2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Beautifully engraved uncancelled stock certificate from the Houston, Tap and Brazoria Railway Company issued April 5,1861, printed by Crawford & Reynolds, with an ornate border and a vignette of a steam engine train moving past a small town. This certificate has the signatures of the Company's President, E. W. Taylor and Secretary, Edwin Fairfax Gray (later Lt. Col. of the 3rd Texas Infantry). Called the "Sugar Road," the line served the prosperous plantation region of Brazoria County.
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