Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed M. Jeff Thompson, St. Joseph, Mo., to R.T. Van Horn, Kansas City. Concerning the Platte County Railroad. “I think we can put it through in 2!40” time. Each of our Citties [sic] is equally interested in running to Leavenworth as by this means she will be prevented from attempting her ‘Cut Off’ over to Bucklin or Cameron and we will jointly take the wind out of her sails, and make her, what she ought to be – a one-horse town. This of course must be kept private, as Leavenworth must help us to cut her own throat. That portion of the Platte County Road north of us is equally ripe for the harvest…” Individuals mentioned: Col. Juslee, Duff & Cox, John Duff & Co., and Col. Osbourn. Places mentioned: Weston; Atchison; Kansas City; Iowa; Forrest City; Andrew County, Mo.; Holt County, Mo.; and Atchison County., 1858 June 21
Item — Box: 1
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...
Dates:
1858 June 21