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The Kansas Pacific began in 1855 as the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad, and was later reorganized in 1863 as the Union Pacific Eastern Division. The UP Eastern was authorized by the United States Congress as part of the Pacific Railway Act , in order to create a second southerly branch of the transcontinental railroad , alongside the ...
The company began operating January 16, 1900 as the Kansas City-Leavenworth Railway. [1] Starting from Leavenworth (then the 4th largest city in Kansas), it ran southeast through Lansing. [2] It also passed through the Wolcott community, renamed from Connor or Connor City in honor of H.W. (Herbert) Wolcott, an official of the railway.
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad: Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad: ATSF: 1880 1883 Southern Kansas Railway: Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita Railroad: UP: 1889 1894 N/A Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway: Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway: MP: 1880 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
Atchison & Pike's Peak RR Company stock certificate. The Kansas Territorial Legislature incorporated the Central Branch as the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad in February 1859, with the power to build from Atchison, on the Missouri River, west to the Kansas-Colorado line in the direction of Pike's Peak or Denver. [2]
In September 1863, the Union Pacific Railroad began building the main line westward across the Great Plains from Kansas City, Kansas, to Denver, Colorado. This was the long-line railroad in Kansas for 2–3 years. The first 40 miles (64 km) were opened in 1864 from Wyandotte (now a suburb of Kansas City) to Lawrence.
Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center was a former Union Pacific railroad station located in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. [2] It is also known as the Old Union Depot when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is currently known as the Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center.
Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway: MKT: 1888 1890 Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway: Columbia and St. Louis Railroad: WAB: 1902 1902 Wabash Railroad: Consolidated Rail Corporation: CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation: Consolidated Terminal Railway of Kansas City: KCS: 1891 1892 Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad: Council Bluffs and St ...
Leavenworth (/ ˈ l ɛ v ə n ˌ w ɜːr θ /) is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States [1] and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. [5] [6] It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River.