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| Title | Arthur Stilwell in Mexico |
| Abstract | Illustration (in Mexico with opponent Pancho Villa) and description of Arthur Stilwell (1859-1928), railroad magnate of Kansas City in the late 1800s and developer of railroad lines circling the city and from Kansas City to the south and southwest. |
| Notes | Page 106: "While the Orient [the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad) was being built [through Mexico] he [Stilwell] snubbed one of his smaller contractors by never asking him into his private car. He was a dirty fellow named Francisco (Pancho) Villa. When revolution flamed this same Villa became the revolutionary leader who delighted in destroying Orient railroad properties. If the elegant Stilwell had been less repelled by dirt the story of his last big venture might have been different." |
| Author | Richard B. Fowler
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| Date | 1950 |
| Source | City of the Future: A Narrative History of Kansas City, 1850-1950 |
| Location | 977.8411 H34c |
| Chapter Title | 9 (The 1910s: Voice of the West) |
| Page | 103-107 |
| Local Subject | Stilwell, Arthur E.
Interurban Railways
Railroads
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 119679 |
| CONTENTdm number | 9969 |
