jan 1, 1853 - Mississippi and Missouri Railroad chartered

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Henry Farnam and Thomas Durant created a new contracting company under the name of Farnam and Durant. In 1853, they were commissioned to raise funds and oversee the construction of the newly established Mississippi and Missouri Railroad (M&M). The M&M Railroad secured significant land grants to construct Iowa's first railroad, a railway line connecting Davenport, Iowa, on the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River.

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