The Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) was an 872-mile (1403-km) railway system chartered in Texas in 1848, with construction beginning in 1856....
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between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. It plans to use technology based on that used by the Central Japan Railway Company and trains based on the N700S Series...
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track in Houston in 1855. Track laying began in earnest in 1856 and on September 1, 1856, GRR was renamed the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC)....
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Houston is the planned southern terminus of the Texas Central Railway high-speed line. The station is located in the Lazybrook/Timbergrove neighborhood...
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and Trinity Metro) TEXRail - (Trinity Metro) Texas Central Railway (Proposed; in ROW-acquisition phase) DART light rail - (DART) METRORail - (Houston...
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to become the site of the Houston main post office. Grand Central Station had replaced the original Houston & Texas Central depot of 1886. When Amtrak...
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planned route of the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) which was being constructed to link Houston to Dallas, Denison and the Red River. The H&TC...
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(ISBN 9781799137610), a collection of stories and pictures of early Anna, Texas. The Houston and Texas Central Railway extended its track in a north–south route...
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cemetery and was followed by a second store in 1869. In late 1871 as the Houston and Texas Central Railway constructed the first railroad link to the Texas capital...
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spring. The Houston and Texas Central Railway became the first railroad through the county around 1870. The Waco Division of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass...
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The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction...
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in 1873, for settlers to be near the railroad stop of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. The town was named for Marie Van Alstyne, a shareholder in...
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Spanish Texas, and later became part of the Robertson Colony. The city itself was founded in 1871 when the Houston and Texas Central Railway came to the...
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Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the...
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stage-coach station in 1850. As the terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railway between 1860 and 1867, the town grew. It served as a training camp...
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terminus of Houston and Texas Central Railway. Peebles named Hempstead after Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead, Peebles's brother-in-law. Peebles and Mary Ann Groce...
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Texas. The Houston and Texas Central Railway was constructed to skirt the county to the west and south in 1870, giving the local economy a boost. and...
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could be constructed. His widow later gave 700 acres to the Houston and Texas Central Railway. With the construction of a depot in Hearne in 1868, businesses...
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2010.Texas Association of Counties Werner, George C: Houston Texas and Central Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved May 1, 2010. Texas State...
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1881, the Houston and Texas Central Railway crossed the Texas and Pacific, which had come through the year before, at a point near Red Gap, and the settlement's...
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Ennis is home to the annual National Polka Festival. In 1871 the Houston and Texas Central Railroad (H&TC) arrived at the spot that would become Ennis as...
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trustee of the Houston and Texas Central Townsite Company, which offered lots for sale in 1871, as the Houston and Texas Central Railway was completed...
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office, and the Houston and Texas Central railway station, were wrecked. The Waldon Hotel was lifted by the winds, turned halfway around, and thrown up...
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Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research. College Station's origins date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through...
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Brazos Valley Railway (T&BV) and the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) were built between Houston and Dallas in 1904–1905, but the railways passed through...
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gins, and gristmills. The population stood at 109 by 1890. Between 1906 and 1907 both the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway and the Houston and Texas Central...
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former Texas Representative and area farmer urged the Houston and Texas Central Railway to build through the area. The Houston and Texas Central Railroad...
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and changed ownership several times, continued to form the nucleus of the community until the early 1870s. When the Houston and Texas Central Railway...
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and San Antonio Railway Houston and Shreveport Railroad Houston and Texas Central Railway Houston East and West Texas Railway Iberia and Vermilion Railroad...
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1873 and 1874. In 1873 the Houston and Texas Central Railway line reached Red River City, where it connected with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad...
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