 1904 and then became part of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. A line also connected Chicago west to Sioux City, Iowa (1870). There was a significant branch to Omaha, Nebraska (1899), west of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and another branch reaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1877), starting from Cherokee, Iowa. The IC also serviced Miami, Florida, on trackage owned by other railroads. Read more at Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.

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