Historic Maps
of the Blair Area
showing the railroad lines.
Early in 1965, a railroad map shows a proposed rail line over
the Missouri river and through the Carter Valley (now Blair).
The speculation of this line interested John I. Blair, whose
company bought up the land on the Nebraska side and platted a
town, named for Mr. Blair. Train traffic was ferried
across the river (or by ice bridge during the cold frozen
winter) until a bridge was built in 1883. Rail lines
were laid north of through De Soto, Blair, Herman and own
north.Related links:
Map of the area from about 1865. Note the rail
line across the Missouri river, just north of De Soto where
eventually the town of Blair would spring in 1869 and a
railroad bridge would span the river in 1883. [map
source]
Map of the area from about 1865. Showing Probable
Line of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri Railroad across the
Missouri river, just north of De Soto [map
source]
Map (c. 1976) central eastern Nebraska showing the lands of
the Burlington & Missouri River R.R. Co. in Nebraska [map
source]
1868 Map of area.
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Blair
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