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1. Biography of Willard E. Winner (1849-1929), Pioneer Builder, and Realtor Biography of Willard E. Winner (1849-1929), Pioneer Builder, and Realtor 2008
2. Early Days on the Union Pacific Early Days on the Union Pacific 1910 Article (written by a resident of Kansas City, Kansas) about the origins and construction of the Union Pacific Railroad from Wyandotte, Kansas (part of Kansas City, Kansas) to Denver in the middle to late...
3. Early Years of the Railroad in Kansas Early Years of the Railroad in Kansas 2004 Chapter of book detailing the impact of railroad on the development of cities and towns in Kansas. Of particular interest is the chapter's early section depicting the competition between towns in eastern...
4. Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott City, Kansas Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott City, Kansas 1871 Street map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott City (now Kansas City), Kansas. Map shows parks, railroad lines, and water treatment facilities. List of office holders for each city, as well as a legend...
5. Kansas Pacific Railroad Kansas Pacific Railroad File contains a copy of the cover of sheet music to the song "Kansas Pacific R. W. Grand March" composed by George Schlieffarth (also known as George Maywood) of Wyandotte, Kansas. Note about the railroad's...
6. Samuel Hallett and the Union Pacific Railway Company in Kansas Samuel Hallett and the Union Pacific Railway Company in Kansas Spring//1959 Photos (of Hallett and a bridge and railroad station at Wyandotte, Kansas) and biographical article about Samuel Hallett (ca. 1828-1864), builder of the Union Pacific Railroad from Kansas City through...
7. 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 Biographical sketch of Captain Preston Roberts, a railroad promoter and banker and former Santa Fe trader in Independence. Born in Ohio in 1825 and moving to Independence, Missouri in 1858 before working...
8. 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 Biographical sketch of Sylvester Tunnicliff Smith, or Sylvester Smith, "auditor of the Kansas Pacific Railroad." Born in Buffalo in 1840 and moving to Kansas in 1858 and then Wyandotte, Kansas in 1861....