Wheeler, Jessica2021-02-122021-02-122013-07https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41152Jessica Wheeler, “Slender Rails, Big Risk: The Kansas Central Railway, 1871-1935.,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/241.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.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.Atchison Topeka & Santa FeDenverKansas Pacific RailroadOnagaVermillion RiverThe Leavenworth TimesText