Panhandle, TX Originally ‘Carson City’, town name was changed 1887 when this site appeared to be the future metropolis of the Panhandle: it was to be at the junction of Santa Fe (under name ‘Southern Kansas’) and Fort Worth & Denver City Railroads. Plans changed, however, and the F.W. & D.C. took a route 16 [ Read More ]
Marathon, TX You are now traveling the Comanche Trail blazed by Comanche Indians, en route from the western plains to Mexico, and traveled later by emigrants and soldiers. It extended south from the Horse Head Crossing of the Pecos by Comanche Springs (Fort Stockton) to the Rio Grande. Credit: State Of Texas
TX ‘Great thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana. The general route followed ancient Indian and buffalo trails, but the oldest marked portion, known as ”Trail of the Padres”, was blazed in 1691 under Domingo Teran de los Rios, first Governor of Texas. This part joined Monclova, then capital [ Read More ]
1 mi.W on CR 241, Normanna, tx Built in 1897 by the New Jersey Iron and Steel Company, this bridge has served as one of the major crossings on the road from Beeville to San Antonio. Funding for the bridge was acquired from the sale of bonds from Bee County’s permanent school fund. Construction costs [ Read More ]
Fairmont WV 26554. Completed in 1921, honoring WWI veterans. Designed by Concrete Steel Engineering Co., NY; built by John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh. Three 250 ft. reinforced concrete arch spans, 90 ft. above river, 1,266 ft. long. Connected Fairmont by trolley, foot and vehicle. Listed on National Register, 1991, renamed in honor of Congressman Mollohan’s [ Read More ]
Harpers Ferry WV 25425. Rail transportation in the United States began in Baltimore, Maryland on July 4, 1828, when Charles Carroll, the only living signer of the Declaration of Independence, laid the cornerstone of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad On the same day President John Quincy Adams turned the first spade of earth along the [ Read More ]
Ferry WV 25425. Work on the railroad and canal progressed slowly at first, but by 1834 both companies had completed construction to a point opposite Harpers Ferry. The canal had won the race to this point and it continued up the Maryland side of the Potomac. The B&O Railroad, plagued by land disputes with the [ Read More ]
Harpers Ferry WV 25425. Marker is in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. Marker is on Shenandoah Street (Business U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east. Credit: State Of West Virginia.
Harpers Ferry WV 25425. Trains clanking along iron rails have echoed through Virginius Island since the Winchester & Potomac Railroad arrived here in 1836. It extended from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad junction at Harpers Ferry 32 miles southward to Winchester. The W&P line enabled local industrialists to import raw materials and export finished products [ Read More ]
