The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad was a

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that began operations in the 1890s and owned a main-line between

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, and

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. It was led by Arthur Stilwell before being thrown into receivership and eventually being absorbed by the

Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark ...

in 1900. Trackage on the KCP&G was complete from Kansas City to

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, as of March 2, 1897. By September 11 of that year, the line ran all the way to

– a town Stilwell essentially created and named after himself. However, the railroad was in financial trouble by 1899. On April 1, 1900, the Kansas City Southern Railway took control of the KCP&G properties after purchasing them at a foreclosure sale in Joplin, Missouri. The section of the line within the boundaries of Louisiana was chartered as the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company (KCS&G).

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