NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. PROPERTY TAX DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Property Tax Department, creator.
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| Title: | Property Tax Department records.
Northern Pacific Railway corporate
records. |
| Dates: | 1879-1949. |
| Language: | Materials in English.
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| Abstract: | Annual reports, descriptions of right of ways and
distribution of track, and property and tax records of the Property Tax Department
of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. |
| Quantity: | 13.6 cubic feet. |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Annual reports, containing financial and operating information, submitted to the
state tax commission in each state in which the Northern Pacific [NP] operated,
descriptions of right of ways and the distribution of track for counties in the
states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho for the year 1906, and various tax and
property records in volumes.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Property Tax Department Records. Northern Pacific Railway Corporate Records.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 10,426; 10, 427; 10,428; 10,429; 10,430; 10,431; 10,433;
10,434; 10,435; 10,436; 10,437; 10,438; 10,439; 10,440; 10,441; 10,442; 10,446;
10,447; 10,448; 10,449; 10,450; 10,451; 10,452; 10,453; 10,454
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017199190104294
Work on the Northern Pacific Railway Company records was supported with funds
granted by the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation, and the Jerome
Foundation.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Standardized reports submitted to the tax department of each state in which
the Northern Pacific owned property. Although data categories vary somewhat
over time and from state to state, the reports generally contain the
following: organizational information, capital stock and funded debt data,
stock and bond holdings, mileage operated within the state, miles of track
operated within each school district and within each incorporated town or
city, annual income and expenditure statement (system-wide and within the
state), and property taxes paid in each of the states in which the company
operated during the previous year.
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| Location | Box |
| 136.G.13.2F | 1 | Idaho, 1913-1949. 38 volumes. |
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| 136.G.13.3B | 2 | Montana, 1918-1949. 32 volumes. |
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| | North Dakota, 1917-1949. 33 volumes. |
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| 136.G.13.4F | 3 | Oregon, 1909-1949. 41 volumes. |
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| 136.G.13.5B | 4 | Washington, 1907-1931. 25 volumes. |
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| 136.G.13.6F | 5 | Washington, 1932-1945. 14 volumes. |
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| | Washington: Property not used in providing transportation, 1933-1940. 8 volumes. |
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| 136.G.13.7B | 6 | Wisconsin, 1903-1929. 28 volumes. |
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| 134.H.11.6F | 7 | Wisconsin, 1930-1949. 19 volumes. |
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Detailed descriptions of right of ways and the distribution of track for
counties in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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| 134.L.18.6F | | 1906. 20 folders. |
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| Location | |
| 138.I.2.5 | | Volume 1, Record of property owned by Northern Pacific Operating
Department, 1890s-1900s. |
| | | Property held in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and
Manitoba. |
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| | Volume 2, Record of taxes, Operating Department, 1890-1905. |
| | | Amount of taxes paid on railroad property in the counties of North
Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Manitoba. |
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| 138.I.2.6 | | Volume 3, North Dakota, 1881-1892. |
| | | Town lot tax record by city/town. |
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| | Volume 4, North Dakota, 1879-1887. |
| | | Record of taxes on lands of Northern Pacific Railroad Company. |
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| 138.I.2.7 | | Volume 5, North Dakota, 1887-1898. |
| | | Record of taxes on lands of Northern Pacific Railroad Company. |
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| | Volume 6, Property Tax department ledger, 1893-1905. |
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| 132.I.9.7B | | Volume 7, Property Tax department ledger, 1890-1896. |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Railroads -- Taxation -- Northwestern States.
- Real property tax -- Northwestern States.
- Organizations:
- Northern Pacific Railway Company.
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