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Issued To And Signed By W.B.. Strong

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Issued To And Signed By W.B.. Strong
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1888, Illinois. Stock certificate for one share issued to and signed on verso by WILLIAM BARSTOW STRONG (1837-1914) President of the AT&SF from 1881 to 1889. Black / White. Vignette of a locomotive at top center. Orange company seal. Punch cancelled. After graduating from a Chicago business college, William B. Strong took his first railroad job as a station agent for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. After a succession of other railroad, Strong succeeded T. Jefferson Coolidge as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. During his tenure, the railway extended to about 7,000 miles, making it the largest railroad in North America at the time. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago was established in order to secure terminals in Chicago.