of railroad turned into 70-year nightmare. The speculators also acquired the Rock Island, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and Fort Worth & Rio Grande (. Springfield, Missouri. A few months later, in June of 1866, the original Pacific Railroad between St. Louis and Kansas City was sold while the Southwest Branch fell into the hands of General John Fremont. and opened the first Frisco Museum in Ash Grove, Missouri, in 1984. Donate. available for public research. SMSU Duane G. Meyer Library Special Collections and Archives
A number of photographs are attributed to Howard Killam, or his collection, and
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