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<<===William
Foy(e) and Anne Halligan moved with their family
from Garryedmond, Co Mayo to Vine Creek, Kansas
(near Abilene) in 1885. |
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Anne Halligan (1845 - 1931) was born in Kilcolman
Co Mayo just off the road connecting Claremorris to
Knock. William moved to Kilcolman when he
married Anne. Kilcolman is the Irish name
for St Colman's Church and appears in many
counties in Ireland, as St Colman was a very
popular saint in Ireland. |
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& Anne's five oldest children:
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The Foye
home in Vine Creek. Pictured (l to r) are
Anna Foye, Katherine Kelly, Anne Halligan Foye and
William Foye ===>> |
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John and Marie McDade's home in Vine Creek, Kansas
photo from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Eany Kelly's store in Vine
Creek.
At right: Maggie, Katherine & Eany Kelly
Persons at left in photo are unknown
photo
from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Railroad
station at Vine Creek, Kansas. ===>> |
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<<=== Marie
Foye McDade (1873 - 1944) and Anna Foye (1881 -
1956). Anna never married, and took care of her
parents William Foye and Anne Halligan Foye
1900 photo
ks113 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== This
portrait was marked Hallie & Jessie. They may
have been friends of Anna Foye
copy of
photo ks151
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo circa 1900 |
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Michael J Foye
(1875 - 1962) was the son of William Foye
(1843 - 1922) and Anne Halligan (1845
- 1931). He was married to Mary Helen Rice
(1883 - 1962). They had one daughter, Irene
Lucille Foye. ===>>
photo
mk003 courtesy of Marilyn Wasylk
photo 1903
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Mary Helen Rice
(1883 - 1962) was born in Ottawa County Kansas.
Her father, Myron Rice had served in the Eighth
Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. She was
married 29 Nov 1905 to Michael J Foye. ===>>
photo
mk002 courtesy of Marilyn Wasylk
photo 1903
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<<===
It is thought that the gentlemen in upper left is
Michael Foye (see mk003) and the young woman in the lower right is
Mary Helen Rice (see mk002) But the man in upper left
resembles Pat Halligan, so this may be a portrait of
the Halligans — cousins, nephew, uncle, etc.
copy of photo ks149
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo 1903 |
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<<=== Irene
Lucille Foye (1907 - 1986) married Francis Moloney
copy of
photo ks152
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo 1908 |
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Michael Foy (1875 -
1962) and his wife Mary Helen Rice (1883 - 1962) built
and occupied this home in 1908 in Ottawa County near
Vine Creek ===>>
copy of
photo ks141
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo circa 1910 |
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Catherine
Kelly (1902 - 1999) married John Riley (1890-1988)
and was the mother of Francis Eugene Riley and Margaret
Riley. ===>>
photo ks132 from
Marilyn Wasylk
photo 1910
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<<=== Roy
Cramer was the husband of Ellen Foy(e) II (1879
-1945) and father of Margaret Lucille. Roy died
in a train accident.
photo
mw004 dated 1911
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<===
Helen Berry (1908-1984) and her sister Cecelia Marie
"Sammie" Berry Butler (1910 - 2003) in a photo taken
about 1911.
photo ks122 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Genevieve Evelyn "Gennie'
McDade (1910 - 1978) was the daughter of Marie Foye and
John J. McDade. ===>>
copy of
1914 photo ks153
via Marilyn Wasylk |
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l. to r. Ean Kelly
(1857-1936) John McDade (1874 -1936)John Berry
(1870-1919). Ean was married to Maggie
Foy(1869 - 1929); McDade was married to Marie
Foy(1873 -1944), and John Berry was married to Delia Foy
(1872-1958) ===>>
1915 photo
ks108 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Mary Helen Rice
(1883 - 1962) and her daughter Irene Lucille Foye(1907
- 1986) Irene married Francis Moloney and was the
mother of Marilyn Wasylk, who furnished most of these
photos.
copy of
photo ks139
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo circa 1916
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<<=== Sammie Berry Butler
(1910 - 2003), Helen Berry (1908 - 1984) Gennie McDade
Heigele (1910 - 1978) and Irene Foye Moloney (1907 -
1986) in a snapshot taken circa 1917
photo
ks119 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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The Foys posing in
front of Eany Kelly's store. See enlargement for
list of those pictured. ===>>
photo
ks107 from
Marilyn Wasylk
photo taken 1917
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Cecelia
Marie "Sammie" Berry (1910 - 2003) was the younger
daughter of Delia Foy and John Berry. Sammie
married Jack Butler, a widower, in Saint Louis in 1950.
