COL. WILLIAM OSBORNE.
Colonel Osborne built the first railroad to the Missouri river—the Hannibal & St. Joseph. He built and owned the transfer ferry “Wm. Osborne,” which was famous in Atchison in the early days. He also built the first 100 miles of the Central Branch to Waterville, as has been previously stated. He lived and died in Waterville, N. Y., but visited Atchison frequently to see his daughter, Mrs. R. A. Park, who was the wife of the president of the Atchison Savings Bank.