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SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC RAIL ROAD. Organized in Dubuque in 1864, the Sioux City and Pacific involved such famous Dubuque residents as Platt SMITH and William Boyd ALLISON.
The line was constructed along the eastern bank of the Missouri River from Sioux City to Missouri Valley Junction near Council Bluffs. The railroad was later taken over by the Chicago and North Western.
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Source:
Donovan, Frank P. Jr. Iowa Railroads. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000, p. 111