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Contact the city of Wichita Falls Parks and Recreation office at 940-761-7490 for more information. Polar Bear Express Trolley The Polar Bear Express Wichita Falls trolley will run from 6-10 p.m ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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).