at least one railroad company had a gunfight in a shareholder meetings
The Nevada & Oregon Railroad (later, the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway) was organized in 1880, and was envisioned to be built both north and south from Reno, Nevada. Some members of the board of directors favored building the northern line, and others the southern line. Disagreements, settled with bullets, erupted at the shareholders’ meeting of September 27, 1880, which killed Squire C. Scoville, the corporate secretary, and wounded Daniel Balch, who became the railroad’s president.
the northern line was built from Reno 238 miles through California into Oregon – a long way for a narrow-gauge railroad. In 1917, the southern portion was sold to the Western Pacific, and in 1926, the Southern Pacific acquired control of the remainder. Both portions were converted to standard gauge. The Southern California Railway Museum has a Nevada-California-Oregon Railway narrow-gauge stock car (later SP #65) in its collection.
Where was Pecos Bill when they needed him? What in tarnation has come over these folk?
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