Embedded Document /system/files/2023-07/KHAL_KS_SlenderRailsBigRisk_Wheeler.pdf Download this PDF Abstract This study examines the role of the Kansas Central Railway in promoting small towns in northeast Kansas. Although ultimately failing in its charter, the KCR was critically important for tiny settlements. Research is based on legal sources, railway records, focused articles and books about narrow-gauge railroads. Authors Wheeler, Jessica Date Jul 01, 2013 Tags Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Kansas History and Life Kansas Pacific Railroad Railroad Vermillion River Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Jessica Wheeler, “Slender Rails, Big Risk: The Kansas Central Railway, 1871-1935.,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/kansas-central-railway. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.