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Domestic News
October 11, 1867
The Columbian
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A correspondent describes the fertile Kansas Valley along the Kansas River and Smoky Hill, spanning 230 miles of rich soil ideal for farming, through which the Union Pacific Railroad runs without engineering difficulties.
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THE KANSAS VALLEY.—Leaving
the State line for the West, we entered
at once the fertile valley of the Kansas
River. For a distance of two hundred
and thirty miles we ran through the
valley of the Kansas on the Smoky
Hill, every mile of which was through
lands incalculably rich in deep soil,
which, under ordinary culture, would
yield the largest returns to the hand of
the husbandman. Apparently these
valley lands are as rich as the famous
lands of the American Bottom. Like
the latter the Kansas lands of which I
speak are a less plain, flanked on the
north and south by beautiful sloping
hills, the entire valley covered with
luxuriant verdure. It is through this
valley, never once forsaking it, that the
Union Pacific Railroad runs for the distance
I have named, encountering
no where any engineering difficulty, and
no where being subjected to the expense
of deep cuts or fills. It seems as if nature
had designed the valley for the encouragement
of those undertaking to
initiate the gigantic enterprise of spanning
the continent with a railroad.—
Correspondence St. Louis Republican.
the State line for the West, we entered
at once the fertile valley of the Kansas
River. For a distance of two hundred
and thirty miles we ran through the
valley of the Kansas on the Smoky
Hill, every mile of which was through
lands incalculably rich in deep soil,
which, under ordinary culture, would
yield the largest returns to the hand of
the husbandman. Apparently these
valley lands are as rich as the famous
lands of the American Bottom. Like
the latter the Kansas lands of which I
speak are a less plain, flanked on the
north and south by beautiful sloping
hills, the entire valley covered with
luxuriant verdure. It is through this
valley, never once forsaking it, that the
Union Pacific Railroad runs for the distance
I have named, encountering
no where any engineering difficulty, and
no where being subjected to the expense
of deep cuts or fills. It seems as if nature
had designed the valley for the encouragement
of those undertaking to
initiate the gigantic enterprise of spanning
the continent with a railroad.—
Correspondence St. Louis Republican.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Kansas Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Fertile Lands
Smoky Hill
Agricultural Potential
Where did it happen?
Kansas Valley
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Primary Location
Kansas Valley
Event Details
The fertile valley of the Kansas River extends 230 miles along the Smoky Hill with rich deep soil comparable to the American Bottom, flanked by sloping hills and covered in luxuriant verdure. The Union Pacific Railroad runs through this valley without engineering difficulties or expenses for cuts or fills, as if designed by nature for continental railroading.