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Kansas-Pacific Railroad, Herd of Bison, 1871

Shows hunters shooting at a herd of bison from a train and along the tracks. The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally chartered railroad, backed with government land grants. It operated many of the first long-distance lines in the state of Kansas in the 1870s, extending the national railway network westward across that state and into Colorado. Its main line furnished a principal transportation route that opened up settlement of the central Great Plains, and its link from Kansas City to Denver provided the last link in the coast-to-coast railway network in 1870. The railroad was consolidated with the Union Pacific in 1880, and its mainline continues to be an integral part of the Union Pacific network today. Drawing appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 3, 1871.
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Kansas-Pacific Railroad, Herd of Bison, 1871
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Shows hunters shooting at a herd of bison from a train and along the tracks. The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally chartered railroad, backed with government land grants. It operated many of the first long-distance lines in the state of Kansas in the 1870s, extending the national railway network westward across that state and into Colorado. Its main line furnished a principal transportation route that opened up settlement of the central Great Plains, and its link from Kansas City to Denver provided the last link in the coast-to-coast railway network in 1870. The railroad was consolidated with the Union Pacific in 1880, and its mainline continues to be an integral part of the Union Pacific network today. Drawing appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 3, 1871.
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4800 x 2970 px | 40.8 MB
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40.6 x 25.1 cm | 16.0 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)
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