Across the Continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad

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Creator

Alexander Gardner

Title

Across the Continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad

Coverage

Washington, DC

Publisher

Alexander Gardner

Date

1868

Subject

The Kansas Pacific was an associated land grant railroad to the Union Pacific. While the UP was connecting to other lines at Omaha, Nebraska, the Kansas Pacific was starting at Kansas City, Missouri. Like the UP, the Kansas Pacific used photography to showcase its progress, and this is one image from a set that was created and printed for the railroad. Here we see an image of a work train on the line in the Kansas prairie.