Railroads in Kansas 

After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act and the 1862 Homestead Act were implemented, early pioneers began to move into Kansas Territory. As westward expansion continued, the need for railroad service connecting from east to west became a need for survival of early towns. Although the Transcontinental Railroad did not connect through Kansas, railroad construction in the state began in 1863. 

PRIMARY SOURCES

SECONDARY SOURCES

Collins, Robert L., Ghost Railroads of Kansas, South Platte Press, David City, Nebraska, 1987

Crawford, Anthony R. "The Manhattan Train Depot, Teddy Roosevelt, and K-State," in K-State Keepsakes (New Prairie Press, 2015). https://newprairiepress.org/ebooks/3/