Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad

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The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.

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Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
category 19th-century railroad in Missouri ⓘ
chartered 1853 ⓘ
completed February 1859 ⓘ
connectedTo Mississippi River at Hannibal ⓘ
Missouri River at St. Joseph ⓘ
linked to: Missouri River
country United States ⓘ
endPoint St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ
hasRouteThrough Brookfield, Missouri ⓘ
Cameron, Missouri ⓘ
Chillicothe, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal ⓘ
Macon, Missouri ⓘ
St. Joseph ⓘ
headquartersLocation Missouri ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
historicalRole link between river steamboat traffic and overland mail ⓘ
impact improved east–west transportation across Missouri ⓘ
stimulated settlement in northern Missouri ⓘ
inception 1850s ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Missouri ⓘ
mergedInto Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first railroads to cross Missouri ⓘ
carrying early Pony Express mail ⓘ
opened 1859 ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century ⓘ
partOf early Midwestern railroad network ⓘ
early transcontinental mail route ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed northern Missouri ⓘ
servedCity Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
St. Joseph, Missouri ⓘ
servedState Missouri ⓘ
significance first railroad to cross Missouri east–west ⓘ
startPoint Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
trackDirection east–west ⓘ
transported freight ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
usedBy Pony Express ⓘ
usedFor express services ⓘ
mail transport ⓘ

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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad → formedFrom → Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad ⓘ
Cameron, Missouri → servedByRailroadHistorically → Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad ⓘ