[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]
Description:
Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in Denison, Texas. Text: In 1865 the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch was incorporated to build a railroad from the St. Louis-Kansas City area to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1870, with construction completed to the border of Indian Territory, the line was renamed the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railroad. This title was often shortened to M-K-T, which led to the familiar nickname by which the line is best known…
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Date:
2011-12/2012-03
Creator:
West, Carolyn Effie
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Partner:
Private Collection of Carolyn West