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[[Image:dubuquedakotapass.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Railroad pass.]]DUBUQUE AND DAKOTA RAILROAD. | [[Image:dubuquedakotapass.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Railroad pass.]]DUBUQUE AND DAKOTA RAILROAD. The Dubuque and Dakota Railroad Company, nicknamed the "Damned and Doubtful," purchased ninety-five miles of right-of-way of the Iowa Pacific and laid tracks from Sumner to Hampton in 1879 and 1880. This was then purchased by the Minnesota and Northwestern, a predecessor of the Chicago Great Western. | ||
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Revision as of 03:32, 16 May 2013
DUBUQUE AND DAKOTA RAILROAD. The Dubuque and Dakota Railroad Company, nicknamed the "Damned and Doubtful," purchased ninety-five miles of right-of-way of the Iowa Pacific and laid tracks from Sumner to Hampton in 1879 and 1880. This was then purchased by the Minnesota and Northwestern, a predecessor of the Chicago Great Western.
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Donovan, Frank P. Jr. Iowa Railroads Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000, p. 57