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<p>In 1870, the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad (FE&MV) completed a 62 mile railroad line, extending from Fremont, Nebraska to Wisner, Nebraska. The line would be extended an additional 64 miles to Neligh, Nebraska in 1880, and an additional 153 miles to Valentine, Nebraska in 1883. An additional 240 miles to Rapid City, South Dakota via Chadron, Nebraska was completed in 1886. The FE&MV would be reorganized in 1891, and sold to the Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) in 1903. The C&NW had constructed and acquired a large number of railroad lines throughout the Midwest, and this line served as a western branch line, eventually reaching deep into Wyoming. Known as the Cowboy Line, this line had a traffic base primarily consisting of agricultural products and coal. In 1982, the line from Norfolk to Hooper would be abandoned. The Hooper to Fremont segment would be sold to the Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR) in 1982. The line west of Norfolk (excluding the Rapid City to Chadron segment) was abandoned in 1992, and converted to the Cowboy Trail, a semi-improved trail extending from Norfolk to Chadron. The FEVR abandoned and removed the route between Fremont and Hooper in 2021, and the land has been purchased for future trail use. <br></p>
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