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1. Biography of Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928), Railroad President Biography of Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928), Railroad President 2008
2. Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies //1887 Documentation from a case in the Kansas City Court of Appeals between the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and Marion West (guardian of J. C. West) in March 1887, concerning one of West's mules killed...
3. Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 April/1860/1869 Collection of documents containing a petition of the "People's Pacific Railway Company" to build a railroad and telegraph line from Missouri to San Francisco, dated April 16, 1860.
4. Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 //1848 Collection of letters (seventh in order from the front of the book) containing a communication from Judge James Green and Willard Hall, regarding the Hannibal & Saint Joseph Railroad, dated May 27, 1848....
5. Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 Briefs and Other Legal Documents of American Railroad Companies, 1848-1886 //1850 Letter from Willard P. Hall of Missouri to Judge Alpheus Felch, regarding the railroad, dated January 17, 1850.
6. Chugging North-South Chugging North-South 2008-08-19 High fuel costs have benefitted the Kansas City Southern railroad. The company's decision to expand into Mexico has proved wise as the cost of shipping from China has risen. Article discusses other developments...
7. Engineering--A Glance at the History of Railroads in Missouri Engineering--A Glance at the History of Railroads in Missouri July//1883 Discussion on the history of several railroad companies in Missouri, including the Hannibal & St. Joseph, starting with 1830.
8. History of Railroad Building into and out of Kansas City History of Railroad Building into and out of Kansas City 1912 History of major railroad companies starting with the earliest listed, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, in 1859.
9. Kansas City's Railroads: Past, Present, and Future Kansas City's Railroads: Past, Present, and Future 1934 History of various railroad companies in Kansas City.
10. Map of Missouri and Kansas, Pacific Rail Road of Missouri and Its Connections Map of Missouri and Kansas, Pacific Rail Road of Missouri and Its Connections 1868 Photostatic copy of map of Missouri and portions of Kansas with counties, county seats, and the Pacific Railroad line.
11. Official Railroad Map of Kansas, 1904 Official Railroad Map of Kansas, 1904 1904 Map of Kansas, indicating counties, and 17 railroad lines shown in colors. Names of express companies and lines over which they operate are included, as are names of commissioners.
12. The ''Missing'' Railroad Towns Along the Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Lines in Kansas The ''Missing'' Railroad Towns Along the Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Lines in Kansas Autumn 2003 Two major railroad companies laid track across the width of Kansas in the 1860s and 1870s: the Eastern Division of the Union Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Because of the large land grants...
13. The Little Railroad That Could The Little Railroad That Could July 20, 2010 Article spotlights Kansas City Southern Railway--the smallest of the five big U.S. railway companies--and its growth since CEO Michael Haverty took over in 1995. The company's current president, David...
14. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Photo and bio of Thomas Allen, a Missouri railroad magnate, starting as a lawyer and journalist in New York in the 1830s before moving to Saint Louis in 1842 and "realized his wish in the beginning of...
15. Tiimeline History of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad: Clay County's First Railroad Tiimeline History of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad: Clay County's First Railroad circa 2007 This paper includes an introduction, timeline (1853-2005) for the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, and various supporting references for the timeline. The references include photocopies of Web sites,...