Railroads of Fort Bend County

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Cover of the book Railroads of Fort Bend County by Jim Vollmar, Rosenberg Railroad Museum, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Jim Vollmar, Rosenberg Railroad Museum ISBN: 9781439639702
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: July 12, 2010
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Jim Vollmar, Rosenberg Railroad Museum
ISBN: 9781439639702
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: July 12, 2010
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Fort Bend County was formed in the early 1820s by members of Stephen F. Austin�s �Old 300.� Traders utilized barges and steamboats running along the Brazos River to transport cotton and other products from the lower Brazos Valley to the port at Galveston. In 1853, railroads began to play a larger role in the county�s transportation system. Transportation facilities were greatly improved when the first railroad in Texas, the Buffalo, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Company, completed its first 20-mile segment to Stafford�s Point in Fort Bend County from Harrisburg (Houston). As many as eight separate railroads were chartered and operated in Fort Bend County by 1900. Today some of the names have changed but most of the original rail lines remain in operation. The Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Kansas City Southern rail companies have picked up where their predecessors left off and are keeping Fort Bend County one of the busiest and fastest-growing counties in the United States.
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Fort Bend County was formed in the early 1820s by members of Stephen F. Austin�s �Old 300.� Traders utilized barges and steamboats running along the Brazos River to transport cotton and other products from the lower Brazos Valley to the port at Galveston. In 1853, railroads began to play a larger role in the county�s transportation system. Transportation facilities were greatly improved when the first railroad in Texas, the Buffalo, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Company, completed its first 20-mile segment to Stafford�s Point in Fort Bend County from Harrisburg (Houston). As many as eight separate railroads were chartered and operated in Fort Bend County by 1900. Today some of the names have changed but most of the original rail lines remain in operation. The Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Kansas City Southern rail companies have picked up where their predecessors left off and are keeping Fort Bend County one of the busiest and fastest-growing counties in the United States.

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