tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117210522879933749.post1101585343365168146..comments2024-03-02T06:36:54.894-08:00Comments on Shaking Family Trees: #12--52 Ancestors: Nancy Pruitt HensleyMyra Vanderpool Gormleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206950249778083288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117210522879933749.post-40431143731026249712018-10-14T09:27:05.429-07:002018-10-14T09:27:05.429-07:00Hi Myra, again!
Could you tell me the source of t...Hi Myra, again!<br /><br />Could you tell me the source of the 'Pruitt family story' paragraph that mentions the Solomon Valley Trail? "Enough people were involved so that an emigrant train was formed ... They probably disembarked at the town of Solomon, Kansas, then called Solomon City. ... There was a stage that ran from Solomon to Beloit and made an overnight stop at Lindsey. ... Likely Sam purchased a wagon and team, loaded their possessions and made their way along the Solomon River to Lindsey with other emigrants.” <br /><br />I've added a few notes to my blog post [https://tgkohn.blogspot.com/2014/05/research-trip-journal-day-7.html] about the trail.Tom Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156208787667044304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117210522879933749.post-66978288784762896432014-04-12T12:45:21.845-07:002014-04-12T12:45:21.845-07:00P.S. I believe the map was ca 1885 -- I couldn'...P.S. I believe the map was ca 1885 -- I couldn't find an earlier one that pinpointed where Minneapolis was.Myra Vanderpool Gormleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206950249778083288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117210522879933749.post-73932332605103184742014-04-11T11:37:54.659-07:002014-04-11T11:37:54.659-07:00Tom, thank you for sharing this information. My pr...Tom, thank you for sharing this information. My primary interest was in determine what railroads, if any, had been laid by 1870, when my ancestor went there (by rail, according to his in-laws' family story). I found some helpful information at Kansas History website, including some old time tables for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR.Myra Vanderpool Gormleyhttp://shakingfamilytrees.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117210522879933749.post-59260314365138908822014-04-10T16:31:35.135-07:002014-04-10T16:31:35.135-07:00I found your post while searching for 1870 and 187...I found your post while searching for 1870 and 1871 maps of Kansas. The small map you include that is centered on Minneapolis must be from after 1875. In research on my family's settling Tipton KS, I have found this to be true:<br /><br />The impatient Kansas legislature convened and enacted a five-point plan for rail development. In fits of work, the rail system expanded to Lawrence, Kansas in 1864 (40 miles), to Topeka in 1865 (another 27 miles), and nearly 100 miles further west in 1866. Finally in 1869, the governor could announce that rail had been laid to within 35 miles of the state’s western boundary. The whole 400- by 200-mile area of Kansas was served by 1,283 miles of track in 1870. However, the lines were operated by a large number of independent companies, making connections difficult, if they existed at all. Blackmar reports that The Kansas Monthly of November 1879 listed a Union Pacific branch that served Osborne City, Kansas and a Kansas Pacific branch that served Beloit, Kansas. Likely it was only then that settlers could begin using rail transport to Osborne county and Mitchell county.<br /><br />The Solomon Valley Railway routing was built over the Solomon Valley Trail, which was a dirt road leading from Solomon on the Smoky Hill River up to Beloit and on to Cawker City.Tom Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156208787667044304noreply@blogger.com