Texas and Pacific Railway: Difference between revisions

The Texas and Pacific Railway started in Marshall, [[Portal:Texas|Texas]] and built track from Texarkana, [[Portal:Arkansas|Arkansas]]&nbsp;to Dallas, Texas&nbsp;in 1873. The Texarkana terminal was important because it gave the T&amp;P access to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Iron_Mountain_and_Southern_Railway St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern] tracks to St. Louis, [[Portal:Missouri|Missouri]]&nbsp;and much larger markets. T&amp;P extented their tracks to Fort Worth, Texas&nbsp;in 1876. In a burst in 1881 their tracks connected to the tracks of the [[Southern_Pacific_Railroad|Southern Pacific Railroad from California]] at Sierra Blanca, Texas, creating the third transcontinental service in the United States. The next year, 1882, T&amp;P built into New Orleans, [[Portal:Louisiana|Louisiana]].<ref>"History" in ''Texas and Pacific Railroad Museum'' at www.marshalldepot.org/History.htm (accessed 4 July 2009).</ref>  

Settlers who used the Texas and Pacific Railway would most likely have come from [[Portal:Illinois|Illinois]], Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, or Texas. They most likly would have settled in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, or California.  

*St. Louis, Missouri  

*Texarkana, Arkansas  

*Marshall, Texas  

*Deming, New Mexico  

*Tucson, Arizona  

*Los Angeles, California