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Crawford County Midland Railroad
The Crawford County Midland Railroad was a joint venture between the Sligo Furnace Company (Sligo) and the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway (Frisco), to bring rail service to Sligo’s Cherry Valley mines in Missouri. The 6-mile line was constructed in the 1904-1905 timeframe, and its franchises and properties were conveyed to the Frisco later in 1905. History The Crawford County Midland Railroad Company was incorporated by Sligo on June 20, 1904, under the laws of Missouri. On August 5, 1904, Sligo concluded an agreement with the Frisco regarding creation of the railway. The line would be a standard gauge, single-line of trackage running to Sligo’s Cherry Valley iron mines located east of Steelville in Crawford County, Missouri Crawford County is a County (United States), county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census, the population was 24,696. Its county seat is Steelville, Missouri, Steelville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steelville, Missouri
Steelville is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,472 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County. Steelville is the hometown of Congressman Albert Reeves and Missouri State Representative Jason Chipman. The town was named after the landowner James Steel. History Before the 1800s, the first people to live in the Steelville area were groups likely tied to the Osage nation The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ ('), "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The tribe developed in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 700 BC along .... These peoples were driven west into what became modern-day Oklahoma. In the 1830s, the Trail of Tears, a government-sponsored forced march of the largest groups of the southeastern United States, passed through Steelville, with people primarily from the Choctaw and Cherokee tribes. They came mostly from Georgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford County, Missouri
Crawford County is a County (United States), county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census, the population was 24,696. Its county seat is Steelville, Missouri, Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The section of Sullivan, Missouri, Sullivan which is located in Crawford County is included in the St. Louis, MO-Illinois, IL Greater St. Louis, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1990, the mean center of U.S. population was located in southwestern Crawford County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Adjacent counties *Franklin County, Missouri, Franklin County (north) *Washington County, Missouri, Washington County (east) *Iron County, Missouri, Iron County (southeast) *Dent County, Missouri, Dent County (south) *Phelps County, Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Missouri. Common freight carriers *Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM) * Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) * Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad (BGKX) *BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) *Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) *Central Midland Railway (CMR) operates Missouri Central Railroad (MOC) * Columbia Terminal Railroad (CT) * FTRL Railway (FTRL) *Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) *Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT) * Kaw River Railroad (KAW) * Missouri North Central Railroad (MNC) *Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) *Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) *Ozark Valley Railroad (OVRR) * Pemiscot County Port Railroad (PCPA) * SEMO Port Railroad (SE) *South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) *Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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