Kansas Pacific Railway

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The Kansas Pacific Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed part of the first transcontinental rail network, linking Kansas to the western frontier and facilitating regional settlement and commerce.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
affected Native American peoples of the central Plains ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians
builtUnder Pacific Railway Acts ⓘ
connectedTo Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1880 ⓘ
endPoint Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory ⓘ
linked to: Cheyenne

Denver, Colorado ⓘ
financedBy federal land grants ⓘ
government bonds ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ
hasRouteThrough Ellsworth, Kansas ⓘ
Kit Carson, Colorado Territory ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
inception 1860s ⓘ
1863 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
mergedInto Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
originalName Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division ⓘ
partOf first transcontinental rail network in the United States ⓘ
purpose facilitate commerce ⓘ
facilitate regional settlement ⓘ
link Kansas to the western frontier ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
renamedAs Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
renamingDate 1869 ⓘ
role connected Denver to eastern rail networks ⓘ
opened new areas of Kansas to Euro-American settlement ⓘ
provided transportation for agricultural products ⓘ
supported cattle trade and ranching expansion ⓘ
servedRegion Colorado ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
significance contributed to economic integration of the central Great Plains ⓘ
part of early transcontinental rail system ⓘ
stimulated town founding along its route ⓘ
startPoint Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ
Leavenworth, Kansas ⓘ
trackDirection east–west ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ellsworth, Kansas → servedByRailroad → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Chisholm Trail → connectedTo → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Ellis, Kansas → hasRailroadHistoryWith → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fort Hays State Historic Site → nearTransportRoute → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fort Ellsworth → nearbyFeature → Kansas Pacific Railway (later alignment) ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Pacific Railway
Colorado Central Railroad → connectedTo → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Fort Harker → locatedNear → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ
Kansas Pacific Railway → renamedAs → Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