$1,000 Bond no. 1467 issued in 1874. Not cancelled. Signed by president Galusha Grow, secretary Evans, and one trustee. Red border, gray seal, black print, and nice locomotive vignette. Sixty coupons attached.Folds, toning (especially around edges), and an ink stain. Grow served as Speaker of the House during the first years of the Civil War. The International Railroad Company was chartered on August 5, 1870, to build from the south bank of the Red River near Fulton, Arkansas, to Laredo and ultimately to Mexico by way of Austin. Work on the International Railroad began in December 1870 at Hearne, and by December 1871 the railroad had completed fifty miles. Palestine was reached on July 11, 1872, and Longview on January 31, 1873, giving the company 177 miles of main track. The International was consolidated with the Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company on September 30, 1873, to form the International and Great Northern Railroad Company. [Ref:https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqi03] City: State: Texas Date: 1874