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Houston and Texas Central Railway
Overview
Reporting markH&TC
LocaleTexas
Dates of operation1856–1934
SuccessorTNO

The Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC), operated by the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company, was a railway system in Texas.[1]

History

Ebenezer Allen, a man from Galveston, Texas, obtained the charter to establish a railroad system company on March 11, 1848. A series of meetings about the establishment of the company occurred in Chappell Hill and Houston. In 1852, the Galveston and Red River Railway (G&RR) company became active.[1]

The start of construction occurred on January 1, 1853, when Paul Bremond and Thomas William House broke ground in Houston. Tracklaying began in early 1856. On July 26, 1856, the tracklaying reached the 25-mile (40 km) point, at Cypress. The railroad company name changed from G&RR to H&TC on September 1, 1856. By April 22, 1861 the railroad construction had reached the 81-mile (130 km) point at Millican. Because of the U.S. Civil War, the railroad construction was halted. In 1867, with the U.S. Civil War over, construction resumed.[1]

In 1867, the H&TC railroad company took control of the Washington County Railroad. That railroad system consisted of a line between Brenham and Hempstead, which had been completed in April 1861. The H&TC extended the Washington County line to Austin. On December 25 (Christmas Day) 1871 the extension to Austin was completed.[1]

In 1871, the railroad track of the original Houston & Central Texas Railway line appeared in Corsicana. In 1872 the original line extended to Dallas. In 1873 the original railroad line reached Red River City, where it connected with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. This formed an all-railroad route from Texas to St. Louis, Missouri and the Eastern United States.[1]

Warranty Deed, filed in Leon County, Texas on November 11, 1948 in Volume 170 Page 3, refers to a portion of the H.&T.C.R.R. within the John Fuller Survey, Abstract 272. It is near the defunct T.&B.V.R.R, Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad, which is now operated by Burlington-Sante Fe Railroad.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on January 7, 2012.
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