Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad

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The Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad is the original name for the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad and was incorporated on February 11, 1859. It was involved in several treaties with the Kickapoo Indian Tribe that helped grow the railroad in the belief that it would help connect Colorado gold mines with eastern railroads.

On January 20, 1868, the railroad opened the section between Atchison and Waterville, Kansas.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Waterville Chamber of Commerce, Marshall County Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved January 20, 2006.


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