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Mention was made in the Ewing letter to Andrew J. Isacks in Washington, D.C., of the development of the Smoky Hill route to the gold fields and railroad legislation. The Atchison & St. Joseph, as well as the "Pacific railroad," was specifically noted.
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: May 20, 1860
Item Number: 944
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 944
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Elwood
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Other States - Colorado
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies
Transportation - Trails - Smoky Hill
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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