Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 46

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Title AlternativeFrom omnibus to motor busCreatorWhitcomb, Philip W.Ripley, John W.Richmond, Robert W.Hilner, RayRoote, LouiseCarruth, Arthur J., Jr., 1887-1962Wilkie, Horace T.Wear, Ted, 1902-Millbrook, Minnie DubbsJackson, Mary E.Mulvane, JoabSnell, Joseph W.Nelson, Edward G.Greene, Zula BenningtonPublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 46]
From omnibus to motor bus : a history of Shawnee County's street transit systems from 1869-1869
Topeka transportation
Local public transit corporations
They met all trains: omibuses--forerunners of street cars
Events leading up to Topeka's first street railway
Street railways and suburbs, promotional twins
The horse car line--Topeka City Railway Company
Union time table of all railroads and street railways in Topeka
To Martin's Hill by steam in sixteen minutes
Never underestimate the power of a horsecar team
Horse cars to dummy line
Trials and tribulations of Topeka's first street railway
Odds and ends
East Side Street Railway
Dummy line to Highland Park
The North Topeka, Silver Lake & Rossville Rapid Transit Company: the shortest line with the longest name
College Hill notes
The steam era of the Topeka Rapid Transit Railway
The electric era of Topeka Rapid Transit Company
A lady looks at the new Rapid Transit--and loves it!
Topeka to Eskridge or bust!
The rise and fall of the jitney bus
Pearl's perilous holiday
Topeka & Vinewood Park Railway Company and its consolidation with the Topeka Railway Company
The West Side Circle Railway: "the Munson Avenue line"
Souvenir of Vinewood Park
The day they opened Vinewood Park
Family tree of out-of-state railway properties Illinois Traction System (including Topeka, Kansas property)
Important dates in the history of Topeka Railway Co. and successors
[Map of Topeka Railway's lines, 1905]
Excerpts from Topeka Railway's Report of Accidents, 1905-1908. Topeka Railway Company
Ray Hilner's reminiscences: forty years service in street transportation service
Topeka Railway Company picture album
The 1970 Bulletin: The Topeka Public Library, its first one hundred yearsDescription
Page 10 includes "Rates of ferriage!" advertisement.
Includes map. Parts originally published in Topeka state journal.
Parts originally published in Trolley sparks.
Parts originally published in Bulletin of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Parts originally published in Topeka Daily Capital.Date of VolumeDecember 1969VolumeNo. 46Decade1860s-1970sSubjectSeymour, Joseph C.Personal narrativesStreet-railroadsLocal transitRailroad conductorsTransportationSteam-enginesSuburbsShawnee County Historical SocietyPhotographsTopeka and Shawnee County Public LibraryBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyElectric railroadsNewspapersMapsRailroad companiesRailroads--ManagementTransportation accidentsPictorial worksHilner, RaySuburbs--GrowthParksRecreation areasHorse-drawn omnibusesTaxicabsBusesSchedulesChronologiesWhite, Pearl, 1889-1938BiographyActorsTheaterWashburn University of TopekaCorporationsWomen writersHorse-drawn rail carsRailroadsBridgesDepressionsTrivia and miscellaneaFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0490 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0523

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KSHighland Park neighborhood, Topeka, KSCollege Hill neighborhood, Topeka, KSNorth Topeka, KSShawnee County, KS

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