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Three Paxton & Company Bank checks to the E&P RR and Governor Sadler

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Three Paxton & Company Bank checks to the E&P RR and Governor Sadler
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1) Paxton & Co., Bankes (crossed out and Eureka Co Bank handwritten) check to governor to be R. Sadler. Endorsed by Sadler on back. Reinhold Sadler was a well-known businessman, contract teamster and rancher who was Nevada Governor from 1896-1902. Mr. Sadler owned and operated a general merchandise store on main street next to the present day Louie's Lounge. Mr. Sadler had a tunnel built from the basement of his home to his place of business so that he didn't have to go out into the weather while going to work. [Eureka Self-Guiding Tour] 2-3) Both to the E. & P. R. R. Co. The Eureka & Palisade Railroad was built in 1875 to carry silver-lead ore from Eureka, Nevada, to the Southern Pacific Railroad trunk line that ran through Palisade. Nevertheless, despite the determined and colorful management style of John Sexton, the line succumbed to the effects of flood, fire, competing road traffic, and dwindling amounts of ore extracted in Eureka. The rails and rolling stock of the last surviving narrow gauge railroad in Nevada were removed in 1938. [wikipedia] (Potter Collection) Date: 1884, 1885 Location: Eureka, Nevada HWAC# 59449