Senior Wednesday: Railroaded – The Industry that Shaped Kansas

Transporting immigrant settlers, creating jobs, and feeding beef markets in the East, the railroad industry dominated the 19th Century American economy. Most Kansas towns were founded because of the railroad and few survived without it. Yet the advance of the railroad came at a significant cost to the Plains Indians, forcibly displaced by westward expansion. “Railroaded” examines the complicated legacy of railroads and their impact on the Native peoples who called Kansas home. Presented by Dr. Leo Oliva, this program is made possible by Humanities Kansas.