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Scholten Railroad

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Lometa, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 12' 35.60825999988", -98° 23' 22.71013000008"
 
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    (Owned by the Scholten Brothers Cedar Company) A 25-mile narrow-gauge railroad that operated about 1912-1920 from Lometa to San Saba County. Constructed by Edward and Alfred Scholten (from Holland), line hauled cedar posts and piling to Santa Fe Line at Lometa to be distributed to fast-growing West Texas. Employees totaled 500. Headquarters were located 100 yards west.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Scholten Railroad Historical Marker Location Map, Lometa, Texas