Cyrus K. Holliday
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1826 – 1900
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Who was Cyrus K. Holliday?
Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was one of the founders of the township of Topeka, Kansas, in the mid 19th century; and was Adjutant General of Kansas during the American Civil War. The title Colonel, however, was honorary. He was the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, as well as one of the railroad's directors for nearly 40 years, up to 1900. A number of railway locomotives have been named after him .
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- Born
- Apr 3, 1826
Carlisle - Also known as
- Cyrus Holliday
- Education
- Allegheny College
Law
( - 1852)
- Allegheny College
- Employment
- President, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
(1860/09/17 - 1863)
- President, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- Lived in
- Meadville
( - 1854) - Lawrence
(1854/10 - 1854/12) - Topeka
(1854/12 - )
- Meadville
- Died
- Mar 29, 1900
- Resting place
- Topeka
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on July 23, 2013
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