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1963 - Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre founded. [9] 1964 April 3: Tornado. [16] Gates Rubber Company plant in business. [9] 1966 Wichita Falls joins the Nortex Regional Planning Commission. [chronology citation needed] Lake Arrowhead created in vicinity of Wichita Falls. [9] 1969 - Wilson Memorial Parkway dedicated. [9] 1970 School's Memorial ...
Faryion Edward Wardrip (born March 6, 1959) is an American serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered five women. Four of the women were killed in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the surrounding counties, and one woman was murdered in Fort Worth.
Wichita Falls is located in the 30th district of the Texas Senate. Craig Estes, a Republican, had held the senate seat since 2001, until Pat Fallon won election in 2018. Wichita Falls is part of Texas's 13th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives. Ronny Jackson, a Republican, has held this seat since 2021.
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.
The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (reporting mark WTJR) is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates in Oklahoma and Texas.The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to just north of Altus, Oklahoma, through Wichita County, Texas, Tillman County, Oklahoma, and Jackson County, Oklahoma.
Proponents claim that using a simple, reliable form of transit from 50 or 100 years ago can bring history to life for 21st century visitors. Prior to 2001, the new streetcar systems that opened in North America had been heritage lines, alternatively known as vintage trolley or ' historic ' trolley lines. Several cities built new heritage ...