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copy of photo ks145
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo taken 1920
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<<=== Helen Berry (1908 - 1984) was the older
daughter of Delia Foy and John Berry. She did not
marry.
copy of photo ks144
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo taken 1920
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<<=== Foys posing
on
somebody's auto. See enlargement for list of
those pictured.
photo
ks110 from
Marilyn Wasylk
1920 photo
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Katherine Kelly, Irene, Cecelia, Helen, Anne, Lucille,
Genevieve ===>>
copy of photo ks150
via Marilyn Wasylk
photo circa 1920 |
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William Foye (1843
- 1922) and his wife Anne Halligan Foye (1845 - 1931)
with their granddaughter Genevieve McDade Heigele (1910
- 1978) standing between them ===>>
1921 photo
ks120
fromMarilyn Wasylk
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Wedding of Catherine Kelly to John Riley in November
1923
left to right:
John's mother, John Riley (1890 - 1988), Catherine
Kelly (1902-1999), her mother, Maggie Foy Kelly (1869 -
1929)
photo
ks125 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Catherine Helen Kelly (1902 - 1999) at the time of her
wedding to John Riley (1890 - 1988)
1923 photo
ks106 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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A
group outside a store or pub operated by J. Halligan, a
relative of Anne Halligan, in New York.
Woman at right is Anna Foy(e). ===>>
copy
of 1925 photo ks143
via Marilyn Wasylk
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Anne Halligan Foye (1845 - 1931) visiting in New
York City, probably in 1925. The others may be
members of the Halligan family. ===>>
photo ks114 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<===Portrait of Pat Halligan. It is not know how
Pat was related to Anne Halligan Foye.
copy of photo ks148
via Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== Irene
Lucille Foye's high school graduation photo taken circa
1925. Irene Lucille (1907 - 1986)
married Francis Moloney (1896 - 1976)
photo
ks105 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Francis Patrick Moloney (1896
- 1976) was Marilyn Wasylk's father. He was
a farmer, worked with livestock, performed in plays in the local school (he was
called "Tony" after a character he played) and later
became an auctioneer.
1925
photo mw001
from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Gennie McDade
married Lloyd M Heigele (1909 - 1984). The couple
had two children, Richard (b 1937) and Douglas (b 1942)
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copy of
1928 photo
ks142 from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Margaret
Lucille Cramer (1910 - 1990) married Dick
Belton (1910 - 1972)
1928 photo ks101
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== Helen
Berry (1908 - 1984), Delia Foy Berry (1872 - 1958) and
Cecelia Marie "Sammie" Berry Butler (1910 - 2003)
photo
ks124 from
1930
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Ellen Foy Cramer
(1879 - 1945) and Sammie Berry Butler (1910 - 2003) ===>>
photo
ks102 circa 1930
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Francis Eugene
Riley, Margaret Riley's older brother(1931 - 1938), was
the son of Catherine Kelly and John Riley.
He never was able to hold his head up.
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1931 photo ks133 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Marie and John McDade and
others circa 1935. See enlargement for list of
persons pictured.
photo
ks115 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== Helen
Berry (1908 - 1984) to the left of her mother Bridget
"Delia" Foye Berry (1872 - 1958)
1940 photo
ks126
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Marilyn Moloney
Wasylk riding the Shetland pony, Foye Moloney and Margaret Riley
at the Moloney Farm near Junction City, KS ===>>
1942 photo
ks104
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Delia Foy
Berry (1872 - 1958) with her brother Michael Foy (1875
- 1962) in a photo taken circa 1944. ===>>
photo
ks130 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Family group in photo taken
circa 1944. See enlargement for list of persons
in photo.
photo
ks131 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== Jack
Butler, widower, and Cecelia Marie "Sammie" Berry (1910
- 2003) were married in Saint Louis on 25 October 1950.
Father Martin Berry officiated at the ceremony.
photo
ks123 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Katherine Kelly
Riley(1902 - 1999), Irene Foye
Moloney(1907-1986), Genevieve McDade
Heigele (1910-1978) and Helen Berry (1908-1984).
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1950 photo ks135
from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Douglas Heigele (b 1942) and his older brother, Richard
(b 1937) in a photo circa 1950. ===>>
copy of photo ks155
via Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Marilyn and Foy
Moloney with Margaret Riley. Marilyn later
married Donald Wasylk
copy of 1951 photo
ks136 from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Peter Joseph Foy Jr(b 1927 - ) with Margaret Riley
(b 1934 - ) when Peter and
his aunt Cecelia drove across country from New York to
California in 1952.
photo ks121 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Cecelia Foy (1892 - 1960) , Helen Berry (1908 - 1984),
her mother Delia Foy Berry (1872 - 1958) and Peter
Joseph Foy Jr (1927 - ) during Cecelia and
Peter's drive from NY to CA
1952 photo ks117
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Delia Foy Berry
(1872-1958) and her daughter, Helen Berry (1908-1984)
who is holding Stephen Butler, son of Sammie (1910 -
2003) and Jack Butler ===>>
1953 photo ks111
from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Delia Foye
Berry and her daughter Helen playing with Michael and
Stephen Butler, the sons of Jack Butler and Sammie
Berry
copy of
1955 photo
ks146 from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Katherine Kelly Riley (1902 -
1999), John Riley (1890 - 1988), Lucille Cramer Belton
(1910 - 1990), Gennie McDade Heigele (1910 - 1978) and
Dick Belton (1910 - 1972) in a photo circa 1956.
photo ks147 from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Doug Heigele
married Judy DeLaney in Minneapolis August 1959.
The couple later divorced. ===>>
copy of
photo ks154
via Marilyn Wasylk |
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Doug, Gennie and Dick Heigele.
