Name: Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Brand: Ghosts of Wall Street
SKU: 3482
Price: 55.0 USD
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Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company Bond Certificate

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Product Details

Company	Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Certificate Type	Railroad Car Trust
Date Issued	April 1, 1902
Canceled	Yes
Printer	American Bank Note Company
Signatures	Hand signed
Approximate Size	10" (w) by 14 1/2" (h)
Product Images	Show the exact certificate you will receive
Authentic	Yes
Additional Details	NA
Value Reference	$50 to $75

Historical Context

The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (COG), known informally as the "Choctaw Route," operated in the states of the Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The company, originally known as the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, completed its main line between West Memphis, Arkansas and western Oklahoma by 1900. In 1901 the COG chartered a subsidiary company, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad, to continue construction west into the Texas panhandle, and by 1902 the railroad had extended as far west as Amarillo.

The COG came under the control of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the "Rock Island") in 1902, and was formally merged into the Rock Island on January 1, 1948. The Memphis-Amarillo route remained an important main line for the Rock Island, hosting local and transcontinental freight traffic as well as passenger trains such as the Choctaw Rocket from 1940-1964.

The first line was built from Oklahoma City to McAlester, Oklahoma, (120 miles) via Dickson, Choctaw, Harrah, McLoud, Sunnyside, Dale, Shawnee, Earlsboro, Tracy, Seminole, Lima, Wewoka, Holdenville, Bilby, Agua, Calvin, Hill Top, Stuart, Whites, Barnett (Haywood), and Dods by October 1, 1895.

Additional key dates in the company’s history include:

Built from El Reno to Weatherford, Oklahoma, (50 miles) via Fort Reno, Calumet, Geary, Bridgeport, McCool, and Hydro (1898).

Purchased Choctaw and Memphis Railroad Company for $1,621,500 (June 30, 1900).

Leased trackage rights between Benton and Biddle (Hot Springs Junction), Arkansas, from Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad Company (1900).

Purchased the Tecumseh Railway Company for $12,000 (October 12, 1900).

Built from Shawnee to Tecumseh, Oklahoma, (8 miles) via Spudland.

Built from Weatherford to Elk City, Oklahoma, (46 miles) via Indianapolis, Clinton, Parkersburg, Foss, and Canute (1901).

Purchased White River, Lonoke and Western Railroad Company (September 14, 1901).

Purchased Western Oklahoma Railroad Company (May 1, 1902).

Purchased Choctaw Northern Railroad Company for $1,027,500 (May 3, 1902).

Through stock purchase, fell under the control of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company (May 6, 1902).

Purchased Hot Springs Railroad Company (May 10,1902).

Relocated a 17-mile line between Haileyville and Wilburton, Oklahoma (1904).

Leased to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company for 999 years (March 24, 1904).

Through 100% stock purchase controlled by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company (1912).

Abandoned 6-mile line between Lehigh and North Coalgate, Oklahoma (1923).

Abandoned 23-mile line between Watonga and Homestead (November 11, 1926).

Relocated 5-mile line in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1930).

Abandoned 33-mile line between Anthony, Kansas and Ingersoll, Oklahoma (1937).

Abandoned 84-mile line between Frisco Junction and Pittsburgh, Oklahoma (1940).

Consolidated into Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (January 1, 1948).

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