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Western Kansas World in Wakeeney, Kansas

02 May 1908

Page 5

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Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1908

Page

5

Overland Mail Journey and Railroad Promises in the West

Two travelers on the Overland Mail share plans and suspicions about California railroad ambitions. Alfred Vincent carries a letter to Leland Stanford from Collis P. Huntington, while Phineas Cadwalinder questions the feasibility of building through the Sierras. The driver Uncle Billy notes California interests trying to shape transport power and routes.

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The Pacific Railroad Debate Turns Westward in a Stage Tale

In a dusty stage voyage toward the West, Alfred and Uncle Billy discuss bonds and a Pacific railroad. They probe Gov. Stanford’s power, McLane and San Francisco opposition, and the coast states' fate as rider and driver face an Indian roadblock and a grim Emigrant Trail, with Anthony’s lonely station ahead.

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