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copy of 1960 photo
ks156 from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Group in front of
Therese and Bob Thomas' home in Enterprise.
See enlargement for names of those pictured.
1964 photo
ks134
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Debbie, Kirk, Scott
and Kevin Heigele in a photo dated 1965
copy of
photo ks140
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Helen
Berry (1908 - 1984) and Gennie McDade Heigele ((1910 -
1978) in photo taken August 1966. ===>>
photo
ks109 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Michael (1954
- ) and Stephan (1952 - )
Butler, sons of Jack Butler and Sammie Berry Butler
(1910 - 2003) ===>>
1968 photo
ks126
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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<<=== Foye Moloney after
loading implement. The farmland is not all in
one place.
Aug 1968 photo mw053
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Foye and J loading
farm equipment onto a trailer to haul to another parcel
of the farm.
photo mw054 circa 1968
from Marilyn Wasylk
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Gennie McDade
Heigele (1910 - 1978), Irene Foye Moloney (1907 - 1986)
and Katherine Kelly Riley (1902 - 1999) on Gennie's
porch August 1971 ===>>
photo
ks112 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Katherine Kelly Riley (1902 -
1999), Lucille Cramer Belton (1910 - 1990) and Cecelia
Marie "Sammie" Berry Butler (1910 - 2003) ===>> photo
ks103 circa mid 1980s
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Ella
Moloney and her children in a photo taken 1985.
Click on photo to see enlargement and names and dates
of birth.
photo
mw057
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Foye and Judy Moloney in
1985 photo
photo mw058
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Children of Francis and Irene
Foye Moloney.. See enlargement for names of those
in photo. ===>>
1989 photo
ks116
from
Marilyn Wasylk
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Therese Moloney
Thomas (in blue dress) stands with her children Curt,
Cheryl and Brian. ===>>
photo
mw060 circa 1990
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Foye
Moloney, Therese Moloney Howe, Marilyn Moloney Wasylk
and James Moloney at the reception for wedding of
James' daughter Cecilia to Brian Aruskevicius in
October 1997.
photo
mw0611
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Therese Moloney Thomas' oldest son, Curt Thomas (front
) riding in a Labor Day Parade in Chapman KS circa
1990. photo
mw062
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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"J" and Foye
Moloney getting hay from what's left of the home
place. Don and Marilyn Moloney Wasylk live in the house
in which she grew up. ===>>
photo
mw063
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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James and Ella
Moloney stand proudly with their son Patrick at his
graduation from Creighton University, Omaha, with a
doctorate in pharmacology. ===>>
photo
mw064
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== The
Moloney farm. Click on photo to learn history of
Moloney and Wa
sylk farm land and family.
photo
circa 1995
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Curt Thomas directing
cattle to the right pen at the Livestock Auction in
Junction City. Click on picture for description
of cattle and hog auctions.
photo ms 011 1992
via Marilyn Wasylk
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The Wasylk family in 1998.
See enlargement for list of those in photo. photo
ks118 from
Marilyn Wasylk |
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Therese and Charles
Howe at a Christmas Dance ===>>
photo
mw066
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Judy Delaney (Doug
Heigele's first wife) with her grandson, Kyle Kempton
and her daughter Debbie Rothenberger.
photo mw067
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Foye
Moloney in the tractor. J and Ella's daughter,
Cecilia, holding her son, Jack. Cecelia was
visiting from Idaho, where her husband, Brian, is an
electronic engineer.
May 2002
photo mw068
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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The Butler children
in the funeral home after Cecelia "Sammie" Berry
Butler's burial in Frankfort KY: Michael, Ann, J
W and Steve Butler ===>>
photo
mw069 feb 2003
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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Dave and Don
Wasylk's pigs at the Wasylk farm near Emporia Kansas.
Your next slice of bacon may well have come from the
Wasylk farm! ===>>
photo
mw070 2003
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== l. to r.
Brian Thomas, his wife Donna (holding their daughter
Katie), and Curt Thomas riding in the 2001 Abilene Fair
parade.
photo mw007
from Marilyn Wasylk |
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<<=== Margaret
Riley is the daughter of Catherine Kelly and John
Riley. Catherine, in turn, was the daughter of
Maggie Foy and Eany Kelly. Margaret has been a
prime source of information of the family in Kansas.
photo in
2000 reunion
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<<=== This map
downloaded from Mapquest shows the towns close to Vine
Creek. The choirs for the funerals of William
Foye and then Anne Halligan were from Niles, directly
south of of Vine Creek. To give
perspective, the distance from Minneapolis to Trenton
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad completed its
construction from Atchison on the Mississippi to
Los Angeles in 1883, and soon thereafter crossed the
Mississippi to reach Chicago. There were a maze
of railroads built in the Midwest and Far West at this
time. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Western
Railroad came east from Minneapolis and established a
station at Vine Creek, which was advertised as a
perfect loading point for cattle destined for the
Chicago stockyards and slaughterhouses. By 1910
this line was taken over by the Santa Fe.
The main line of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe ran
southwest through Topeka and Newton to Dodge
City. ===>>
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