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Hunt County's First Railroad

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3102 Lee St. at Wright St., Greenville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 8' 23.55821999988", -96° 6' 44.11287"
 
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     Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railway, whose first train from Denison reached here Oct. 1, 1880. A $5,000 cash bonus and right of way across Hunt County were guaranteed by Greenville men: F. P. Alexander, M. M. Arnold, A. Cameron, J. J. Cooper, J. C. Edmonds, Fred Ende, I. N. Harrison, J. W. Hawkins, J. T. Jenkins, W. C. Jones, J. C. O'Neal, W. G. Perkins, N. I.Ross, Edward Schiff, Sam D. Stinson, Daniel Upthegrove, A. B. Watson, and M. H. Wright. The Katy, which immediately built on to Mineola, stimulated a boom in Greenville and Hunt County population and economy.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Hunt County's First Railroad Historical Marker Location Map, Texas