August 13, 1868 – The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad completes its bridge spanning the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa.
In 1868, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) completed bridges over the Mississippi River at both Burlington, Iowa and Quincy, Illinois, giving the CB&Q through connections with the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (B&MR) in Iowa and the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad (H&StJ) in Missouri. In 1860, the H&StJ carried the mail to the Pony Express in St. Joseph, Missouri, and in 1862, the first Railway Post Office was inaugurated on the H&StJ to sort mail on trains across Missouri.
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