What railroad came into Indian Territory?

In 1870, the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway was the first railroad to enter Indian Territory. Its route approximated the Texas Road. The Santa Fe and the Atlantic and Pacific railroads soon followed suit by laying tracks into Indian Territory from Kansas.



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