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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Race to Indian Territory: Three Railroads, Their Struggle, and Their Ultimate Fates

The Race to Indian Territory: Three Railroads, Their Struggle, and Their Ultimate Fates

Collins, Robert

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1450549071
ISBN13: 9781450549073
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Feb 16 2010
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As railroads crossed 1860s Kansas, laws were passed that would allow only one railroad to lay track across Indian Territory south to Texas.Three railroads, the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf; the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston; and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, raced to be first and to become a national line.The Race to Indian Territory recounts the story from early Kansas history. It tells of those important and interesting men involved in the race and the towns the tracks came to. It separates fact from legend, and reveals the race's surprising outcome.

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