American Auto Trail-Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad (Memphis to Kahoka MO)

This American auto trail closely follows the former track bed of the Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad. The travel route starts in Memphis, Missouri, and runs east along U.S. Highway 136 to Kahoka. For more of our Auto Trails and Slow Travels guides, available in print or eBook format, use one of the links below: Amazon Lulu Press Follow us on Twitter (X) for video posts or visit our webpage at www.autotrails.net . You can also support this channel by buying me a coffee at the link below: Buy Me A Coffee Camera: Sony Active Camera FDR-X3000 Vehicle: Avis Rental 2025 Nissan Rogue Image Credits: Cute Sad Emoji (pngtree.com) Music Credits: Flickering/Vyen Beckoning/Telecasted Snowy Peaks pt I/Chris Haugen Creeping Spiders/Nat Keefe & Beatmower Waiting/Andrew Langdon Creek Whistle/Steve Adams Seasons/roljui Modus Operandi (M.O.)/Wes Hutchinson Silver Waves/Track Tribe Map Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors Many map images are courtesy of: David Rumsey Map Collection Endnotes: 1) Missouri, A Guide to the “Show Me” State; Duell, Sloan & Pierce-New York; 1941 2) Ellis, Blytha; “Embracing Local History: Part 177 – The Day the “Iron Horse” Arrived in Kirksville – Story of the Wabash Railroad – Chapter 3”; Kirksville Daily Express; June 19, 2026; https://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.co... 3) Kemm, James; “The Literary Legacy of Rupert Hughes”; University of Iowa; https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/bai/articl... 4) Conard, Howard; Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, Volume 6; Southern History Company, New York, Louisville & St. Louis, 1901; https://digital.library.missouri.edu/... 5) Bender, Jonathan; “Fifty years ago this week, Continental Flight 11 fell out of the sky over Unionville”; 2012; https://www.thegoldeneagles.org/uploa... 6) “Missouri History-What are the Origins of Missouri Counties?”; Missouri Secretary of State; https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/histo... 7) “Putnam County Resource & Business Directory”; Putnam County Health Department; https://putnamcohealthdept.org/wp-con... 8) History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, Volume 2; The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888; https://www.google.com/books/edition/... 9) History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, Volume 1; The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888; https://www.google.com/books/edition/... 10) “Post Office”; Jim Forte Postal History; https://www.postalhistory.com/postoff... 11) Williams, Walter; A History of Northeast Missouri, Volume 1; Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1913; https://www.google.com/books/edition/... 12) History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri; Goodspeed Publishing Company, St. Louis and Chicago, 1887; https://archive.org/stream/historyofl... 13) Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, State of Iowa; G.H. Ragsdale, Des Moines, 1892; https://www.google.com/books/edition/...