Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (A.T.S.F.) Train Engine, #1080
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (A.T.S.F.) Train Engine, #1080. Safety First A.T. & S.F. Black train locomotive.
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Historic Plaque, Brooke Smith, Brownwood
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Historic Plaque about Brownwood citizen, Brook Smith.
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Brownwood Sante Fe Passenger Depot
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: The Brownwood Sante Fe Train depot
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Brownwood Harvey House
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: The Brownwood Harvey House
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Brownwood Sante Fe Passenger Depot, Historic Plaque
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Historic Plaque, Brownwood Sante Fe Passenger Depot. "Railroad construction began in Brown County in 1884, and the first train arrived in Brownwood in 1885. This depot was designed by Jarvis Hunt of Chicago and built in 1909 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company. It accommodated traffic from a major rail junction between California and Texas and led to increased regional development. Passenger train usage peaked during World War II as 15 trains came through here daily. Architectural features include solid red brick construction with stucco finish. Broad round arches, a 7-bay primary facade and a hipped red tile roof.
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Brownwood Harvey House, Historic Plaque
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Historic plaque for the Brownwood Harvey House. "Built in 1914 immediately east of Brownwood Sante Fe railroad depot, this was one of a series of restaurants operated along the Sante Fe line by the Fred Harvey Company, products of railroad agent Fred Harvey's idea to provide superior food and lodging for travelers. The Harvey House was popular from its opening day. The restaurant and hotel closed in 1937, but reopened to serve miliary personnel when Camp Bowie was established in World War II. It closed permanently in 1945 as passenger railroad travel declined in the era of prosperity following the war. Typical of railroad structures built in the southwest during this period by the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad, the structure features elements of Spanish mission revival style with its red tile hipped roof and decorative brackets."
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Cheapo Depot in Brownwood
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: The Cheapo Depot in Brownwood.
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Brown County Courthouse
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Brown County Courthouse.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5772/
Vietnam & Veterans Memorial, Brown Co., V.F.W. Post 3278
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Two monuments on the grounds of the Brown County Courthouse. Vietnam & Veterans Memorial, Brown Co., V.F.W. Post 3278
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Memorial to Texans who served the confederacy, Brown County
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Memorial to Texans who served the confederacy, Brown County. "Camp Collier, C.S.A. Located 13 Mi. southwest, this camp was one of a chain of Texas frontier posts a days horseback ride apaprt from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Occupied by the Texas Frontier Regiment Patrols and Scouting Parties frequently sent out kept Indian actions in check and rounded up draft evaders. Always needed were food, clothing, horses, ammunition. These men shared few of the glories of the war, yet at the cost of the lives of not a few of them, these confederate soldiers managed to bring a measure of protection to a vast frontier area. A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy, erected by the State of Texas, 1963.
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