May 16, 2022
FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
Kansas City has always been a city that’s grown by trade. It’s been significant since the Chamber was founded in 1887. At that time, trade was focused to the southwest and Mexico.
Arthur Stillwell founded Kansas City Southern Railway that same year, with a vision of eventually expanding into Mexico. That vision eventually bore fruit in the 1990’s, so that today, KCS operates along 3300 miles of track in Mexico and the Panama Canal Railway. Stillwell’s vision is finally complete.
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