Eugene Pellette Papers, 1912-1983 and undated

Pellette, Eugene

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Eugene Pellette was born in 1946 and died December 21, 1994. He had researched and worked on a report on the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Company. Today, portions of the abandoned track have been converted to the Caprock Canyons Trailway. The trail comprises 64 miles along the former rail line from Estelline in Hall County to South Plains in Floyd County, Texas. From the guide to the Eugene Pellette Papers, S116. 1., 1912-1983 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special ...

Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway

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Pelletier, Claude

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Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company

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Chartered by the Texas Legislature on May 26, 1873, to build from Fort Worth to the Texas-New Mexico State line and connect with a line to Denver, Colorado. Came under control of General Grenville Dodge in 1881 and began construction that year. First rail line to cross the Texas Panhandle. Served area hauling cattle from the ranches to market. Later branch lines were built across the South Plains, including one to Lubbock, Texas, in 1928, to tap the cotton market. From the descriptio...