Winfield, Kansas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Railroads==== In 1877, the [[Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad]] Company built a branch line from [[Florence, Kansas|Florence]] to [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]]. The line was extended to [[Douglass, Kansas|Douglass]] then reached Winfield on October 1, 1879,<ref name="book-hcck"/> and finished at [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]] in 1881.<ref name="Marion 1972"/> The line was leased and operated by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942.<ref name="Abandon Railway 1942"/> The original branch line connected Florence, [[Burns, Kansas|Burns]], De Graff, El Dorado, [[Augusta, Kansas|Augusta]], [[Douglass, Kansas|Douglass]], [[Rock, Kansas|Rock]], Akron, Winfield, [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]]. The Southern Kansas and Western Railroad was completed from the east to Winfield on February 17, 1880, then continued westward, and it reached the western county line on March 16.<ref name="book-hcck"/> This railroad changed its name over time as it merged or purchased by other railroads. Eventually, a total of five railroads passed through Winfield.<ref name="book-hcck"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page