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CNW route between Whitewood and Deadwood
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<p>In 1890, the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Rail Road Company (FE&MV) constructed a nine mile branch line from Whitewood, South Dakota to Deadwood, South Dakota. 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 utilized this line as a branch line. The route connected with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at Deadwood. In 1970, the route would be abandoned, and much of the former right-of-way acquired by adjacent landowners.<br></p>
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