Rutland Street Railway Co. - 1885 dated $100 Railroad Bond

$100 6% Railroad Bond printed by American Bank Note Co., New York. Very rare and unusual vignette of wild horses. A rare bond from a very rare state!!!

The town of Rutland was chartered in 1761 and named after John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. It was settled in 1770 and served as one of the capitals of the Republic of Vermont. In the early 19th century, small high-quality marble deposits were discovered in Rutland, and in the 1830s a large deposit of nearly solid marble was found in what is now West Rutland. By the 1840s, small firms had begun excavations, but marble quarries proved profitable only after the railroad arrived in 1851. Rutland eventually became one of the world's leading marble producers. A large number of Italians with experience in the industry immigrated and brought their families to Rutland. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland_(city),_Vermont