Map showing the Iowa & Missouri State Line Railroad and its connections.

ID: 118 ~ Source: Iowa and Missouri State Line Railroad and its Connections ~ Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Iowa & Missouri State Line Railroad. ~ Date: 1868
This file appears in: First Railroad in Des Moines
Map showing the Iowa & Missouri State Line Railroad and its connections.

Color map showing the Des Moines Valley Railroad from Keokuk, Iowa to Des Moines, Iowa.

Additional Information

Subject

Transportation

Contributor

Library of Congress.
This file appears in: First Railroad in Des Moines

By DMPL Team
On August 29, 1866, the Valley railroad entered Des Moines after 12 years of work.  The first train that entered left from Keokuk at 7:30 a.m. and arrived in Des Moines a few minutes before 3:00 p.m. with 300 passengers from many Iowa towns…