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1) Northern Kansas Division, Missouri Pacific Lines: formerly the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
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Publisher
produced by Golden Belt Printing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Sections of this 150-year-old road are still in operation today. The Northern Kansas Division of the Missouri Pacific was originally a pioneer land grant road that built from Atchison, Kansas, westward in the late 1860s to Waterville, Kansas. The 235-page volume provides a good reference for dates, major activities and changes in the operation from day one. Includes Missouri Pacific employee interviews, more than 250 historic and current photos, maps,...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Best known for his Civil War photographs, Alexander Gardner also documented the construction of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division (later the Kansas Pacific Railroad), across Kansas beginning in 1867. This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion. Like most rephotography projects, this one provides fascinating information...
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