Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad ledger 1867-1876

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Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad ledger 1867-1876

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The Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad ledger records the sales of Kickapoo Indian lands by the railroad to white settlers between 1867 and 1876.

2.5 linear feet

eng,

J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6371846

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Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Company

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The Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad, also known as the Central Branch, was part of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Kansas territorial legislature awarded the railroad power to build from Atchison west to the Kansas-Colorado border in 1859, and tribal lands were secured for the railroad in an 1862 treaty between the Kickapoo and the U.S. government. The railroad became affiliated with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1880. From the guide to the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad ledg...