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Locations, photos and details compiled by UTRGV Special Collections & Archives from Fernando Uribe's Lower Rio Grande Valley Rail Lines and Texas Railroad History's: Texas Railroad Towers.
1 cze 1995 · Rio Grande City Railway. The Rio Grande City Railway Company was planned as a war measure by the federal government to reach Fort Ringgold on the Rio Grande during the Mexican border troubles in 1916. Material was assembled near Sam Fordyce, but the troubles ended before the extension was made.
13 maj 2020 · The Rio Grande Railroad ran from Brownsville, TX to Port Isabel, TX, and was first completed in 1872 as a narrow gauge railway. It functioned primarily as a freight line to transport goods from the coast into northern Mexico.
Crystal City, Texas. Crystal City is a city in and the county seat of Zavala County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 6,354 as of the 2020 census. [6] It was settled as a farming and ranching community and was a major railroad stop being 110 miles (180 km) from San Antonio.
1 gru 1994 · The Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad Company was chartered on April 19, 1909, to connect the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway near Uvalde with Crystal City, a distance of forty-one miles. The capital stock was $50,000. The principal place of business was Crystal City.
7 kwi 2021 · The building of the Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad through La Pryor in 1910 assured access to outside markets and bolstered the county's colonization efforts. A rail trunkline was constructed from Crystal City to Gardendale on the Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad in 1911.
Map of Crystal City *note* the railroad tracks on the map have since been removed from the city itself, and more track may be removed in the future. Crystal City Texas, named for the clear artesian water of the area, was developed by Carl F. Groos and E.J. Buckingham in the early 1900's.
