Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Provisional Certificate for One Construction Bond of $1000. -- or at 4s. 2d. Sterling, per Dollar, L208.6.8. Sterling.
After two decades of false starts and endless stalls, in February 1851 the Illinois legislature at last incorporated the long-anticipated Illinois Central Railroad Company. Staking and surveying began immediately, and the first section -- running between Chicago and Calumet -- opened for traffic on May 24, 1852. Despite the fact..... More