Railroads in Texas
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 19:30:56 -0400
From: Rosemary Bradford Grant
Subject: Texas railroads
I'm looking for a Texas historian who could tell me which rail line would have only reached Marlin about the time the WBTS ended? If you don't know specifically the name of the railroad, would you be able to give me a source?
Thanks,
Rosemary Bradford Grant
Monett High School, history & humanities instructor ph 417-235-5445
UMKC adjunct, fax 417-235-7884
Monett, MO 65708
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:44:40 -0400
Subject: Re: Texas railroads (four responses)
Hi, Rosemary -
I believe it would have been the Houston and Texas Central railroad. But I don't think it was in Marlin until the early-1870s.
Until 1871, at least, mail was still being brought to Marlin and then Eddy by a carrier, I believe. He would stay all night in Eddy and then return to Marlin the following day.
The stage line also passed through these towns.
A man named Sam Jones was the postmaster sometime back about then, and a man named John Love (a negro) was the carrier.
If you want to send me a private email and let me know what sort of system you are using and how you prefer to receive files in email (UUENCODE, BINHEX, etc.), I can send you a lot of sources about Marlin, Texas, during this period, including some references to the trains that eventually came.
Faithfully yours,
David Canfil
Oxford
Rosemary-
The most comprehensive source on Texas railroads is S. G. Reed, A HISTORY OF TEXAS RAILROADS Houston: St. Clair Publishing, 1941. If I recall, it contains histories of almost every railroad in the state. It should provide you with the information you seek.
Best,
Steve Reich
Department of History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
streich@merle.acns.nwu.edu
The Houston & Texas Central Railroad reached Hearne, Texas in 1868 and continued on toward Waco. I suppose this is the railroad you are looking for.
Jim Hailey jhailey1@sat.net
No railroad would have reached Marlin, Texas by the end of the Civil War. See: G. Reed, A History of Texas Railroads. Houston: St. Clair Publishing Co., 1941.
Vicki Betts
University of Texas at Tyler
vicki@lib.uttyl.edu
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