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Kansas West by George Anderson Dust Jacket 80+ illustrations 1963 1st printing
Kansas West by George Anderson Dust Jacket 80+ illustrations
Copyright 1963 1st printing 269 pages
Hard cover with dust jacket (has damage- has plastic protective covering)
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Early History of the Kansas Pacific 10
2 Choosing the Route to Denver 26
3 The Proposed Transcontinental Route 36
4 Building the Kansas Pacific to Denver 46
5 Terminal Towns and a Southwest Branch 66
6 The Denver Pacific-A Through Connection . 80
7 Organization of the Denver & Rio Grande 88
8 Securing the Right of Way to the South 98
9 The Union Contract Company 102
10 Building the Denver & Rio Grande 108
11 Trouble and War at the Royal Gorge 136
12 Financing the Early Construction 180
13 Requests for Local Bond Issues 206
14 The Rate War and Small Earnings 212
15 Lease to the Santa Fe Railway 218
16 Legal Maneuvers and Repossession 244
Bibliography 254
Locomotive Roster-Kansas Pacific & Denver Pacific 260
Locomotive Roster-Denver & Rio Grande Railway 266
Fresh from the Civil War, young General William J. Palmer joined the Kansas Pacific Railroad and helped push its rails across the prairies in quest of a transcontinental route. The Kansas Pacific never built beyond Denver, but its trains brought to the West the cowboys, gamblers and gunslingers who lived by the law of the six-shooter. Later traffic settled down to the legendary longhorn steers which followed the famous Chisholm and Ellsworth Trails from Texas to the Kansas Pacific railhead.
Before the Kansas Pacific reached Denver in 1870, Palmer dreamed of a railroad all the way to Mexico City. On July 29, 1871, his own narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railroad broke ground and headed south. Thwarted from reaching the final goal of Mexico City by a battle with the Santa Fe for rights over Raton Pass, the D&RG turned back into the hills and laced the Rocky Mountains with its tracks.
Kansas West is a scholarly and thoroughly researched history of two of America's railroads during the construction era. Integrated into the text is a gallery of superb historical photographs, maps and illustrations bringing back the days when tiny coal - burning steam locomotives whistled their way through mile-deep Colorado canyons or charged through Wild West towns on the Kansas frontier.
This bit of nostalgic Americana will gladden the heart of every rail buff, Western devotee, and the casual reader can't help but delight in Anderson's casual commentary and savor the photographs of smoky engines and creaking day coaches.
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