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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansas Pacific Railway canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct railroad
ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ |
| affected | Native American peoples of the central Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtUnder | Pacific Railway Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Missouri Pacific Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateDissolved | 1880 ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| financedBy |
federal land grants
ⓘ
government bonds ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRouteThrough |
Ellsworth, Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kit Carson, Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| inception |
1860s
ⓘ
1863 ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Missouri ⓘ western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| mergedInto | Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountain region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leavenworth, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.