Prescott & Eastern Railroad Company signed by Edward Berwind
Inv# AG1385
State(s):
Arizona
Years:
1901
Stock issued to and signed on verso and attached statement by Edward Berwind (1848-1936). Founder of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company. Considered to be one of the world's largest individual owners of coal properties, Berwind worked closely with J.P. Morgan in the consolidation, organization, integration and expansion of his large coal operation.
The Prescott & Eastern Railroad was a non-operating subsidiary of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. Following a number of mergers, the Prescott & Eastern was merged into the AT&SF, which ultimately abandoned the P&E.
