Texas History

"ALL THINGS HISTORICAL" Archive Articles

Railroads

• The Crash at Crush by Bow Bowman 9-8-08
  One hunded and twelve years ago this month, 40,000 people paid good money to be frightened within an inch of their lives.
  
• Built it and they will ride it by Archie P. McDonald 1-22-07
  Most motorists traveling down Bremond Street in Houston, Lufkin, and Nacogdoches, or likely any street along US Highway 59 from Houston to north of Nacogdoches, haven't a clue of the debt East Texas owes to Paul Bremond...
  
• The Tyler Depot by Bow Bowman 10-31-05
  a National Historic Landmark
  
• A Railroad Holdup by Bob Bowman 9/28/04
  Railroaders love to tell stories, and the one they relish the most is about the railroad president and the holdup man.
• Railroads by Archie P. McDonald 6/03
  "Trains are still crucial for moving freight, despite competition from trucks. Airplanes and cars move people. Some folks are fond of these. Johnny Cash and I have a thing about trains."
  
• Hell Either Way Taken by Archie P. McDonald 12/23/01
• The Texas State Railroad by Archie P. McDonald, 6/15/01
• Denison, Birth Place of a President by Archie P. McDonald, 3/18/01
• Revisiting The Rabbit by Bob Bowman, 10/16/00
• A Railroad Centennial by Bob Bowman, 8/6/00

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