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T. C. Lindsey and Co. General Store Jonesville: Harrison Old-fashioned general store and part museum with antiques, rare automobiles, jukeboxes and other memorabilia [46] Texas and Pacific Railway Museum: Marshall Harrison Railroad related [47] Chandler Museum & Visitors Center Chandler: Henderson [48] East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society ...
Whitaker, a lumberman and railroad contractor in Texarkana, was chartered by the state of Texas, and built a ten-mile line from Texarkana north to Whitaker's timber lands along the Red River. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On July 9, 1889, the charter was amended, changing the name to Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway, and granting authority to extend the line all ...
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (reporting mark SSW), known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was a Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas from 1891 to 1980, when the system added the Rock Island's Golden State Route and operations in Kansas ...
After foreclosure, its assets were technically conveyed to two different companies, with the Texas portion going to the “St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company in Texas” on February 11, 1886, and the Arkansas and Missouri portions going to the “St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company in Arkansas and Missouri” on April 29 ...
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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.
Oct. 19—An exhibit with historical railroad artifacts opened Monday at the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore. "American Treasures: The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma" will be on ...
The Museum of Regional History (originally the Texarkana Historical Museum) is a local history museum in Texarkana, Texas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the first and oldest museum in the Texarkana metropolitan area ; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] it was established in 1971. [ 3 ]