{"product_id":"history-of-the-atchison-topeka-and-santa-fe-railway-9780803260665","title":"History of the Atchison  Topeka  and Santa Fe Railway","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1859  Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific  increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. With farsighted investors and shrewd management  the Atchison  Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad grew from Hollidays idea into a model of the modern  rapid  and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains. Rustlers  thieves  and desperadoes were as thick as the cattle in Kansas when the first rails were laid. When a conductor  toting a pistol  asked a grizzled prospector where he was heading  the old man replied  \"Hell.\" \"Thats 65 and get off at Dodge \" the weary conductor declared. Once built with rails from Wales laid on ties of oak and walnut  the railroad survived the economic and climatic hardships of the late nineteenth century  and eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco  with over 12 000 miles of track and substantial holdings in oil fields  timber land  uranium mines  pipe lines  and real estate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646937554997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803260660","price":30.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780803260665.jpg?v=1781682327","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/history-of-the-atchison-topeka-and-santa-fe-railway-9780803260665","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}