William Reid (Scottish businessman)

William Reid was a Scottish businessman who emigrated to the U.S. state of Oregon in 1874 to establish the Oregonian Railway. He made several extensions to the railroad in the western Willamette Valley.[1] The city of Dundee, Oregon was named after Dundee, where Reid had previously lived.[2]

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