What railroad would he have taken from Portland, OR??? The CP and UP did
not start building until 1862 and it wasn't completed until 1869.
There were no other lines from west to east for a couple of years, certainly
not before 1860. If he was coming from OH instead of OR that would be
different.
Charlie Vlk
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From: "Roger & Sylvia Hanson" <nu2us@birch.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: [CBQ] H&STJ History
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> Here's one for the Hannibal and St.Jo historians out there. (H&STJ later
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> My great-grandfather left Portland, OR in the spring of 1857 to settle
near
> Hiawatha, Brown County Kansas. Family legend has it that the trip took
> months in a covered wagon. I wondered why he didn't just take the train?
> The info that I've found so far shows that he could easily have traveled,
in
> 1857, by train from Portland to at least Hannibal, MO. From there, he
could
> take the Hannibal and St. Jo. at least part of the way to St. Joseph.
> I find history stating that the H&STJ started building from both ends in
> 1851 and completed the link in 1859 (carrying the mail for the Pony
Express
> in 1860).
> Can anyone confirm this? - how far west of Hannibal was the H&STJ in
> 1857? - and how far east from St. Joseph had they built that same year?
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> (My guess is that he did get outfitted in St. Jo and went by covered wagon
> only from there to Hiawatha).
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> Thanks for the help.
> It should prove interesting.
>
> Roger Hanson
> Kansas City, MO
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