TX. Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad Co., 1889, I/U Stock Certificate

Texas, 1889. 82 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print with brown border and underprint, Company title at center right with train vignette at left, S/N A438, Certificate was originally signed by Sydney Dillon but had been crossed out with red pen and signed by Grenville M. Dodge below, Certificate is also signed by John T. Granger whose positions was changed from 'Secretary' to 'Assistant Secretary', VF to XF condition. HLBNC. Sidney Dillon (1812–1892) was an American railroad executive who rose from construction laborer to railroad contractor and financier. He served multiple terms as president of the Union Pacific Railroad (1874–1884, 1890–1892), overseeing its construction and later its recovery from Crédit Mobilier scandal fallout, becoming one of the era's leading railroad magnates. Grenville M. Dodge (1831–1916) was a Union Army general in the Civil War who became chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, directing construction of the transcontinental

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