Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
The Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad (FE&MV), sometimes called "the Elkhorn," was a railroad established in 1869 in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
About
The company constructed several lines in Nebraska, including a long east–west route from
Omaha across northern Nebraska to Chadron, trackage that later became known as the "Cowboy Line
."
Beginning in the 1880s the FE&MV expanded north and west from Chadron, building a line along the eastern edge of the Black Hills to Rapid City and Belle Fourche, South Dakota, as well as a line westward to Casper, Wyoming.
Leslie Lynch King, Sr.
was born in Chadron during this time.
The larger
Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) acquired control of the FE&MV in the late 19th century, and in 1903, the FE&MV was formally absorbed into the C&NW. The FE&MV's passenger depot in Douglas, Wyoming is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
. Today, much of the FE&MV trackage has been abandoned.
The trackage through Rapid City is operated by the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad.
Track segment abandonments and sales
- Fremont, Nebraska-Norfolk, Nebraska; Abandoned 1982. Fremont to West Point sold to Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad 1985. Hooper to West Point dismantled 1988.
- Norfolk-Chadron, Nebraska; Sold: Chadron-Merriman; Abandoned: Norfolk-Merriman 1992
- Chadron-northeastern Wyoming (Rapid City Branchline); Sold: Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad in 1996; to Canadian Pacific Railway in 2008; to Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern in 2014.
- Norfolk, Nebraska to Winner, South Dakota—Abandoned—1978
- Chadron-Lander, Wyoming; Abandoned: Chadron-Lander 1992[2]
See also
- Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR), a 17-mile tourist railroad running between Fremont and Hooper, a segment of former FE&MV line abandoned by the C&NW in 1982.
- North Omaha.
- Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern From Chadron, Nebraska to Northeastern Wyoming.
References
- ^ "Remembering Gerald Ford". Casper Journal. April 3, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Passenger Depot. Douglas, Wyoming". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2007-01-03. includes a photograph
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