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The Arrival of the Railroad Marker image, Touch for more information
By William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016
The Arrival of the Railroad Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1► Kansas (Russell County), Russell — The Arrival of the Railroad —
On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) east of Jay Street, on the left when traveling east.
When railroads first built across Kansas in the 1860s, Plains Indians inhabited much of the central and western part of the state. They did not welcome the incursion, sensing a danger to the buffalo herds that provided them with food, shelter, and . . . — — Map (db m95588) HM
2► Kansas (Ellis County), Victoria — Union Pacific Employees Killed In Cheyenne Indian Raid — on August 1, 1867 —
On 3rd Street (Old U.S. 40) at Cathedral Avenue, on the left when traveling west on 3rd Street.
R. S. Ashley, Foreman (Wisconsin) Thomas Carney (Iowa) • Charles Watson (Canada) John Harrington (Kansas City) Pat Rafferty (Kansas City) • Hugh McDonaugh (Denver) . . . — — Map (db m95693) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
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