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Contact the city of Wichita Falls Parks and Recreation office at 940-761-7490 for more information. ... The Polar Bear Express Wichita Falls trolley will run from 6-10 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov ...
The original plan was for a line extending north from Wichita Falls through Indian Territory to Englewood, Kansas. [1] Toward that goal, two companies were chartered: the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway Company of Texas on September 26, 1906, to construct the seventeen-mile stretch from Wichita Falls to the Red River, and a few days later the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway ...
The Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway Company (WF&OR) was incorporated October 23, 1903, with its headquarters at Wichita Falls. [1] Its mission was to build a twenty-mile railway from Wichita Falls to the Oklahoma border, and specifically to a point in the northwest corner of Clay County, Texas on the south bank of the Red River near Byers, Texas. [1]
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Its former location, one of the most historic buildings still standing in Wichita Falls, became the Kemp Center for the Arts. After a long a varied history, 10th and Indiana has earned its peace ...
Kell purchased the land on the bluff overlooking downtown Wichita Falls, hence the address of 900 Bluff Street. Kell's sister-in-law was the contractor on the Victorian home. [ 1 ] Construction of the two-story dwelling began in 1908 and was completed in 1910, after it had already been occupied by the Kell family.
With the closure of the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum across town in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum of North Texas History agreed to take responsibility for that collection. [5] The Museum inventoried the collection in place, and expected to finish by the end of 2021. [5]
On Dec. 28, Stone Oven Pizza, a restaurant in Wichita Falls, Texas, posted on Facebook about an incident that took place near closing time the previous day. According to witnesses, a group of ...