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MSS 783
ARKANSAS VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY

The Arkansas Valley Railway Company was a subsidiary of the Kansas Pacific. The purpose of the line was to extend the Kansas Pacific to Pueblo. It was incorporated twice, once in September 1871, and again the following September. The line only reached La Junta and ceased operations in 1877.

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FF 1

Interview: "Kit Carson and Arkansas Valley Railroad," interview 1921.  5 copies

FF 2

Miscellany: transcript, Rocky Mountain News, " Railroad Surveys in Southern Colorado," 10/9/1867

                                      

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