Kansas Pacific Railway
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The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company. They operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. The railroad was consolidated with the Union Pacific in 1880. Its mainline is still an important part of the Union Pacific network today.[1]
| Kansas Pacific Railway | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Kansas and Colorado |
| Dates of operation | 1863–1880 |
| Successor | Union Pacific |
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| Headquarters | Wyandotte, Kansas (part of present-day Kansas City, Kansas) |
Kansas Pacific Railway Media
The Kansas Pacific main line shown on an 1869 map. The thickened portion along the line indicates the extent of the land grants available to settlers. At the time of the map, the line extended only as far as western Kansas (section in green). The extension to the Colorado Territory (section in red) was completed the following year
Roundhouse, Kansas Pacific Railway, 1873.
A 1878 map shows principal cities and towns along the railroad.
References
- ↑ William R. Petrowski, "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129-146.
More reading
- Babbitt, James E. "From Albuquerque to Tucson in 1867: The Kansas Pacific Railway Survey Photographs of William A. Bell." Journal of Arizona History (1998): 289-306. in JSTOR
- Klein, Maury. Union Pacific: 1862-1893 (Vol. 1. 1987), passim.
- Petrowski, William R. The Kansas Pacific: a study in railroad promotion (Arno Press, 1981).
- Petrowski, William R. "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129-146. in JSTOR
- Petrowski, William R. "Kansas City to Denver to Cheyenne: Pacific Railroad Construction Costs and Profits." Business History Review 48#2 (1974): 206-224. online
Primary sources
- Leland, Charles Godfrey. The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division: or, Three thousand miles in a railway car (1867) online
Other websites
- University of Kansas: Kansas Pacific Railroad Archived 2006-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Map: Native Americans and Kansas Pacific
- UP Limon Subdivision: building of the Kansas Pacific <dead link>
- Thomas Ewing Jr. and the origin of the Kansas Pacific
- John H. McDowell Papers, 1853-1884 Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine. McDowell was part owner of the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company and this collection documents the business of the railroad while he was associated with it. .44 cubic feet (processed). Finding aid compiled by Susan Wheatley. Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives