Texas and Pacific Railway: Difference between revisions

The Texas and Pacific Railway started in Marshall, [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] and built track from Texarkana, [[Arkansas, United States Genealogy|Arkansas]] to Dallas, Texas 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, [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] and much larger markets. T&amp;P extented their tracks to Fort Worth, Texas 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, [[Louisiana Genealogy|Louisiana]].<ref>"History" in ''Texas and Pacific Railroad Museum'' at www.marshalldepot.org/History.htm (accessed 4 July 2009).</ref> Texas and Pacific also came to control many tracks in [[Oklahoma, United States Genealogy|Oklahoma]].