Kansas Pacific Railway
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The Kansas Pacific Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed part of the first transcontinental rail network, linking Kansas to the western frontier and facilitating regional settlement and commerce.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansas Pacific Railway canonical | 7 |
| Kansas Pacific Railway (later alignment) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10859856 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kansas Pacific Railway Context triple: [Ellsworth, Kansas, servedByRailroad, Kansas Pacific Railway]
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Kansas Pacific
"Kansas Pacific" is a 1953 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, set during the Civil War and centered on efforts to build a strategic railroad line across Kansas.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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C.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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D.
Colorado Central Railroad
The Colorado Central Railroad was a 19th-century narrow-gauge railroad in Colorado that played a key role in serving the region’s mining communities and connecting mountain towns to larger rail networks.
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E.
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kansas Pacific Railway Target entity description: The Kansas Pacific Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed part of the first transcontinental rail network, linking Kansas to the western frontier and facilitating regional settlement and commerce.
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A.
Kansas Pacific
"Kansas Pacific" is a 1953 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, set during the Civil War and centered on efforts to build a strategic railroad line across Kansas.
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B.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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C.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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D.
Colorado Central Railroad
The Colorado Central Railroad was a 19th-century narrow-gauge railroad in Colorado that played a key role in serving the region’s mining communities and connecting mountain towns to larger rail networks.
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E.
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct railroad
ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ |
| affected |
Native American peoples of the central Plains
ⓘ
linked to:
Plains Indians
|
| builtUnder |
Pacific Railway Acts
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Railway Act of 1864
|
| connectedTo |
Missouri Pacific Railroad
ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne ⓘ
linked to:
Union Pacific Steam Shop, Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateDissolved | 1880 ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheyenne
Denver, Colorado ⓘ |
| financedBy |
federal land grants
ⓘ
government bonds ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Kansas City, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
|
| hasRouteThrough |
Ellsworth, Kansas
ⓘ
Kit Carson, Colorado Territory ⓘ
linked to:
Kit Carson, Colorado
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| inception |
1860s
ⓘ
1863 ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Western United States ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| mergedInto | Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| originalName | Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division ⓘ |
| partOf | first transcontinental rail network in the United States ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate commerce
ⓘ
facilitate regional settlement ⓘ link Kansas to the western frontier ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Kansas Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| renamingDate | 1869 ⓘ |
| role |
connected Denver to eastern rail networks
ⓘ
opened new areas of Kansas to Euro-American settlement ⓘ provided transportation for agricultural products ⓘ supported cattle trade and ranching expansion ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Colorado
ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Rocky Mountain region ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to economic integration of the central Great Plains
ⓘ
part of early transcontinental rail system ⓘ stimulated town founding along its route ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Kansas City, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Leavenworth, Kansas ⓘ |
| trackDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
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Subject: Kansas Pacific Railway Description of subject: The Kansas Pacific Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed part of the first transcontinental rail network, linking Kansas to the western frontier and facilitating regional settlement and commerce.
Referenced by (8)
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