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Nevada And Minden Railway
The Nevada and Minden Railway was a rail line extending about 74 miles from Nevada, Missouri to Chetopa, Kansas. The line was completed in 1886, and the railroad was merged into its owner and operator, the Missouri Pacific Railway, in 1909. History The Nevada and Minden Railway Company was created by certificate filed April 17, 1885, by change of name of the Nevada and Girard Railway, organized Sept 22, 1882. It was one of two companies organized for the task of building a railway southwest from Nevada, Missouri into Kansas, the other being the Nevada and Minden Railway Company of Kansas, incorporated December 14, 1885. The Nevada and Minden Railway Company would build the line from Nevada, Missouri southwest to the Missouri/Kansas state line, and the Nevada and Minden Railway Company of Kansas would build the portion of the line situated in Kansas. Both companies were controlled and operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway. During the fall and winter of 1885-6 efforts were mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With more than six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia; the Capital city, capital is Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Humans have inhabited w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively ') is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada, Missouri
Nevada ( ''nə--də'') is a city in and the county seat of Vernon County, on the western border of Missouri, United States. The population was 8,386 at the 2010 census, and 8,254 in the 2018 estimate. The local government has a council-manager model. Nevada is the home of Cottey College, a private women's college affiliated with the PEO Sisterhood based in Des Moines, Iowa. History When French explorers entered the region in the late 17th century, they encountered the indigenous Osage people, who controlled a vast area including parts of what are now several states. The Osage Village State Historic Site, formerly known as the Carrington Osage Village Site, is located on a hilltop above the Osage River valley. Archeological evidence shows an Osage band had nearly 200 lodges and an estimated population of 2000 to 3000 here; they occupied the area from about 1700-1775. They were the most influential people in the region and were integral to the fur trade. After the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetopa, Kansas
Chetopa is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 929. Chetopa was named for Chief Chetopah, an Osage Indian chief. Later, the community name was shortened. History The community began as an Osage village, named after its Chief Chetopah, whose name in the Osage language signifies "four lodges," was an advocate of peace, the leading chief of the Little Osage tribe, and one of the chief counselors of the Osage Nation. In 1847 a trading post to exchange goods with the Osage Nation was established here by Larkin McGhee. By the time of McGhee's arrival there were three other Euro-American families plus two families with a Euro-American husband and a Cherokee wife at Chetopa. There were also many Osage there. Chetopa was the site of a September 18, 1861 battle between the 6th Kansas Cavalry under the direction of James G. Blunt and pro-slavery raiders led by John Allan Mathews, whose wife was an Osage and was cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Pacific Railway
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad operated 9,041 miles of road and 13,318 miles of track, not including DK&S, NO&LC, T&P, and its subsidiaries C&EI and Missouri-Illinois. Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the Supreme Court denied a trial to the Southern Pacific, the merger took effect on December 22, 1982. However, due to outstanding bonds of the Missouri Pacific, its full merger into the Union Pacific Railroad did not become official until January 1, 1997. History On July 4, 1851, ground was broken at St. Louis on the Pacific Railroad, the predecessor of the Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labette County, Kansas
Labette County (county code LB) is a county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,184. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons. The county was named after LaBette creek, the second-largest creek in the county, which runs roughly NNW-SSE from near Parsons to Chetopa. The creek in turn was named after French-Canadian fur trapper Pierre LaBette who had moved to the area, living along the Neosho River, and marrying into the Osage tribe in the 1830s and 1840s. History In the 1840s Labette County had a population mainly consisting of Osage people, although there were also many Cherokee and Euro-Americans. Many of the Euro-Americans were merchants with Osage or Cherokee wives. Between 1871 and 1873, at least eleven people vanished in the vicinity of an inn and general store operated by the Bender family in Labette County. Following the disappearance of the Benders in 1873, it was discovered that they had appare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronaugh, Missouri
Bronaugh is a city in southwest Vernon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census. History Bronaugh was platted in 1886 when the Nevada and Minden Railway was extended to that point. The community was named for W. C. Bronaugh, the original owner of the town site. A post office has been in operation at Bronaugh since 1886. The city was incorporated in 1897. Geography Bronaugh is located on Missouri Route 43 approximately ten miles south-southwest of Nevada and five miles south of the community of Moundville. The Bushwacker Lake Conservation Area is two miles to the southeast.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 50, According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 249 people, 83 households, and 64 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 107 housing units at an average density of . The raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Kansas
Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States, located in southeast Kansas near the Missouri state border. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 20,646. It is home of Pittsburg State University. History On October 23, 1864, a wagon train of refugees had come from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was escorted by troops from the 6th Kansas Cavalry under the command of Col. William Campbell. These were local men from Cherokee, Crawford, and Bourbon counties. Their enlistment was over, and they were on their way to Fort Leavenworth to be dismissed from service. They ran into the 1st Indian Brigade led by Maj. Andrew Jackson Piercy near the current Pittsburg Waste Water Treatment Plant. They continued to the north when a small group of wagons broke away in an unsuccessful rush to safety. The Confederate troops caught up with them and burned the wagons. The death toll was three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a short line railroad which operates of rail lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri that used to belong to Missouri Pacific, Frisco and Santa Fe lines. SKOL is a unit of Watco. The present railroad was created in July 2000, when Watco merged one short line railroad, the Southeast Kansas Railroad (SEKR), with another short line, the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. SKOL was the surviving company. Rail lines of the present SKOL include: # Tulsa, Oklahoma to Humboldt, Kansas, # Cherryvale, Kansas to Oxford, Kansas, # Cherryvale to Sherwin, Kansas to Liberal, Missouri, # Cherryvale to Coffeyville, Kansas, # Sherwin to Columbus, Kansas, # Owasso, Oklahoma to Catoosa, Oklahoma and Tulsa Ports. The only part of the former SEKR system that still operates is Sherwin to Liberal. SKOL was honored as Regional Railroad of the Year for 2008 by rail industry magazine ''Railway Age''. SKOL has Class I railroad interchanges with the BNSF, Kansas Cit ... [...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] |
Defunct Missouri Railroads
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Kansas Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas. Common freight carriers *Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG) * Blue Rapids Railway (BRRY) * Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY) *BNSF Railway (BNSF) *Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR) * Colorado Pacific Railroad (CPRR) * Garden City Western Railway (GCW) *Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) *Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT) *Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) * Kaw River Railroad (KAW) *Kyle Railroad (KYLE) *Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) *South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) **Operates the Kansas Eastern Railroad (KE) *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) **Operates the Blue Rapids Railway and Wichita Terminal Association *V&S Railway (VSR) * Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT) Passenger carriers *Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad *Amtrak (AMTK) *Midland Railway * Baldwin City & Southern Railroad (LLG) Private *New Century AirCenter Railroad Defunct railroads During World War II, less popular routes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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