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The Wichita Falls Transit System, marketed as Falls Ride, is the primary provider of mass transportation in Wichita County, Texas. Service began in 1978, following the takeover of the struggling private National City Lines. Seven routes are provided from Monday through Saturday.
The early history of Wichita Falls well into the 20th century also rests on the work of two entrepreneurs, Joseph A. Kemp [16] and his brother-in-law, Frank Kell. Kemp and Kell were pioneers in food processing and retailing, flour milling, railroads, cattle, banking, and oil. [17] Downtown Wichita Falls was the city's main shopping area for ...
Jonnie R. Morgan, The History of Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, 1931) Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Wichita Falls", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust {}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default ; Duty, Michael (1982).
Wichita Falls Railway: MKT: 1894 1969 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas: MKT: 1906 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway: CB&Q: 1903 1942 N/A Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad: MKT: 1919 1940 Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad: Wichita Falls and ...
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 ...
Prior to closure, [1] the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum was a railroad museum in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was founded in 1980 to establish a museum of railroad, streetcar, and pioneer history. [2] Starting its existence in the town's historic Depot Square, it changed locations over time, but had since 1992 been located back in Depot Square. [2]
Wichita Street Railway Wichita: Horse 1887 1890 Wichita Railroad & Light Co. Electric 1890 1933 Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway: Wichita ― Newton ― Hutchinson: Electric Interurban December 22, 1915 July 31, 1938 Winfield: Horse 1886 May 17, 1909 Southwestern Interurban Railway Winfield ― Arkansas City: Electric Interurban June 1909
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]