Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Home on the Range When the Chicago & North Western Was a Live or Die Lifeline Home on the Range When the Chicago & North Western Was a Live or Die Lifeline By Steve Patterson 8 Pages Loose pages - typed paper with North Western Railroad Logo Excerpt from paper - But he wasn't content, and by 1900 the lure of free fertile prairie land offered by the Chicago & North Western was irresistible. Louis was one of an estimated 70,000 who succumbed to C&NW's ads of "30 millions of acres" to give away, and he boarded a C&NW train for the end of the line on the east bank of the Missouri River smack dab in the middle of South Dakota. The railroad had built to there in 1880, and nothing was done for the next 25 years to expand westward across the great Sioux Reservation. From August into early November the C&NW operated the Jim Leighton ferry back and forth across the river from the end of the line at Pierre to Fort Pierre. In the winter when the river was iced over, one could walk across or ride a horse and buggy. All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.
Price: 31.44 USD
Location: Talbott, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-11-16T18:08:42.000Z
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