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Early Street Car Days in Kansas City
Missouri history piece outlines 1870s street railway progress in Kansas City led by Nehemiah Holmes and the Kansas City and Westport Horse Railroad, with lines to Westport, fare drops from 50 cents to 25 cents, and the rise of cable and electric trolleys shaping urban transit, plus notes on wages and related state game and fish news.
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Floyd C. Shoemaker
Kansas City
Hiorses
Nehemiah Holmes
Westport
St. Louis
St. Tuouis
Missouri Railroad Company
Erastus Wells
Olive Street
Cone Company
William ‘Tecumseh Sherman
Fmous
Union General
Robert Gillham
Kansas
Bagnell Dam
Union Electric Co
Tom Edwards
Soap Greek
Versailles
Ozark Forest
Ernest Schwarz
State Game & Fish Department
Ras
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Msouri
Buford
Ozarks
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Ozark Highlands
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