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News story about a note of the North Missouri Railroad, which later became the Wabash system, dated pre-Civil War. In 1855, the railroad, begun in 1851, was completed between “Brotherton” on the east bank of the Missouri River to North Market and 2nd Streets, St. Louis., 1940 May 31

 Item — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Railroads Collection is a subject-based collection that contains correspondence regarding the building of various railroads, traveling on railroads, etc. It also includes timetables and printed matter pertaining to railroads in the United States, mainly in the Midwest and western United States, and a scrapbook of fronts of railroad timetables from the United States dated 1881. In addition, this collection contains a report relating to the transcontinental railroad. Probably a draft, and of unidentified origin, this report relates to plans in the mid-nineteenth century to construct a national Pacific railroad, and, citing the potential of American development in California and Oregon, focuses on the construction of the Missouri portion of this proposed transcontinental railroad.

Dates

  • 1940 May 31

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.1 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes; 1 volume; 1 oversize item))

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository

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