J. H. Christopher purchases a dummy line to run between the Warrensburg Union Pacific station and Pertle Springs.

ID: 667 ~ Source: Johnson County Star ~ Creator: Johnson County Star ~ Date: March 1, 1890

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1890-1900

This file appears in: Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1890-1900

Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri 1890-1900

By University of Central Missouri, Department of History

In 1890 Pertle Springs entered its second phase of significant growth when Christopher purchased a dummy line that originally had been utilized in Wichita, Kansas, to connect the people who traveled to Warrensburg via the Union Pacific train with…