Railroad collection, 1879-1993.

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Railroad collection, 1879-1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787365

A research collection compiled by Earl W. Reiger involving Kickapoo Valley Railroad history. Built between 1889 and 1892, the 52-mile line connected Wauzeka and La Farge, Wis., operated in Crawford, Richland, and Vernon counties until 1939, and was sequentially managed by Kickapoo Valley and Northern, Western Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Road.

1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6849942

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Kickapoo Valley and Northern Railway Company.

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Reiger, Earl W., 1912-1993.

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Woodman Narrow Gauge Railroad.

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company or the "Milwaukee Road" opened in Montana in August, 1908. The company felt that to be competitive it had to expand its services to the Pacific Coast. Despite the fact that it had to buy most of its right away and avoid established areas, they were able to build 2,300 miles of track in three years. Along with building track from Glenham, South Dakota to Seattle, they absorbed local railways such as the famous Jawbone of Central Montana a...

Wisconsin Western Railroad.

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